OGDEN — The Ogden School District failed to update its policies after several cases of teachers preying upon students before another teacher sexually abused girls in 2015-16, one of those latter victims alleged Wednesday in an expanded civil suit. The district does not dispute that Drew Tutt ...
FARMINGTON — The judge and the prosecutor gave no credit to Aaron Gaitan for his request for leniency after he said he “never intended to murder anybody” during his surprise attack against his ex-girlfriend and her new date. Gaitan, 37, of Layton, suddenly appeared at the driver’s door ...
WEST VALLEY CITY — Police have arrested a suspect in the Dec. 27 shooting death of an Ogden man at a West Valley City apartment complex. The West Valley City Police Department said in a social media post that Dylan Upshaw, 21, was arrested Tuesday evening on suspicion of fatally shooting ...
OGDEN — The Weber County Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges Tuesday against an off-duty Salt Lake City police officer accused of driving drunk and pinning a man between two vehicles after a crash. Thomas Caygle, 37, was charged with third-degree felony aggravated assault and class A ...
OGDEN — A woman who was wanted on drug-dealing charges has been arrested after twice eluding officers in pursuits, one time allegedly trying to run down officers. Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force agents reported in an arrest affidavit that they apprehended Morgan Raquel Valdez, 32, of ...
KAYSVILLE — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to retrieve $29 million from the estate of a deceased Kaysville man who allegedly swindled more than 50 people of their life savings in a 12-year investment scam. From July 2011 until his death on June 6, 2022, Stephen Romney ...
MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE — Three homeless people were locked inside a makeshift dwelling under a bridge when a man outside allegedly soaked the entry hatch in gasoline and ignited a fire, according to charging documents. Weber County sheriff’s deputies arrested Dustin Howard Smith, 41, just ...
OGDEN — A great-granddaughter of the storied Becker brewery founder has gone to federal court to stop a modern craft brewer from using branding that evokes the history of the old business, which shut down in the 1960s. John Stephan Becker and his sons Gustav and Albert founded the brewery in ...
LAYTON — A Layton teenager was found safe Wednesday and a suspect in his alleged kidnapping has been arrested. The Layton Police Department said in a social media post early Wednesday that Evan McConney, 13, and the suspect, identified as Aaron Zeman of Arizona, were found in a car at a gas ...
OGDEN — A 20-year-old Clinton man has pleaded guilty to reduced charges for his role in the robbery and shooting death of a pedestrian in Ogden last summer. Erik Orozco Sanches admitted in a plea bargain that he shot 59-year-old Clinton Burrows, who fought back as he was being robbed. Orozco ...
