Former deputy sentenced on drug, tampering charges

Sun Advocate, sunad.com BYLINE: C.J. McMANUS, Sun Advocate associate editor Carbon County, UT Former Carbon County Sheriff’s Sgt. Christopher Howard Basso, 38, was sentenced on Monday to 30 days in jail and three years probation for pleading guilty to drug...
Ex-Carbon Deputy Gets Jail for Stealing Evidence

Ex-Carbon Deputy Gets Jail for Stealing Evidence

KUTV CBS 2, kutv.com BYLINE: The Associated Press Carbon Co. UT PRICE, Utah (AP) — A former Carbon County sheriff’s sergeant accused of taking drugs from the department’s evidence room has been ordered to 30 days in jail. Christopher Howard Basso was also...

Former police officer accused of theft found dead

KSL Broadcasting Salt Lake City UT, ksl.com BYLINE: Pat Reavy Park City, UT SOUTH SALT LAKE — A former Park City police officer convicted of embezzling money from the department’s evidence room and the Fraternal Order of Police was found dead of an apparent...

West Valley City may refile dismissed felonies as misdemeanors

The Salt Lake Tribune, sltrib.com BYLINE: Janelle Stecklein | The Salt Lake Tribune, jstecklein@sltrib.com Salt Lake County, UT Review » Some of nearly 100 dismissed felony cases could be refiled in court as misdemeanors; attorney calls the idea a “colossal waste of...