CRIME & SAFETY
Man arrested after violent West Valley hatchet killing, police say
WEST VALLEY CITY — Police say they arrested a man Friday in the investigation of a violent murder in West Valley City. Jeremy Ross Pulver, 46, was booked into Salt Lake County jail after dispatchers were alerted to the death of Pulver’s father, John Pulver, according to a booking affidavit. West Valley Police and first responders found the dead man, and spoke to the initial witness who made the call and said she saw Pulver as he was fleeing the scene.
Police say one person injured in 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...
Salt Lake gang 'shot caller' charged with killing 2, now linked to 4th shooting
SANDY — A Salt Lake man already charged with killing two people at a party in 2021 has now been connected to another shooting in Sandy two days earlier. Patrocinio Perez, 21, was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with discharge of a firearm causing injury, a second-degree felony, plus aggravated assault and seven counts of shooting in the direction of someone, third-degree felonies.
2 arrested in cockfighting case that began with a teen at school with a gun
WEST JORDAN — Two men accused of engaging in game fowl fighting, commonly referred to as cockfighting, were arrested Thursday in West Jordan. And police say their monthslong investigation started because of a separate investigation where a teenager was removed from a high school for allegedly threatening to kill a teacher and was found on school property two months later with a gun.
Man convicted in Bangerter Highway killing sentenced to minimum of 30 years
SALT LAKE CITY — A Magna man convicted of stabbing another man and pushing him out of a moving truck will spend the next 30 years in prison. Mario Alberto Carreto-Morales, 26, who pleaded guilty in February to murder and aggravated kidnapping, first-degree felonies, was sentenced on Monday to 15 years to up to life in the Utah State Prison on each count. A judge ordered the sentences to run consecutively.
UHP investigating crash involving semi, Tesla on I-80 in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 26, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Police are investigating a crash involving a jackknifed semitrailer on Interstate 80 near the I-215 interchange in west Salt Lake City. The crash occurred around 1 p.m. on westbound I-80 about a half-mile west of the I-215 interchange. It...
‘Chaos agent’ Jan 6 rioter who captured Babbitt shooting sentenced to six years
A January 6 rioter who filmed himself storming the Capitol saying, “Let’s burn this s*** down” and captured the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday.John Earle Sullivan, 29, of Salt Lake City, Utah was convicted of five felonies and two misdemeanours in November for his actions at the Capitol. Federal prosecutors argued he intended to “incite violence” that day and used footage Sullivan took to support their case.The videos showed Sullivan and other rioters storming the Capitol building, breaking windows and unlawfully entering it. Throughout the footage, Sullivan can be heard...
Syracuse insurance agent charged with stealing millions in 'wide-ranging scheme'
OGDEN — A Syracuse man was booked into Davis County Jail on Thursday, facing over 20 felony charges for potential financial crimes totaling at least $4 million across multiple cases along the Wasatch Front. Charging documents say 40-year-old Ryan Kelly Goodrich, as a title agent through his company Synergy...
SUV crashes into US Postal Service office in Sugar House
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Authorities responded to the U.S. Postal Service office in Sugar House Friday after a vehicle crashed into the building. A Honda Pilot's back end could be seen protruding from one of the post office's front windows shortly before noon. Details weren't immediately available.
Man arrested, accused of filming woman in Salt Lake dressing room
SALT LAKE CITY — A man was arrested Wednesday and accused of trying to secretly film a woman in a department store dressing room last fall. Erik Gerardo Betancourt-Alvarado, 48, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of voyeurism. Police say the incident happened on Sept....
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