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 …
The suspect in Monday’s beating death of a Utah teen was apprehended Wednesday in Colorado, the Salt Lake City Police Department announced. KSTU reported that authorities took Shaun French, 24, into custody at 11 a.m. Wednesday following a nationwide manhunt. At the time, French had a warrant out for three counts of unlawful sexual activity with …
Authorities in Utah released video surveillance footage of a man’s brazen — and painful — effort to escape custody at a courthouse this week. According to Fox News, Christopher Clay Rudd appeared in court Monday in response to claims that he did not complete drug treatment classes he had previously been ordered to attend. Court …
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 …
A Swiss woman apparently convinced her husband to move their family to Utah where they staged a murder-suicide that left them, their two children and pet dog dead last year, according to police. According to the Daily Herald 43-year-old Jessica Griffith reportedly told her husband she was dying and in great pain. She told Timothy …
Authorities in Utah have released footage from body-mounted cameras being worn by the three officers involved in a fatal shooting earlier this month. According to KSTU 20-year-old Elijah Smith was fatally shot on April 8 after West Valley City police officers chase the suspected thief on foot to a nearby residence. At that location, police …
A woman reportedly filed a lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), accusing the then-president of the LDS Missionary Training Center (MTC) of raping her in 1984. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, McKenna Denson filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah. In it, she claims that the church …
Two former employees speak out against the ongoing issues at the day care where the little boy nearly died
To the outrage and shock of many, the Utah woman currently jailed for the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart could be eligible for parole later this year. CrimeFeed reported that Wanda Barzee, now 72, was sentenced to 15 years in jail on that conviction. While she’s scheduled to be released in 2024, an upcoming parole hearing …
Authorities in Utah claim a 70-year-old woman is facing allegations of trying to hire a hit man while facing charges of hiring men to carry out two previous murder plots. As KSL reported, Linda Tracy Gillman was charged last year for her attempt to convince an employee and tenant to kill her ex-husband, Duane Gillman. …
An unlicensed Utah daycare worker is facing felony child abuse charges after she reportedly slammed an infant down so severely that she broke his legs. FOX News reports 66-year-old Elvira Ortega, who ran an unlicensed daycare in Salt Lake City, allegedly admitted to police that she slammed the baby feet-first onto a hard bathroom floor while …
A Utah teen who allegedly helped a younger classmate hang herself last year was found competent to stand trial on murder charges. KSTU reported that Tyerell Przybycien pleaded not guilty last year to first-degree murder and failure to report the findings of a dead human body in connection with the death of Jchandra Brown, 16. Przybycien, now 18, allegedly …
