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July 18, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Vilisoni Angilau pleaded guilty Friday to charges stemming from the gang-related murder of a teenager last year. Angilau is the younger brother of Siale Angilau, who was shot dead by a U.S. marshal as he lunged at a witness in federal court.
The yo... Full Story
July 18, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Two children were flown to hospital by medical helicopter Friday morning after a vehicle in which they were traveling in rolled over on Interstate 15 in Millard County.
A Chevy Trailblazer carrying two adults and six children rolled over when the dri... Full Story
July 17, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A gallery show featuring the art of John Christopher Wallace, the Salt Lake City man who killed himself by leaping into a ceremonial bonfire last weekend, will be held Friday to help pay for his funeral.
The show will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the... Full Story
July 16, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
About two dozen people rallied Wednesday morning in front the Capitol to protest a prison sentence imposed on 16-year-old Cooper Van Huizen.
The protesters, wearing white "Free Cooper" T-shirts, waved signs demanding Van Huizen's release from ... Full Story
July 15, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
When Jordan Larson first heard Monday that his friend Jared Tolman had killed two people and then himself that morning in Logan, he didn't believe it.
"I am very sorry to everyone involved, and I don't want to defend his actions, but he ab... Full Story
July 15, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A woman was hospitalized and her husband was behind bars after he allegedly beat her in a drunken rage Monday night in their room at the Cedar Breaks Lodge in Brian Head.
Police responded to the woman's 911 call at about 11:30 p.m. They arrived ... Full Story
July 15, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A hiker in Bell Canyon died Tuesday of a cardiac arrest, despite attempts to resuscitate him.
The man, who was in his 60s but whose name has not been released to the public because police are still trying to contact his family, was hiking with a frie... Full Story
July 14, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Calling his crimes "depraved" and "appalling," a Salt Lake County judge sentenced James Raphael Sanchez to two consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison for kidnapping and murdering his girlfriend three years ago.
After a three-day trial in Ma... Full Story
July 14, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A joyous festival was cut tragically short Saturday night when a man burned to death after leaping into a huge ceremonial bonfire.
As a three-story wooden effigy, inspired by the creatures from Where the Wild Things Are, burned to mark the culminati... Full Story
July 7, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Along with cute kittens, biting babies and rap remixes, YouTube channel surfers can expect, now more than ever, to see videos of crimes posted by police departments.
Two YouTube videos posted to the Salt Lake City Police Department's Twitter a... Full Story
July 4, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
West Fork of the Duchesne River • Robert Calvin Gordon III, seated comfortably in his wheelchair and clutching an old wooden mandolin, is describing the plot of his first, only and still-to-be-published novel. The title is Gone with the Whales.
"It&... Full Story
July 1, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
In opening statements Monday in the jury trial for a Salt Lake County man accused of stabbing another man to death, the defense argued that the fatal blows were delivered not by the defendant, but by his friend.
Talon Levi Hamann, 20, is charged in ... Full Story
July 1, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A backyard barbecue in Tooele County sparked a house fire Sunday night that has left a family of four homeless.
Dispatch was alerted to the structure fire at 6270 Burmester Road in a rural area at about 6:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived on the scene to ... Full Story
June 30, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Citizens of Heber City are outraged over revelations that a former local utility executive who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the company was under investigation for a similar crime in Canada when he was hired by Utah officials eight years... Full Story
June 27, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
As befits an event that's been held annually for more than four decades, the Rainbow Family Gathering is steeped in tradition: the chanting of "Om" before a meal, the prayer for world peace on the morning of the Fourth of July and, of course, th... Full Story
June 27, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank police confirmed Friday that the officer who shot and killed a dog last week while searching for a missing child was Brett Olsen.
Olsen was one of the "heroes" who helped take down a lone gunman who killed ... Full Story
June 27, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A video posted to Facebook late Wednesday night shows Sean Kendall confront Salt Lake City police officers on his front lawn minutes after his dog was shot dead by an officer during a search for a 3-year-old boy last week.
The video begins as Kendal... Full Story
June 26, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
An unattended candle ignited a fire in a Clearfield duplex Thursday morning that left four adults and a toddler temporarily displaced from their homes.
The candle was left burning by the occupant of one of the units in a duplex at 164 N. 300 East, sa... Full Story
June 25, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Prosecutors may file additional charges against the 32-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed a man in the head and shoulder at the Rainbow Family Gathering outside of Heber City.
Wednesday morning, Leilani Novak-Garcia, who people at the gathering cal... Full Story
June 25, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Hundreds of people gathered in Salt Lake's City Creek Park on Wednesday night to celebrate the decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that state laws banning same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.
The celebrants, waving rainbow flags and... Full Story
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