A Utah police officer was shot in the head while his back was turned to the man who killed him, according to a report from the Weber County Attorney’s Office released on Wednesday. Ogden City Officer Nathan Lyday, 24, died instantly on May 28 while he and another officer were responded to a domestic abuse …
An Ogden city police officer was killed and a probation officer wounded Thursday responding to a domestic violence call in the northeastern part of the Utah city. Deseret News reported that a woman called 911 shortly after noon and told dispatchers that her husband was threatening to kill her. The call was disconnected, and when …
A 28-year-old Utah woman was facing at most a leaving the scene of an accident charge, but she ended up jailed on an attempted murder charge after she fled the accident scene, refused to stop when police ordered her to, and tried to run over an officer. Samantha Bencomo of Nephi allegedly backed into a …
Police in Utah are investigating after at least five children reportedly ate THC-infused candy that they received from a food bank on Friday. KUTV reported that an 11-year-old and 5-year-old girl were hospitalized after eating “Medicated Nerds Rope.” The younger girl’s father told the news station that the girl’s grandmother picked up the food, and …
A parolee in Utah who was released from a halfway house early due to the coronavirus pandemic allegedly broke into a random home and held a woman at knifepoint. KSL reported that the incident involving Joshua Haskell, 42, occurred in American Fork on March 19. Haskell allegedly forced entry into a home and, while brandishing …
The little girl’s body was found hog-tied and nude in a creek
A Utah woman was arrested last Wednesday for allegedly inflicting 44 injuries on her 14-month-old granddaughter earlier this month while she was in her care. Sally Lacayo, 47, was charged with first-degree sexual abuse of a child and second-degree intentionally inflicting serious physical injury to a child. The Gephardt Daily reported that emergency crews who …
An Idaho man is facing criminal charges for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl during a camping trip in August. In December, Juan Salazar, 35, was arrested and charged with felony lewd conduct with a minor under 16. The victim told deputies and a forensic interviewer that the sexual assault occurred while she was four-wheeler riding …
A parolee in Utah allegedly raped a 7-year-old girl late last month, days after he reportedly walked away from a supervised substance abuse program and failed to notify authorities. Joshua Perez, 23, is accused of sexually assaulting the victim on January 30. KSL reported that the victim was “hysterical and crying” when she told her …
Colin Jeffery “CJ” Haynie has been charged with four counts of aggravated murder, one count of attempted aggravated murder, and five counts of discharge of a firearm in the shooting deaths of his mother and three siblings and the wounding of his father, KSL reported on Wednesday. Prosecutors revealed disturbing details of the January 17 …
A Utah community was left “devastated” on Saturday after a teen boy was accused of killing three children and an adult, all members of his family, and wounding another, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Police took the suspect into custody Friday night at a Tooele County hospital, Grantsville Police Cpl Rhonda Fields said. He was …
A Utah woman is being accused of trying to buy an illegal biological agent to harm her sick roommate — and it wasn’t the first time she’d tried. Janie Ridd, 50, is her roommate’s caretaker and the beneficiary of her life insurance policy, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Additionally, the roommate’s will stipulates that Ridd …
