Update: Man charged with placing covert cameras in U of U gym bathroom ID’d after caught on recordings

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah, Feb. 1, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy for allegedly firing a gun last week during a dispute with students in the parking lot of Taylorsville High School. The Jan. 26 incident led to the lockdown of the high school for more than...

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah, Feb. 1, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Police in Taylorsville have made an arrest in Monday’s late night fatal double shooting. According to an update provided by Taylorsville PD, Rafael Antonio Torres, 19, was taken into custody Tuesday and booked into jail on suspicion of aggravated murder and obstruction of justice.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 1, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Police were on the scene of a shooting Wednesday night that left one victim in critical condition. The Salt Lake City Police Department posted on Twitter at 7:39 p.m. asking media and others to be careful at the crime scene, saying only the address and “Paramedics took one person to the hospital in critical condition.” A K-9 unit was on the scene in the vicinity of the Riverview Townhomes development.

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah, Jan. 31, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Taylorsville police have released new information surrounding a double homicide which happened late Monday night in an apartment parking lot at 4545 S. Atherton Park Drive. According to a TVPD statement sent to Gephardt Daily Tuesday morning, police were dispatched to...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 1, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Four elk died after part of a larger herd wandered onto Interstate 80 near the Interstate 215 interchange Wednesday morning. “Around 40 elk are causing delays on Salt Lake County’s east bench,” a 9:05 a.m. Utah DWR tweet says....

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 31, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — A 69-year-old man died after being hit by two vehicles in the Rose Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Police responded to the scene at 1200 West and 600 North shortly after dispatch was notified of the accident at 8:17 a.m. Officers determined the crash involved two cars that hit the man, who police later identified as Alan Dice.

PROVO, Utah, Jan. 31, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — With a recent increase in drug overdoses in the area, the Provo Police Department is offering tips and advice, including where to get free Naloxone kits. Plus assurances in the area of liability protection in reporting of an overdose. Naloxone is...

UTAH COUNTY, Jan. 30, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — The driver and passengers from a white sedan were taken into custody early Monday after an alleged road rage incident involving guns. The semi-truck driver called Utah Highway Patrol and said that at about 12:40 a.m., a white sedan was driving...

PETERSBORO, Utah, Jan. 31, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — A South Jordan woman died in an accident Friday in the Cache County town of Petersboro, also known as Peter. The accident happened at about 2 p.m., says a news release issued Tuesday by the Utah Highway Patrol. The victim, identified...

PARK CITY, Utah, Feb. 1, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — A big load of snow and a broken water pipe are believed to be the culprits in a roof collapse at a Park City liquor store. At approximately 7:15 p.m. Wednesday three units from the Park City Fire District were dispatched to a water flow alarm on Sidewinder Dr.

SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah, Jan. 30, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — The Salt Lake County Department of Health has announced it will begin closing 163 public swimming that do not meet the state’s interlock safety requirements. Pools without the interlock devices are more likely to expose users to unintentionally...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 30, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — The families of murder victims Gabby Petito and Amanda Mayne visited the Utah Legislature on Monday to support a bill on intimate parter domestic violence. Senate Bill 117 would require law enforcement officials to ask a series of questions...