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Police tracked Josh Powell by plane, wiretapped his phone

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:54:08 MDT

Police tracked Josh Powell by plane, wiretapped his phone

By Jim Dalrymple II The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 25, 2013 01:54PM MDT

Just days after Susan Powell vanished without a trace in 2009, police tracked her husband Josh Powell with an airplane as he tried to evade authorities on his way to a Nevada strip club. Those were among the new details to emerge in hundreds of pages of search warrants released Friday that were part of the investigation into the West Valley City woman’s disappearance. The warrants add to the thousands of documents that became public Monday when police ended their investigation into Powell’s di...

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U.K. police arrest 3 more men in soldier’s slaying

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:01:30 MDT

U.K. police arrest 3 more men in soldier’s slaying

By SYLVIA HUI The Associated Press

Updated May 25, 2013 03:01PM MDT

London • British police on Saturday arrested three more suspects in connection with the savage killing of an off-duty soldier that has raised fresh concerns about terrorism. Scotland Yard said counter-terrorism officers arrested two men, aged 24 and 28, at a residential address in southeast London. A third man, 21, was arrested separately on a London street at the same time. Police said they used a stun gun on two of the suspects. All three were detained on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murd...

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Susan Powell’s marriage worse than thought, documents show (video)

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:55:13 MDT

Susan Powell’s marriage worse than thought, documents show (video)

By nate carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 06:55AM MDT

Josh and Susan Powell’s marriage may have been even worse than most thought. Documents released this week by West Valley City police include evidence Josh Powell was cheating on his wife and gambling. They talk about Susan Powell having a “girl’s night out,” and imply it was to liberate herself from Josh’s control. “They had arguments every once in awhile and they had assaulted each other in the past,” reads one statement in a police report. It’s attributed to Terrica Powell, Josh’s mother. But...

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Ogden cop-shooting suspect Matthew Stewart dead in jailhouse suicide

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

Ogden cop-shooting suspect Matthew Stewart dead in jailhouse suicide

By Jessica Miller The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 25, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Ogden • Matthew David Stewart had lost hope. He faced the death penalty for the slaying of a police officer and had spent more than a year in the Weber County jail as court proceedings chugged along. But a setback in his case this week proved overwhelming for the 39-year-old man, according to his family. He was found dead in his jail cell Friday, an apparent suicide. Officials said he was unresponsive about 12:50 a.m., hanging from a sheet. “We were supposed to see him this evening,” said siste...

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Soldier’s slaying prompts U.K. security review

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:46:33 MDT

Soldier’s slaying prompts U.K. security review

By PAISLEY DODDS | The Associated Press

Updated May 24, 2013 08:46PM MDT

London • Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain’s domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing. Still, counter-terrorism officials said they are reviewing what — if any — lessons can be gleaned from the information they had leading up to the slaying Wednesday. Authorities in the U.S. have similarl...

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Police, FBI, arrest bank robber who hit Sandy, SLC

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:25:26 MDT

Police, FBI, arrest bank robber who hit Sandy, SLC

By Jim Dalrymple II The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 11:25PM MDT

Police and FBI agents have arrested a man for allegedly robbing banks in Salt Lake City and Sandy earlier this month. Officers took the man into custody Thursday while he was at work, according to FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram. The most recent robbery reportedly happened Wednesday, when the man allegedly help up the Zions Bank at 8955 S. 700 East in Sandy. He also allegedly robbed the U.S. Bank at 888 E. 4500 South in Salt Lake City, on May 3. Officers from the Sandy City Police Dep...

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Three students face charges in West Valley school food fight

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:24:38 MDT

Three students face charges in West Valley school food fight

By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 11:24PM MDT

Three students are facing charges ranging from assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest to disorderly conduct after allegedly igniting a food fight involving hundreds of kids at West Valley City’s West Lake Junior High School. West Valley City police Lt. Rick McLenon confirmed Friday that the three students were arrested during the Thursday afternoon cafeteria free-for-all. One officer sustained a minor ankle injury while helping take one of the resisting students into custody. McLeon s...

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U.K.-bound plane from Pakistan diverted, 2 men arrested

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:10:02 MDT

U.K.-bound plane from Pakistan diverted, 2 men arrested

By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and DANICA KIRKA The Associated Press

Updated May 24, 2013 12:10PM MDT

LONDON • Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who allegedly threatened to destroy the plane. A British security official said the situation involving the Pakistan International Airlines flight did not appear terror-related, though police were still investigating, but the incident further rattled the U.K. ...

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Blood found on teen arrested in deaths of 2 adopted brothers

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:38:17 MDT

Blood found on teen arrested in deaths of 2 adopted brothers

By Janelle Stecklein and Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 07:38AM MDT

West Point • A 15-year-old boy arrested after his adopted younger brothers were found stabbed to death in his family’s West Point home had traces of blood on him when he was found later by police. Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson said during a Thursday afternoon press conference that the blood linked the teen to the crime scene. No weapons were found on the suspect, but two knives believed to be the murder weapons were recovered at the home. Richardson said the teen was cooperating with inv...

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Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:02 MDT

Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers

By GREGORY KATZ The Associated Press

Updated May 23, 2013 09:38PM MDT

London • A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London. Ingrid Loyau-Kennett got off a bus and tried to reason with the two attackers after she tried to help the man lying on the street but found he had no pulse and was already dead. The 48-year-old mother kept talking to the two bloody attackers before police came, trying to keep them calm. Loyau-Kennett, who lives in Co...

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West Valley City police respond to junior high food fight

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:47:22 MDT

West Valley City police respond to junior high food fight

By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 05:47PM MDT

Flying French fries and other items filled the air Thursday afternoon after a couple hundred Granite School District junior high students decided to launch a spontaneous all-out food fight. Ultimately, the West Valley City police were called to help restore order. Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley said the incident started about 12:30 p.m. at West Lake Junior High School when two youths got into a physical altercation. For unknown reasons, it escalated into a larger food fight, he s...

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Police raid live sex show in Syracuse, arrest six

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:16 MDT

Police raid live sex show in Syracuse, arrest six

By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT

It started with a tip from a confidential informant. Before Syracuse police were done, half a dozen people were behind bars for promoting, participating in and watching an illegal live sex show. Syracuse Police Chief Garret Atkin said the tip came into his detectives on Wednesday, stating that the illicit event was planned for just after midnight inside the Syracuse 6 Movie Theater at 2428 West 1700 South. A search warrant was obtained and early Thursday morning Syracuse officers, members of th...

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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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Salt Lake City cops seek robber who took beer, cash

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:54:40 MDT

Salt Lake City cops seek robber who took beer, cash

By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 12:54PM MDT

First he grabbed the brew, then the cash. Now Salt Lake City police are on the lookout and hope a tip will lead to the robber’s arrest. Police say the suspect — described as a 5-foot-10 Polynesian man in his 20s, wearing a black beanie, black short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans — walked into the 7-Eleven at 1157 W. California (1330 South) about 4 a.m. Wednesday. After taking beer from the cooler he approached and threatened the clerk, demanding money from the cash register. After receiving an uns...

2 more arrests in London hacking death investigation

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:52:49 MDT

2 more arrests in London hacking death investigation

By PAISLEY DODDS and GREGORY KATZ The Associated Press

Updated May 23, 2013 11:52AM MDT

LONDON • British police say two more people have been arrested by officers investigating the hacking death of a U.K. soldier in London. Scotland Yard said counterterrorism officers arrested a man and a woman — both 29 — on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. Both suspects are in custody at a south London police station. Two suspects shot and arrested by police at the scene Wednesday — a 22-year-old man and a 28-year-old man — remain hospitalized in stable condition with injuries that ...

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...

Utah paramedic suspected of forging prescriptions

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:31:00 MDT

Utah paramedic suspected of forging prescriptions

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 06:31AM MDT

For the second time this month, a member of the Unified Fire Authority has been arrested on suspicion of prescription drug charges. UFA Fire Chief Michael Jensen confirmed that paramedic Bruce Bergdahl, 44, was arrested Wednesday in Box Elder County, where the 18-year employee lives. Jensen could not elaborate on his alleged crimes, since he had not had a chance to read any police reports. A Box Elder County Jail employee said that Bergdahl was booked on three counts of forgery of a prescription...

Cross-dressing male robs Sandy bank

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:23:19 MDT

Cross-dressing male robs Sandy bank

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 12:23PM MDT

Sandy police are looking for a cross-dressing bank robber. The male walked into Zions Bank at 8955 S. 700 East on Wednesday at 4:53 p.m., right before it closed, wearing a white blouse, white hat and white sunglasses, according to a Sandy police news release. “He placed a light blue purse on the counter and told the teller to put all of the money in the purse,” the release adds. He did not threaten violence or show any weapons, the release adds. He then left with an undisclosed amount of money. ...

West Valley City to alter how it reviews its police

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:36:23 MDT

West Valley City to alter how it reviews its police

By pamela manson The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 22, 2013 07:36PM MDT

West Valley City • A board that reviews complaints against police will begin issuing quarterly and annual reports on its operations under changes approved Tuesday by the City Council. In addition, citizens will be able to comment at the beginning of monthly meetings of the West Valley City Professional Standards Review Board (PSRB), the police will no longer have a role in appointing the body’s members and all seven members will be civilians. The police department had been appointing one of the ...

Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:08:16 MDT

Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

By KYLE HIGHTOWER | The Associated Press

Updated May 22, 2013 09:08PM MDT

Orlando, Fla. • A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities in central Florida early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was fatally shot at his Orlando townhouse during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The agent was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threateni...