Investigators: BLM agent took evidence, handed valuable stones out ‘like candy’

The employee told investigators he had “bad feeling” about taking them from the evidence room, but followed instructions because Love was a law enforcement officer and “scary.” August 24, 2017SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Bureau of Land Management...

Hurricane officer charged with felony in evidence handling case

Allegations the evidence officer delivered department evidence items, which are classified as public property, to a company owned by a family member so she could sell them on eBay. August 17, 2017A Hurricane Police evidence control officer is facing a felony charge of...

Salt Lake City Police arrest suspect in 1991 murder cold case -DNA

Viengkeo K. Sundara, 49, faces a first-degree felony charge of murder for the stabbing death of Youthalouth Oudanonh during a dance at 120 W 1300 S in Salt Lake City back in 1991. July 10 , 2017SALT LAKE CITY – Police have arrested a man in a Salt Lake City murder...

Rape kit law speeds up testing process

Gov. Gary Herbert signed House Bill 200 on March 22, which now requires local law enforcement agencies to submit sexual assault kits to state forensic labs for testing within 30 days of retrieval. March 29, 2017Some advocates for sexual assault victims are...

DNA evidence led to arrest in killing of 84-year-old man

Crime lab found DNA matching that of Williams on the inside of the driver’s side door. May 15, 2017A fingerprint found on the outside of an 84-year-old murder victim’s car in August identified a 24-year-old man, who told police he was struggling to find a...

Bad Day at Red Rock

Davidson, however, was not leaving without a fight. On Dec. 13, 2016 she sent a letter to Moab’s mayor Dave Sakrison notifying him and the city that she was suing them for close to $2 million for firing her because, she alleged, she had “raised her...