CRIME & SAFETY
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.
Man killed in industrial accident with concrete slab in Bluffdale
BLUFFDALE — A man has been killed in an industrial accident in Bluffdale when cement slabs fell on him. Bluffdale Fire Chief Matt Evans said the apparent accident is under investigation after an emergency call at approximately 12:45 p.m. Thursday. “Upon arrival, we were informed that some big cement...
Sandy firefighters rescue ducklings that fell 10 feet in storm drain
SANDY, Utah (ABC4) — As the weather warms up, you might see little ducklings out on a walk following their mother, but sometimes, the ducklings might come across pathways that are difficult to navigate. Sandy City Fire Department recently stepped in to help in a situation like this, posting...
'Something wasn't sitting well': Funeral director expressed concerns about Tammy Daybell's death
BOISE — Family friends testified in Chad Daybell's murder trial Friday about comments he made in the days after his wife died — a death that seemed very sudden. Steven Schultz, a former neighbor who worked as a funeral director, described driving to Daybell's Salem, Idaho, home to bring Tammy Daybell's body to Utah for the funeral in Springville. He invited Tammy Daybell's brother-in-law, Jason Gwilliam, to come for the drive as well.
Wasatch County skate park closed ‘indefinitely’ after repeated vandalism
The skate park on 100 South has been a target for graffiti and vandalism before, but Parks and Recreation assistant director Heath Coleman said the problem has gotten worse lately. “The last year or 18 months, we’ve seen major destruction,” he said. “Sinks and urinals and toilets being destroyed and...
Video shows SUV pushing parked car across street, into Orem house
OREM — Neighbors say the homeowners avoided injury Wednesday in a car-versus-house ordeal that surveillance video showed happened when an SUV pulled up behind a parked car and then pushed it across the street. The chain of events unfolded sometime after 11:30 a.m., according to neighbor Marcus Hight. He...
Saratoga Springs investigating reports of attempted kidnapping
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (ABC4) — A pair of reports of attempted kidnappings have put the Saratoga Springs Police Department on alert over the last two weeks. Saratoga Springs spokesperson AnnElise Harrison told ABC4.com the city received two reports of attempted kidnappings in the Harvest Hills neighborhood of the city and several reports of suspicious activity. However, the parents of the victim in the initial report called the police department and retracted their report.
Kent Cody Barlow's defense attorney accused of tactics to delay murder trial
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The public defender for the man charged with killing two little boys in Eagle Mountain has been accused of using delay tactics to keep his client from prosecution. Kent Cody Barlow was charged in the deaths of 3-year-olds Odin Ratliff and Hunter Jackson. Officials...
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