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Gay Florida teen charged for underage girlfriend

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:23:45 MDT

Gay Florida teen charged for underage girlfriend

Updated May 21, 2013 10:23PM MDT

Miami • An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she’s gay. The criminal case against Kaitlyn Hunt is unusual because it involves two females, not an older male and a younger female. But advocates say older high schoolers dating their younger counterparts is an innocuous, everyday occurrence that...

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Man facing terror charges to remain in Idaho jail

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:53:12 MDT

Man facing terror charges to remain in Idaho jail

The Associated Press

Updated May 21, 2013 08:53PM MDT

Boise, Idaho • An Uzbek national facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing. Lawyers for Fazliddin Kurbanov on Tuesday waived a hearing where a U.S. District Court judge was to have considered whether he should stay in Ada County Jail in Boise until his July 2 trial. Kurbanov is a refugee from Uzbekistan in Central Asia who arrived in Boise in 2009. He was arrested Thursday. The 30-year-old truck driver was indic...

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Fort Jackson commander facing adultery charges

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:33:03 MDT

Fort Jackson commander facing adultery charges

By LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press

Updated May 21, 2013 03:33PM MDT

Washington • The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in a physical altercation. The Army says Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts reportedly was in an altercation with another woman, not his wife. Roberts was suspended from his job by Gen. Robert W. Cone, commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command, while the investigation continues. Roberts took command of Fort Jackson in April 2012. He has been in the Army f...

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Suspected drug dealer accused of being high during fatal auto-ped

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:44:28 MDT

Suspected drug dealer accused of being high during fatal auto-ped

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 11:44PM MDT

Prosecutors have charged a suspected drug dealer with driving under the influence of methamphetamine when he allegedly hit and killed a man with his van. Ashton Lee Godfrey, 20, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with automobile homicide, as well as DUI causing death, in case the court determines there isn’t enough evidence for the former. Both are second-degree felonies that carry a sentence of one to 15 years in prison. Godfrey was also charged with three counts of possession of a contr...

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Jets RB Goodson facing drug, weapons charges

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:02:31 MDT

Jets RB Goodson facing drug, weapons charges

The Associated Press

Updated May 18, 2013 12:02AM MDT

Newark, N.J. • New York Jets running back Mike Goodson is facing drug and weapons charges after a New Jersey traffic stop. State police say Goodson was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 31-year-old Garant Evans of Roselle. Police found them stopped in the left lane of Interstate 80 in Denville at about 3:15 a.m. Friday. Sgt. Adam Grossman says both men were charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and three weapons charges stemming from a handgun found in the vehicle. E...

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Utah man charged with setting house on fire to kill wife

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:22:37 MDT

Utah man charged with setting house on fire to kill wife

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 11:22PM MDT

Prosecutors have charged a Salt Lake City man with allegedly setting his home on fire to kill his wife. Daniel B. Ivins, 33, was charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court with attempted murder and aggravated arson, both first-degree felonies. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of assault. Ivins’ wife, Sonnie Ivins, told investigators the couple was arguing on May 8 and that he slapped her cheek and punched her in the mouth. She retreated to a back room of their home at 377 N. 800 West, ...

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Corrections therapist charged with having sex with parolee

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:22:37 MDT

Corrections therapist charged with having sex with parolee

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 11:22PM MDT

A former Utah Department of Corrections therapist has been charged for allegedly having sex with a parolee. Michelle Glover, 42, of Holladay was charged Wednesday with custodial sexual relations in 3rd District Court. The charge carries a potential sentence of five years in prison. Glover, a contract therapist for the department, engaged in a sexual relationship with Clifton Robinson between April 1, 2011, and April 9, 2013, while he was under parole supervision, according to the charges. Robin...

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Coordinator of Army sexual assault prevention office accused of ‘abusive sexual contact’

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:43:40 MDT

Coordinator of Army sexual assault prevention office accused of ‘abusive sexual contact’

By ROBERT BURNS The Associated Press

Updated May 14, 2013 06:43PM MDT

Washington • A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for “abusive sexual contact” and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Wednesday. The announcement came just one week after an Air Force officer who headed a sexual assault prevention office was himself arrested on charges of groping a woman in a parking lot. The two cases highlight a problem that is drawing increased scrutiny in the Cong...

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Drunk man charges elephant, poutine in a bottle, too pretty for boxing and the rest of the weird wide world

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:47:02 MDT

Drunk man charges elephant, poutine in a bottle, too pretty for boxing and the rest of the weird wide world

By Jason Fields Digital First Media

Updated May 14, 2013 01:47PM MDT

In this edition of the Weird Wide World, we’ve got a man just drunk enough to chase an elephant, a country where a Wal-Mart is never really a Wal-Mart and a failed effort to take a favorite Canadian snack — poutine — and put it in a bottle. <freeform><script data-hide-title=”true” data-hide-byline=”true” data-hide-footnotes=”true” type=”text/javascript” src=”http://cdn.spundge.com/embed/stories/3455/”></script><noscript><h1>Drunk man charges elephant, poutine in a b...

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Utah fire chief charged with prescription fraud

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:17:45 MDT

Utah fire chief charged with prescription fraud

By Kimball Bennion and michael mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 11:17PM MDT

A Unified Fire Authority supervisor has been charged for obtaining drug prescriptions under false pretenses. Assistant Chief Marlon Don Jones, 48, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with 14 third-degree felony counts of so-called “doctor shopping.” As part of its routine checks, UFA became aware of irregularities and discrepancies concerning its supply of controlled substances and immediately asked local law enforcement to investigate, according to a UFA news release. Cottonwood Heights p...

Roy man arrested in credit union robbery

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:43:50 MDT

Roy man arrested in credit union robbery

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 10:43PM MDT

The disguise worn by a credit union robber apparently wasn’t good enough. Police allege 71-year-old Finis Ray Byrd robbed an Ogden credit union on April 6 with a long rifle and disguised in a ski mask and hard hat. Byrd was charged Friday in 2nd District Court with aggravated robbery and possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person. The robbery charge carries a potential sentence of five years to life in prison; the weapons charge, one to 15 years. Police say Byrd entered Wasatch Peak...

Utah not only state with ag-gag law to stop photography of farms, livestock

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:37:02 MDT

Utah not only state with ag-gag law to stop photography of farms, livestock

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 8, 2013 02:37PM MDT

While Amy Meyer nearly became the first Utahn to be prosecuted for taking pictures of an “agricultural operation”, her case is a reminder that other state have — or are considering — so-called “ag-gag” bills. Meyer was facing charges under a 2012 law that made it illegal to photograph or video record agricultural operations — farms, ranches, slaughterhouses, just to name a few — while trespassing or entering the premises illegally. That last part was inserted in the bill after critics said the p...

Coach cleared of charges no longer at MSU-Mankato

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:33:58 MDT

Coach cleared of charges no longer at MSU-Mankato

The Associated Press

Updated May 8, 2013 11:33PM MDT

Minneapolis • A former head football coach for Minnesota State University-Mankato, who was cleared of child pornography charges last year but reassigned to an administrative position, is no longer employed at the university, the school said Wednesday. Todd Hoffner’s last day on the university’s payroll was Tuesday, school spokesman Dan Benson told The Associated Press. He declined to say whether Hoffner was fired or left on his own, calling it was a private personnel matter, and declined to gi...

Public funeral service set for referee felled in soccer match assault

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:19:55 MDT

Public funeral service set for referee felled in soccer match assault

By Jennifer Dobner The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 8, 2013 12:19PM MDT

A soccer referee who suffered a fatal head injury after being assaulted during a match will be memorialized at a public funeral mass on Wednesday — the same day prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges against the 17-year-old boy accused of landing the deadly punch. Services for Ricardo Portillo being with a 1 p.m. viewing at the The Rail Event Center, 235 N. 500 West, followed by a Catholic mass at 7 p.m., Portillo family friend Tony Yapias said. The public is asked to wear white shir...