CRIME & SAFETY
FBI investigation leads to woman being charged for alleged involvement in drug trafficking organization across Utah
A foreign national in Utah was charged and indicted Wednesday with several drug crimes, including allegedly possessing and intending to distribute narcotics like heroin, methamphetamine, and 11,700 fentanyl pills.
Friends, family remember 27-year-old Utah man allegedly shot, killed by friend
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (KUTV) — A tragic incident has left a community mourning after police said 27-year-old Dylan Douglas Miller-Mettome was fatally shot by a friend in what police describe as a "mishandling" of a firearm. Police said Anthony Sanchez, allegedly pointed a gun at Miller-Mettome, and the...
Group claims death of 21-year-old Utah transgender man was victim of possible hate crime
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (KUTV) — A group is now calling the death of a 21-year-old transgender man a possible hate crime. Alex Franco was reported missing on Mar. 18. Franco got into a car in Taylorsville; witnesses heard a gunshot, and the car sped away. On Mar. 19, police found Franco's body in a remote area in Utah County.
Man charged with six counts of attempted murder for ‘targeting’ female pedestrians with his car
SALT LAKE CITY — A man has been charged with 10 felonies after targeting and hitting women pedestrians with his car, court documents state. According to the Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, Anh Duy Pham has been charged with six first-degree felony charges for attempted murder, four third-degree felony charges for failure to stop at a serious injury accident, and two class A misdemeanors for failure to stop at an accident with injuries.
Woman charged with setting up man who was shot during robbery
SALT LAKE CITY — A woman was arrested Monday after police say she arranged to meet a man at random for sex who was then shot and robbed by others who also showed up. Sierra Rowena Leona Hardy, 22, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Monday and charged in 3rd District Court on Wednesday with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony. Charging documents also list as co-defendants the two men who allegedly helped Hardy, Roberto Duran Moreno and Armando Miles Moreland, both 19.
Utah man sentenced 15 years to life for murder, aggravated robbery in separate incidents
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A man was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in Salt Lake County for his involvement in two separate incidents of murder and aggravated robbery. Nestor Del Valle, convicted in connection with two separate incidents, received the sentence from a Third District Court judge on Tuesday.
Neighbor receives letter from jailed Salt Lake City terror suspect asking to stop lawsuit
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The man at the center of a continuing 2News Investigation accused of terrorizing a Salt Lake City neighborhood for years, who has been in jail for more than four months wrote a letter from behind bars that is now being called into question about its intended recipient.
American Fork police seize 30 lbs fentanyl, large sum of cash from undocumented immigrant
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (KUTV) — An undocumented immigrant residing in Murray was arrested Thursday after authorities said they seized 30 pounds of fentanyl and large amounts of cash from his apartment. American Fork police officers said that detectives with the Utah County Major Crimes Unit served a court-authorized search...
UHP: Dash camera footage captures dangerous near miss on I-15
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Highway Patrol was warning drivers everywhere Monday to watch closely for potential road hazards after a near miss on Interstate 15 in Iron County last week. Corporal Luis Silva said the close call, captured on a driver’s dash camera, shows someone trying to...
24 Kearns apartments evacuated due to fire
KEARNS, Utah (ABC4) — A fire at a Kearns apartment complex forced the evacuation of two dozen apartment units on Monday afternoon, March 25. Drone footage provided to ABC4 by Andy Munoz (@andyxmunoz), which can be seen in the video player above, showed firefighters on top of the roof of the apartments that appeared to be under construction. Smoke can be seen flowing from the openings in the roof as one firefighter sprays water inside.
Mother of 5 dies after e-scooter accident; family calls on city to make sidewalk repairs
SALT LAKE CITY — The family of a woman who died after hitting her head while riding an e-scooter in downtown Salt Lake City is calling on officials to repair sidewalks. Thirty-three-year-old Ashley Rose Peck, a mother of five, was riding with friends Thursday night when the accident happened.
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