Authorities in Utah say an altercation at a bar in St. George turned deadly when a 26-year-old man opened fire on at a 34-year-old patron. The incident took place early Saturday morning, according to police. As KSL reported, Bronson Joseph Flynn has since been arrested on suspicion of firing a gun at the One and …
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 …
Authorities in Utah say a man and woman are facing criminal charges related to allegedly using waterboarding to punish a 9-year-old girl. According to Fox News, 29-year-old Joseph Maeser Mitchell and 28-year-old Ilaria Catherina Mitchell, both of Provo, were identified as the alleged victim’s father and stepmother. “The 9-year-old stated that she cannot breath and …
A man accused of forcing a tool resembling an “ice pick” into his roommate’s penis earlier this year was jailed on assault charges Sunday. Jason Dee Maughn allegedly attacked his unidentified male roommate in their Salt Lake County home on August 30, Fox 13 reported, citing a probable cause affidavit. A warrant was reportedly issued …
A high school teacher in Utah reportedly shot and killed her ex-husband’s girlfriend as she decorated the Christmas tree with the teacher’s 3-year-old twin children. In a Facebook post, the victim’s mother, Tawny Williams, wrote that Lisa Williams, 26, was hanging homemade ornaments she made with the two toddlers when her boyfriend’s ex-wife, Chelsea Cook, 32, fatally …
A high school teacher with a reported history of domestic violence is now facing aggravated murder charges for allegedly fatally shooting her ex-husband’s girlfriend in front of her 3-year-old twins. Citing a probable cause affidavit, KUTV reported that police said Chelsea Cook, 32, fatally shot Lisa Williams, 26, at her ex-husband’s apartment Sunday evening. Travis Cook said …
Authorities in Utah say a South Salt Lake police officer is dead after a car struck him in what is being described as a deliberate attack. According to Fox News, 31-year-old David Romwell was one of two officers dispatched to a burglary report at a local business Saturday evening. When the officers exited their patrol …
Police say the 7-year-old victim said, “Mom, Mom, it’s me” as Whitney Romero repeatedly stabbed him with a pen
A Utah man reportedly died from rabies Sunday, weeks after handling bats at his family home. Per KSL, Gary Giles, 55, died after the slow—but devastating—virus infected his brain and other vital organs. His wife told the news station that they would often remove bats from their home, not realizing that they were possibly a vector …
A Utah man has admitted to not only helping but filming his 16-year-old friend die by suicide in May 2017. Tyerell Przybycien, now 19, agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of child abuse homicide in connection with Jchandra Brown’s death. Przybycien provided the rope Brown would use to hang herself—and also tied the noose and set up the makeshift …
Authorities in Utah arrested a man on suspicion of beating his girlfriend’s dog with a hammer earlier this year. According to Fox News, 50-year-old Millcreek resident Stanley Jocelyn allegedly reacted to the dog, named Temper, snatching food off of his plate as he ate in the living room of his home in August. KUTV cited …
A Utah man suspected in the 2012 abduction, rape, and murder of a 6-year-old girl learned his fate in court last week. Deseret News reports that a judge sentenced 47-year-old Terry Lee Black on Thursday to 25 years to life for aggravated murder, 15 years to life for child kidnapping, and 25 years to life …
