Expert: Utah case shows drugs a problem in police evidence rooms

The internal investigation also found that the evidence room was in disarray and dozens of criminal cases may be jeopardized because of stolen or compromised evidence. May 22, 2018OGDEN (AP) — Evidence room problems illustrated by the case of a Utah technician who was...

Drug thefts ‘real problem’ in police evidence rooms

He said he concluded after the training that “evidence supervision is the scariest job I’ve ever had. When it goes wrong it goes really wrong and you always catch it late.”  May 19, 2018Editor’s note: The Standard-Examiner is choosing not...

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

An audit of the room, which was found to be in complete disarray, is expected to take more than a year. May 10, 2018 Weber County prosecutors are trying to determine which of their cases have solid footing and which have crumbled after a scandal in which the...

Report: Supervisor didn’t act on ‘warning signs’ surrounding Weber evidence employee

“The warning signs were present but ignored,” jeopardizing criminal prosecutions and harming the reputation of the office, states the review released Friday in response to public records requests. May 5, 2018OGDEN — Despite complaints from colleagues,...

Weber County employee got ‘good’ reviews despite ‘total disarray’ of evidence room

“I basically became addicted to meth in the evidence room,” the report quoted the custodian as saying. May 4, 2018Ripped or razored open to get at the narcotics inside, dozens of empty evidence bags lay strewn on the floor or crumpled and jammed into two...

Ousted sheriff’s deputy says he’s a scapegoat for evidence problems

“I retired because I was being forced out of my career by a vindictive, politically motivated attempt to blame me for the crimes committed by a former evidence custodian under my supervision,” Burns said in the statement. April 13, 2018OGDEN — A former...