CRIME & SAFETY
3-year-old Odin Ratliff's family sues State of Utah for his death
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The family of one of the boys killed in an Eagle Mountain crash two years ago has filed a lawsuit against the state of Utah. Theresa and Robert Ratliff, the mom and dad of 3-year-old Odin Ratliff, filed a lawsuit against the State of Utah, the Department of Corrections, Adult Probation and Parole, the Board of Pardons and Parole and Wasatch Behavioral Health.
Utah woman arrested on suspicion of murder in uncompleted suicide pact with friend
SARASOTA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a friend was shot in what police said was an uncompleted suicide pact the women had reached several weeks earlier. Heavenly Faith Garfield, 21, was arrested Tuesday and remains jailed in Utah County...
Saratoga Springs father arrested, accused of abusing infant son
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A Saratoga Springs father has been arrested and accused of abusing his infant child. Pupi Siilata, 27, was booked into the Utah County Jail for investigation of six counts of aggravated child abuse. The investigation began Wednesday when a 1-month-old boy was taken to a hospital...
Herriman woman charged with abusing foster child
HERRIMAN — A Herriman woman was charged Wednesday with abusing an infant boy. Heather Danielle Breitenstein, 45, is charged in 3rd District Court with aggravated child abuse, a second-degree felony. On Jan. 4, 2023, Breitenstein took a 5-month-old boy, described as her foster child, to Primary Children's Hospital "and...
Pleasant Grove man charged with choking uncle, breaking his arm because he dropped a box
LEHI — A Pleasant Grove man who allegedly told police he is a "violent person" has been arrested and accused of choking a relative and breaking his arm because he dropped a box. Brice Jay Terry, 30, was charged Wednesday in 4th District Court with two counts of aggravated...
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...
‘Nothing but humble’: Family remembers man killed in Bluffdale industrial incident
SALT LAKE CITY — The family of a 43-year-old man killed in an industrial accident in Bluffdale is speaking publicly for the first time. The victim of the April 25 incident in Bluffdale was identified as 43-year-old Saulisi “Sau” Mahe, of West Valley City. “You would find...
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.
Demonstration moves from U of U campus to SL Co. Jail after protester's arrest
One day after on-campus protests led to the arrest of 19 pro-Palestinian supporters, University of Utah officials say the same rules will be in place Tuesday night should violations occur.
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