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Suicidal man shot, killed by Weber County sheriff’s deputy

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:29:39 MDT

Suicidal man shot, killed by Weber County sheriff’s deputy

By Jennifer Dobner The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 25, 2013 10:29PM MDT

A Washington Terrace man was shot and killed by Weber County a sheriff’s deputy early Saturday while police were trying to talk the man out of taking his own life. An apparently distraught Jeff Foote, 39, placed a 911 call to police just before 1 a.m. and told a dispatcher that he planned to shoot himself, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Officers from multiple police agencies went to the home Foote shared with his parents, 110 W. 4600 South, to find him standing in the front yard,...

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Man who beat Layton police officer into unconsciousness going to prison

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:16 MDT

Man who beat Layton police officer into unconsciousness going to prison

By jessica miller The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT

Farmington • Layton police Sgt. Brady Fitzpatrick always knew there may be a time when someone would try to hurt or kill him for the sole reason that he was wearing a police badge and uniform. That day came on Aug. 28 when, while on duty, Fitzpatrick was beaten into unconsciousness by Joshua Robert Isakson, 31, at Isakson’s Layton home. “I was merely trying to protect the people that he was supposed to love from his rage and brutality,” Fitzpatrick said Thursday during Isakson’s sentencing in F...

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Wife: Man shot by West Valley City cops “didn’t have the guts” to kill himself

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:31:08 MDT

Wife: Man shot by West Valley City cops “didn’t have the guts” to kill himself

By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 12:31AM MDT

The wife of a man who allegedly prompted a shooting inside the West Valley City Police Department lobby in April told detectives her husband went to the police department with an unloaded handgun because he wanted “someone to kill him because he didn’t have the guts to do it himself.” James Kammeyer, who was wounded but not killed, has been charged with threat of terrorism, three counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm by a restricted person, all third-degree felon...

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Utah couple sue law enforcement agencies over break-in

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:19:24 MDT

Utah couple sue law enforcement agencies over break-in

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 08:19PM MDT

They had the wrong house. A week before Christmas, police officers broke into Christopher and Kim Dettle’s home at 278 E. 700 North in Richfield and forced them to the ground at gunpoint, causing them to allegedly suffer injuries. But when the officers asked about their intended target, Christopher Dettle informed them she lived down the street. “Eventually, one of the officers, after apparently verifying the address, exclaimed‘S---, we are at the wrong house,’ ” according to a federal lawsuit t...

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KUED's general manager returning to the private sector

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:09:18 MDT

KUED's general manager returning to the private sector

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 04:09PM MDT

After three years at the helm of KUED, general manager Michael A. Dunn is stepping down to return to the private sector."It's the right time," he said. "KUED has never been in a better place. We're moving ahead. I think we're the envy of the [PBS] system."Dunn came to Channel 7 in May 2010 from a career in advertising, marketing and film production."We were lucky to attract him," said Fred Esplin, the University of Utah's vice president of university relations. "He's done a great job. It's a ter...

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Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:40:15 MDT

Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice

By VERENA DOBNIK The Associated Press

Updated May 19, 2013 04:40PM MDT

New York • The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life. “The big question is, how do you know, when someone’s pointing a gun at you, whether you should keep talking to them, or shoot?” said Michele Galietta, a professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice wh...

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Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:38:08 MDT

Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police

By FRANK ELTMAN The Associated Press

Updated May 18, 2013 11:38PM MDT

Mineola, N.Y. • A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a Nassau County police officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head Friday morning by an officer who opened fire after the masked intruder, Dalton Smith, pointed a gun at the officer while holding the 21-year-old junior in a headlock, Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata said. The Nassau Co...

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Salt Lake police dedicate plaque to officer killed on bike in 2000

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:54:05 MDT

Salt Lake police dedicate plaque to officer killed on bike in 2000

By Jim Dalrymple II The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 04:54PM MDT

Christian Smith wasn’t alive on July 17, 2000, the day that Salt Lake City police Officer Michael Dunman was killed while on patrol as a bicycle cop. But the 10-year-old was instrumental in making sure the city remembers Dunman’s service. On Friday afternoon, Dunman’s family and former colleagues gathered near 1500 S. State St., the site of the fatal crash, to dedicate a bronze plaque in his memory. Dunman’s widow, Sandi Dunman-Bromley, pulled a sheet of paper from the brick wall of Piper Down P...

Fallen Utah officers honored in Washington, D.C.

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:09:12 MDT

Fallen Utah officers honored in Washington, D.C.

By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 08:09PM MDT

Washington • Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Aaron Beesley saved countless lives in rescue operations. Ogden police Officer Jared Francom charged head-on into dangerous situations. Border Patrol Officer Nicholas Ivie helped secure the nation’s southernmost boundary. All three Utahns died in the line of duty last year and were honored Wednesday in Washington along with 318 of their fellow law enforcement officers. “I did feel Aaron a few times,” Kristie Beesley, the wife of the late trooper, said a...

DA: Probe into fatal Willard shooting likely to take at least two months

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:34:50 MDT

DA: Probe into fatal Willard shooting likely to take at least two months

By janelle stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 06:34AM MDT

The Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said Tuesday he expects it will take at least two more months to determine whether the officer-involved shooting that killed 21-year-old Danielle Willard was justified. “I can promise you one thing, I don’t want it to take one more day than it has to,” Gill said. Meanwhile, attorneys representing Willard’s mother, Melissa Kennedy, argued Tuesday before the Salt Lake County Council that documents related to the November fatal shooting should be rel...

Missing Millcreek man found walking in Taylorsville

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:07:56 MDT

Missing Millcreek man found walking in Taylorsville

By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 12, 2013 11:07PM MDT

A missing 69-year-old Millcreek man was being treated at a hospital Sunday afternoon after a Unified police officer spotted him nearly eight miles away from home. Derald Nielson, who suffers from advanced Alzheimer’s disease, was found by the officer about 1:15 p.m. as he walked near 6200 South and Redwood Road in Taylorsville, police said. Nielson had last been seen by his wife about 10 a.m. Saturday at their Millcreek home near 1350 East and 3600 South. When she went to check on him about noo...