Salt Lake City police have arrested a man they chase struck a man on a scooter, killing him, and drove away without stopping. Investigators said they found Robert Johnson Boyatt, 53, at 8 p.m. Thursday night at a campsite in Tooele County, KUTV reported. He is accused of making a U-turn in the early hours …
A 26-year-old University of Utah student has been charged with injecting a lethal dose of heroin into his girlfriend at Salt Lake City hotel last week. Court records say Haoyu Wang emailed the university’s police department, telling them he’d injected both his girlfriend and himself with drugs and that they’d both be dead by the …
A Utah an was arrested this week for allegedly holding a woman captive for weeks while repeatedly assaulting her and telling her she “had six months love him or be killed.” Ramone Martinez, 39, has been charged with aggravated kidnapping, five counts of third-degree aggravated assault, and one misdemeanor assault charge, jail records say. On …
A Salt Lake City school board member has been arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor after an investigation found images of child pornography, including some with children as young as 5 years old. Joél-Léhi Organista faces eight counts of sexual exploitation, Fox 13 reports. Officials said Oganista reportedly admitted that he downloaded, …
The man who admitted earlier this month that he killed of 23-year-old University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, KSL reported. Third District Judge Vernice Trease delivered the sentence to Ayoola Ajayi, who pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and abuse of a human body …
The accused killer of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated murder and abuse or desecration of a human body in a plea agreement that will let him avoid the death penalty. Ayoola Ajayi, 32, was initially charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a human body …
New details are emerging about the suspect arrested in connection with the death of 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, 31-year-old Ayoola Ajayi is accused of murdering the University of Utah student and burning her remains — along with various items belonging to her — in a fire on his property in Salt …
Authorities in Utah say a man violently attacked another man during an argument that took place in a hot tub this week. According to Fox News, 43-year-old Bryan David Boyak is a California resident who was allegedly at a residence in Salt Lake City on Tuesday with the victim when the two began discussing issues …
Authorities in Utah say a man was arrested this week, about 20 years after he allegedly used his mother’s day care to victimize younger children. According to the New York Post, 35-year-old Theodore Joseph Heaps confessed to a series of sexual offenses that occurred from 1998 to 2000 — when he was between 15 and …
A Utah woman wasted no time intervening when she says she saw a man attempt to capture cellphone images of her 12-year-old daughter in a Salt Lake City store’s dressing room. According to Fox News, it was Doris Stiles-Scown who ended up capturing someone’s image at the Rue 21 location recently. The mother posted footage …
Authorities in Utah say a man drove his pickup truck into a crowd gathered at a Starbucks on Friday, killing one customer and injuring several others, including the driver. According to Fox News, an initial investigation indicates the incident was not intentional. Police report the collision occurred at a shopping center in Millcreek, a short …
A criminal trial began this week in Utah against three defendants accused of raping a 9-year-old girl in 2016 as her mother used drugs in the same home. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, authorities in Uintah County identified the suspects after the alleged victim selected their photos out of a lineup. They have since …
