Crime and Public Safety

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1151+ words) A current and former Utah sheriff are both charged with obstruction of justice in a case tied to the high-profile prosecution of Kouri Richins, the realtor convicted of poisoning her husband with a fentanyl-laced cocktail and then writing a children's…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (97+ words) SALT LAKE CITY — One person is dead after a crash involving a motorcycle and a car in Salt Lake City Monday afternoon. The Salt Lake City Police Department said the crash took place at the intersection of 400 South and West…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (222+ words) Judges in northern Utah are about three times as likely to put someone convicted of a third-degree felony behind bars as judges in the southeastern part of the state, raising questions about whether justice is being equally applied statewide, according…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (272+ words) SALT LAKE CITY — Cleanup efforts began on Monday following a fire at an abandoned downtown building. Over 50 firefighters responded to the fire on Sunday, located at 356 W. 700 South, according to Salt Lake City Fire Capt. Matthew Wilson. No injuries were…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (703+ words) A Utah judge has ordered a 71-year-old man to be released on bail after he spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing, despite objections from the victim’s family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (775+ words) Trevor Lee, a Republican representative from Layton and one of the most controversial figures in the Utah Legislature, has resigned after being charged with fraud on Monday. Lee is facing four felony charges in 3rd District Court after being accused of…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (131+ words) The 27-year-old man killed in a BASE jumping accident Sunday morning in Cache County has been identified as a Salt Lake City firefighter. The Salt Lake City Fire Department shared that Gabe Reilly had died following the accident near Leetham’s…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (703+ words) A Utah judge has ordered a 71-year-old man to be released on bail after he spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (603+ words) Utah’s attempt to close a loophole in online age verification has run into a judicial wall. A federal judge has preliminarily blocked a provision of Senate Bill 73 (SB 73), “Online Age Verification Amendments,” requiring adult-content providers to verify the age of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (205+ words) Citizen's dispatch listing records a June 2026 call to 340 W. 700 South to rescue someone trapped in an elevator, per data cited by Citizen. The department itself operates 14 stations staffed by more than 350 personnel covering 200,000 residents across 110 square miles, running a three-platoon, 48-hour…...