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August 13, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City has been rolling out a new strategy to deal with homelessness around Pioneer Park that officials say emphasizes the carrot over the stick.
The centerpiece of that strategy is the police department's new Metro Support Bureau Resou... Full Story
August 13, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Orem police are asking the public to help them identify a man wanted in connection with several recent burglaries.
In a video dated Aug. 5 and distributed by police Wednesday, a man wearing a flat-brimmed trucker hat and a hooded sweatshirt is seen f... Full Story
August 13, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
An autistic man who was missing in Provo Canyon was found Wednesday afternoon.
Stephen Simmons, 20, wandered off Wednesday morning from the large group he was with at South Fork Park.
A volunteer search and rescue team from Utah County began scouring... Full Story
August 13, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Two teens were arrested Wednesday morning after they allegedly tried to rob a Taylorsville smoke shop for a second time in a 24-hour period.
When the teens, males ages 17 and 19, appeared outside Lucky's Smoke Shop at 4128 S. Carriage Square (a... Full Story
August 13, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A Boy Scout who was lost Wednesday in northern Utah's Duchesne County was rescued by a helicopter.
A Department of Public Safety rescue helicopter retrieved the scout and was bringing him to safety Wednesday afternoon, according to Duchesne Coun... Full Story
August 12, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Utility workers have patched a gas leak that had forced several residents from their West Bountiful duplexes Tuesday morning.
The South Davis Metro Fire Department responded to an emergency call shortly after 6:30 a.m. near 900 West and 1000 North, s... Full Story
August 11, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A Salt Lake City police officer used a Taser on a 47-year-old homeless man after he tried to flee Monday morning.
Shortly after 5 a.m., an officer on patrol in Pioneer Park found two men sleeping on the tennis courts in violation of the park's c... Full Story
August 7, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Heavy overnight rain triggered the North Salt Lake landslide that devastated one house and sent residents of more than 20 hillside homes fleeing for safety. Even in dry weather, however, the slope that collapsed Tuesday morning was weak and showing s... Full Story
August 4, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
In a few hours, the man who killed her 26-year-old daughter would be sentenced in 3rd District Court, but as she waited outside the court-room before the sentencing Monday, Mary Waters wore a mask of composure.
Before the sun had come up on Salt Lake... Full Story
August 3, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Larry Nielson couldn't understand how he kept misplacing his art.
In the weeks before the big heist, Nielson would notice that a painting wasn't where he remembered putting it. He must have left it somewhere else among the hundreds of work... Full Story
August 1, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake City Police Department said Friday that a police officer "acted within policy" when he shot a dog in its own fenced backyard last month during a search for a missing 3-year-old boy.
Officer Brett Olsen reasonably believed deadly force ... Full Story
July 31, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A 78-year-old German woman who investigators say conned four people out of more than $200,000 by convincing them she was a foreign heiress was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court.
Ingeborg Del Vechil faces four felony counts stemming from an alle... Full Story
July 31, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City police are offering an unspecified cash reward for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of robbing at least four businesses in under two weeks.
Marshall James Roberts, 25, is wanted in connected with the robberies of tw... Full Story
July 31, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A day after being struck by a car while crossing a busy intersection in Ogden, a 67-year-old woman remained in critical condition Thursday afternoon.
The woman was in the crosswalk making her way across 24th Street at 5:47 p.m. Wednesday when a vehic... Full Story
July 31, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A woman who shot her boyfriend to death during a domestic dispute has not been arrested but is keeping police apprised of her whereabouts, the Uintah County Sheriff's Department said Thursday in a news release.
Just before midnight Tuesday, gun... Full Story
July 31, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah State University police are seeking a man suspected of groping a female student as she exercised on campus Saturday.
The victim told police she was preparing to run up and down the Old Main Hill stairs at about 9:15 p.m. when she was approached ... Full Story
July 30, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A 69-year-old Bluffdale man is facing charges stemming from an incident in which he is accused of hitting a man in the head with a baseball bat.
Charging documents filed in 3rd District Court on Wednesday state that the alleged attack occurred on Jul... Full Story
July 30, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Police have arrested a 46-year-old woman they say was involved in a series of scams in Weber County, but her male accomplice remains at large.
The two are suspected of operating an illegal roofing company, bilking homeowners of money for nonexistent ... Full Story
July 30, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A man who police say was stealing technology equipment from a West Valley City elementary school, had his ear nearly bitten off by a police dog Wednesday when he refused to surrender.
Granite School District Police dispatchers were alerted to the all... Full Story
July 29, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
The owner of a dog killed by a Salt Lake City police officer last month said he has turned down the department's offer to pay him $10,000 to compensate him for his pet.
Sean Kendall, owner of the dog, Geist, that was shot dead by a police offic... Full Story
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