Aubrey Wieber

Reporter

Aubrey started at The Tribune in November 2017 covering breaking news, crime and courts. He previously worked in Oregon covering cops and courts and in eastern Idaho as a general assignment reporter and editor. Outside of journalism, Aubrey enjoys skiing, fly fishing, craft beer and NBA basketball.

Jonathan Grant Thompson, the man behind the popular science-focused YouTube channel, The King of Random.

Utah man who runs popular YouTube science channel is charged with possessing explosives during backyard experiments

By Aubrey Wieber | July 31, 2019, 12:05 a.m.

Utah’s Falls Event Center expanded by lying to investors about its value and profitability, lawsuit states

By Aubrey Wieber | May 12, 2018, 3:17 a.m.

Standard-Examiner is the latest Utah newspaper to lay off journalists

By Aubrey Wieber | May 12, 2018, 3:04 a.m.

Violent crime in Utah spiked in 2016, an upward trend deemed ‘concerning’ by the state’s public safety boss

By Aubrey Wieber | May 12, 2018, 1:21 a.m.

In this Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 photo, a drone approaches the stage as Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, perform during the High Life Music Festival at the High Desert Event Center in Victorville, Calif. Stanley Flesh-N-Bone Howse, right, was struck by the drone while performing onstage. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP)

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to visit Utah, the crossroads of the West, to close out the Salt City Sounds concert series next month

By Aubrey Wieber | May 11, 2018, 3:37 a.m.

(Photos courtesy of Weber County Sheriff's Office) Photos show the clutter that audits claim started building in 2015 and only got worse. Evidence was found in improper places, not cataloged and not with corresponding evidence. When prosecutors asked for evidence in a case, it sometimes took months to locate it and send it to the crime lab, if it was found at all. One deputy described the room as having "deer trails" through piles of evidence in order to walk around the clutter.

Weber County evidence room scandal extends to the prosecutor’s office, where an unknown number of cases may have been affected

By Aubrey Wieber | May 11, 2018, 2:52 a.m.

(Photo courtesy of Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office) Rufino Cervantes

Transient whose gun went off outside a West Valley City grocery store is hit with federal firearms charge

By Aubrey Wieber | May 10, 2018, 10:10 p.m.

A Utah police officer who works at a Payson school is accused of having a yearlong relationship with a 17-year-old student

By Aubrey Wieber | May 10, 2018, 1:38 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Weber County Sheriff Complex entrance Thursday, September 15 2011. Weber County Jail faced a federal audit and failed in several areas, forcing them to give up housing ICE detainees and likely costing the jail as much as $1.6 million next year in federal money.

Weber County sheriff’s employee was high on meth, overdosed at work, failed to submit rape kits and other evidence, report says

By Aubrey Wieber | May 6, 2018, 4:16 p.m.

Layton officer shoots man after three-hour standoff

By Aubrey Wieber | May 6, 2018, 1:25 a.m.