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Layton man’s body found half a mile from Box Elder crash site

BRIGHAM CITY — Police are investigating the death of a Layton man whose body was found within half a mile from where his car crashed into a Box Elder County ditch during snowy weather. Utah Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to a report of a single-vehicle crash on state Route 13 at ...

Ogden pair charged in Farr West carjacking incident

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday the indictment of two Ogden residents in the alleged carjacking of an elderly man on Jan. 30. Salt Lake City police began pursuing a stolen Mercedes until they ended the chase due to safety concerns, according to court ...

Utah bill targets drug dealers who cause fentanyl deaths

SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal to target drugww dealers for fentanyl deaths cleared a Utah Senate hurdle on Tuesday. “This is maybe a little out of desperation to do something about the rise in deaths from fentanyl and other types of drugs,” Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, said of his ...

Man shoots, kicks in Layton apartment door, terrifying residents

LAYTON — A man fired several shots and kicked in an apartment door Tuesday, terrifying two people who were asleep inside, police said. Officers arrested John Wyatt Archuleta, 22, at about 2:40 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 100 block of Fairfield Road. A Layton Police Department ...

10-year sentence recommended for Ogden child pornography defendant

SALT LAKE CITY — An Ogden man faces a likely 10 years in federal prison on a child pornography charge, a mid-range sentence recommended after prosecutors and the defense documented the man's low IQ, lack of prior felony record and an ongoing medical complication. Trevor Wayne Griffith, 27, ...

Ogden police stop woman as she allegedly points gun at ex-husband

OGDEN — A Taylorsville woman allegedly threatened to kill her ex-husband, telling him she was “OK with a murder-suicide,” before an Ogden police officer ordered her to drop the handgun. Valerie Velez, 46, showed up at the man’s Ogden home on Wednesday night and refused to leave, ...