Crime

Surveillance video from a grocery store show two men who allegedly worked together to distract a wo...
Dan Rascon

Police: Shoppers beware of thieves preying on goodness of others

Shoppers Beware! That’s the message from several police agencies that are on the hunt for a group of individuals who are preying on the goodness of customers. One thief will distract the shopper while the other one moves in for the steal.
2 years ago
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 27: (L-R) Chris Rock and Will Smith are seen onstage during the 94th ...
ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer

L.A. police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Oscars slap

Oscars producer Will Packer says Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. In a clip released Thursday of an interview with "Good Morning America," Packer says police called the incident battery and laid out the options for Rock.
2 years ago
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Josh Ellis, KSL TV

Provo police investigating attempted ATM theft

Police are investigating after they found a chain wrapped around an ATM and attached to an abandoned truck.
2 years ago
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Eliza Pace, KSL TV

Police ask for help after two house burglaries in broad daylight

Santa Clara-Ivins Police are asking for help identifying two men and a white van after several residences were burglarized Sunday in the area of Riesling and Concord in Santa Clara. 
2 years ago
Alex Jones of InfoWars talks to reporters outside a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concernin...
DAVE COLLINS Associated Press

Alex Jones faces daily fines until he appears for Sandy Hook deposition

A Connecticut judge says Infowars host Alex Jones will be fined $25,000 to $50,000 per weekday until he appears for a deposition in a lawsuit brought by relatives of some victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Judge Barbara Bellis issued the penalty Wednesday after finding Jones in contempt of court for failing to appear at a deposition last week in Austin, Texas, home to Jones and Infowars.
2 years ago
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Larry D. Curtis, KSL TV

Police: Utah man in Joker make-up said he planned to stab resident to death

A Utah man was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide after he was found with a stolen knife and told police he planned to stab a person to death and would kill anyone that got in his way.
2 years ago
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Andrew Adams, KSL TV

Preservationists seek answers in vandalism, theft at historic SLC mansion

Something significant was missing Monday from a historic property, and preservationists were hoping someone could crack the case. 
2 years ago
HILO, HAWAII - MARCH 28: (EDITORS NOTE: Best quality available) In this handout image provided by H...
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press

‘The Flash’ star Ezra Miller arrested for harassment at karaoke bar

An actor known for playing "The Flash" in "Justice League" films was arrested after an incident at a Hawaii karaoke bar. Police say Ezra Miller yelled obscenities, grabbed a mic from a singing woman and lunged at a man playing darts.
2 years ago
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Morgan Wolfe & Cary J. Schwanitz, KSL TV

Crime down and Local, federal partnership continues to get guns off streets

Salt Lake City Police say a partnership with federal prosecutors, and the FBI continues to get more guns off the streets.
2 years ago
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Eliza Pace, KSL TV

5 arrested in Woods Cross home drug bust police say

Woods Cross Police along with South Davis Metro SWAT served a search warrant at a home this morning near 1300 South and 700 West according to police.
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Larry D. Curtis, KSL TV

Man arrested for rape, kidnapping after woman escapes Utah apartment screaming

A woman escaped her apartment and screamed for help Sunday after she was allegedly held there against her will and and raped multiple times by a man she had a previous relationship with.
2 years ago
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Cary J. Schwanitz, KSL TV

Orem man allegedly confesses to strangling a woman, calls police on himself

OOrem police arrested a man Saturday after he allegedly called dispatch to report that he had just strangled his girlfriend and he needed to be taken in.
2 years ago
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The Associated Press

Shooting at Chicago area shopping mall kills 1, wounds teen

Police say a masked gunman opened fire in a suburban Chicago shopping mall, leaving one man dead and wounding at least one other person.
2 years ago
Investigators said victims of sex trafficking can be hidden in plain site. (Adobe stock)...
Debbie Worthen, KSL TV

Utah company helps sting operation take down human sex traffickers, rescue victims

A Utah County task force recently arrested 21 people and identified and rescued three victims of sex trafficking in large part because of a donation from a local company. 
2 years ago
Frank David Lopez is suspected of kidnapping a Utah girl from her Magna home. (UPD)...
Larry D. Curtis, KSL TV

Texas man facing aggravated kidnapping charges after Amber Alert for Utah girl

Frank David Lopez, 20, faces aggravated kidnapping charges for allegedly taking a Utah girl from her home in Magna, Utah.
2 years ago
FILE PHOTO: Otero County Commission Chairman and Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin. Griffin...
Holmes Lybrand and Katelyn Polantz, CNN

Capitol riot federal trial opens for ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder

(CNN) — The second trial in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot case is underway Monday, with New Mexico county commissioner, self-proclaimed cowboy and noted conspiracy theorist Couy Griffin appearing before a federal judge for a bench trial in Washington, DC. The trial will highlight key details prosecutors must prove about participants’ alleged crimes during […]
2 years ago
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Ladd Egan, KSL TV

Police: Suspect on the loose after shooting man in Tooele home

Police are searching for an armed suspect who they say shot a 21-year-old man inside his Tooele home Saturday night.
2 years ago
FILE: A Salt Lake City Police Department car investigates a found body. (SLCPD)...
Eliza Pace, KSL TV

Third person charged in 2021 fatal shooting

A third person, a 16-year-old male, was charged in connection with the shooting that killed 21-year-old Sean Amone according to the Salt Lake City Police Department.
2 years ago
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Madison Swenson, KSL TV

Police pursue porch-theft suspect into home of sleeping Summit County family

A 23-year-old man from Preston, Idaho was arrested Friday after authorities say he stole a package off a front porch in Summit County and then led officers on a pursuit.
2 years ago
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Mike Anderson, KSL TV

Logan teens try to help as man attempts to stuff woman into his trunk

Police in Logan were investigating why a man tried to grab a woman off the sidewalk and force her inside his trunk Tuesday morning. 
2 years ago
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Josh Ellis, KSL TV

Two arrested in connection to death of man whose body was found on Bangerter Highway

Police say two people have been arrested in connection to the death of a man whose body was found on Bangerter Highway last month.
2 years ago
Dough representations of three men with nooses were left on a porch in Salt Lake City....
Debbie Worthen, KSL TV

Roommates targeted with harassment, slurs, threats

A household of renters in Salt Lake City says they are victims of harassment, allegedly at the hands of a neighbor. The three men have lived in their house in the Marmalade District for a little over a year. In the last two months, they’ve had their tires slashed, gay slurs spray-painted on their garage, among other things.
2 years ago
A home in Eagle Mountain, Utah, was found with dead dogs in a freezer and other dogs in a filthy st...
Andrew Adams, KSL TV

Utah police remove dozens of dogs from home, find dead ones in freezer

EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah — Utah County Sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday they were pushing prosecutors for more than two dozen animal cruelty charges against a woman after 30 dogs were found in filthy conditions inside her home, including 15 deceased dachshunds stored inside a freezer. Sgt. Spencer Cannon said deputies initially received a call on March […]
2 years ago
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Larry D. Curtis

Police located man suspected of kidnapping Utah girl with Oculus moniker ‘monkeykingbubba’

DUCHESNE COUNTY, Utah — Court documents indicate a Florida man, suspected in the kidnapping of a 13-year-old Utah girl, drove to her home in Roosevelt and picked her up in the early morning hours of March 8. Cristopher Scott Evans, 25, has been charged with child kidnapping — a first-degree felony — and harboring a […]
2 years ago

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