CRIME & SAFETY
Two arrested for repeatedly raping a missing juvenile in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — Two men were arrested in Salt Lake City on Monday, accused of repeatedly raping a missing teen. Faustino Lukolo, 38, and Kingsley C. Wokocha, 35, were arrested on rape charges on Monday, after admitting to raping the juvenile victim. According to a booking affidavit, SLCPD...
70-year-old man found after walking away from South Salt Lake care facility
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (KUTV) — UPDATE: Police said Frank was found in good health and transported to the hospital for observation. The original report continues below. ORIGINAL STORY: Police are searching for a 70-year-old man with progressed dementia who they said walked away from a care facility in South Salt Lake.
Dozens of officers respond to West Jordan home after fake call to 911
WEST JORDAN — Investigators are trying to get to the bottom of a fake 911 call that led to a significant emergency response in West Jordan on Monday. “When something like this comes out, our officers are going to drop what they’re doing to come investigate this and help out,” said Sgt. Andrew Hercules of the West Jordan Police Department. “It’s a big drain on our resources.”
PHOTOS: Protest at UofU declared unlawful as night fell, officers enforced camping policy
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — At least 17 people were arrested Monday night during a pro-Palestine demonstration the University of Utah when campus policy declared it unlawful, citing the school's policy on overnight camping. The protest, which included an encampment of tents, was one of many across the United...
Tim Ballard arranged for AG Reyes to use cocaine in downtown penthouse, amended lawsuit claims
The new filing in the lawsuit against Operation Underground Railroad founder Tim Ballard claims that Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, Ballard’s longtime friend, used cocaine at a Salt Lake City penthouse.
Convicted rapist seeks parole 4 years after victim took her own life
GUNNISON — A Salt Lake man convicted of raping an 18-year-old woman at gunpoint in 2012 is now seeking to be released from prison. But while Brian Newton, 34, was able to speak on his own behalf during Tuesday's parole hearing from the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison, his victim was not.
Former Utah speedskater gets six years in prison for role in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
John Sullivan, 29, of Salt Lake City, has now been sentenced for spreading violent anti-establishment rhetoric leading up to and during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the Capitol, according to prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sullivan was outside the House Chamber on Jan. 6 encouraging rioters to...
4 attacked driver in road rage case after boss called employees to beat man up, charges say
OREM — A Santaquin man who police say was involved in a road rage incident with another driver is now facing felony charges accusing him of calling three other men under his supervision at work and telling them to go assault the other driver. Michael Sean Price, 31, was...
Police say one person injured in Salt Lake County shooting Saturday night
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City police are investigating a shooting Saturday night. According to police, the shooting occurred in the area of 1612 W. Wright Circle. Police said one person was injured. That person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The investigation is ongoing. The...
Former Salt Lake police officer sentenced to jail for pinning man with truck
OGDEN — Thomas Caygle, a former Salt Lake City police officer, was sentenced to jail time Monday, two months after he was found guilty of negligently operating his truck during an Ogden traffic accident. Caygle, who was off-duty at the time, was captured on a dashcam driving his truck...
Man accused of terrorizing neighbors facing additional charge of witness tampering
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A neighborhood terror suspect was in court Monday and is now facing a new criminal charge. Maurice Raffoul, 43, of Salt Lake City has been in the Salt Lake County Metro Jail since mid-November on multiple charges of violating civil stalking injunctions and following extensive 2News investigations. On Friday Salt Lake County prosecutors charged Raffoul with witness tampering, a third-degree felony for a letter he sent from jail to a witness in one of his cases.
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