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Prosecutor: Costello ‘no shrinking violet,’ deserves life sentence

OGDEN — A prosecutor urged the sentencing judge on Tuesday to focus on Miller Eric Costello’s documented torture of his daughter, not the defense’s arguments that he was “a follower, not a leader,” and that he suffers from an intellectual disability. “He is a thinking, acting, ...

Ogden man receives federal, state child sex crime sentences

OGDEN — An Ogden man will serve 10 years in a Nevada prison after being convicted of sexually abusing a pre-teen girl and distributing child pornography that he allegedly produced. U.S. District Judge David Sam in Salt Lake City last week sentenced Michael V. Trivett, 36, to 10 years in the ...

Man given immunity to testify in Tremonton shooting case

BRIGHAM CITY — Prosecutors have granted immunity to an alleged victim in a Tremonton shooting for his testimony against the suspect, who is claiming self-defense. Two men were shot in Tremonton on Aug. 31, 2022, after a man went to a warehouse to confront someone he suspected of stealing his ...

Morgan ski resort lawsuits head toward big decisions in April

MORGAN — Litigation over the Wasatch Peaks Ranch private ski development is nearing two key decision points as a group of residents fights for a voter referendum and the resort strives to thwart the effort. On April 19, 2nd District Judge Noel Hyde will conduct a bench trial on the lawsuit ...

Defense mitigation specialist testifies of Emile’s ‘tumultuous’ life

OGDEN — Brenda Emile had a secretive and abusive family background complicated by the Romani culture, a mitigation specialist testified Wednesday in the Ogden woman’s aggravated murder sentencing hearing. James Whitman recommended to 2nd District Judge Michael DiReda that Emile, 28, be ...

Detective: On family videos, Angelina Costello ‘looks like a skeleton’

OGDEN — A former police detective testified Monday about the systematic psychological abuse, physical torture and ultimate starvation that Angelina Costello suffered at the hands of her parents, Miller Costello and Brenda Emile. Judge Michael DiReda began hearing evidence in a weeklong ...

Judge weighing dismissal motion in Ogden false arrest suit

OGDEN — The attorney for a Harrisville man who was arrested and later exonerated in an Ogden bank robbery case alleges that the police probable cause statement contained misleading, vague and false information. But an attorney representing two Ogden Police Department detectives says the ...