By Greg Smith posted in Violent Crimes on Friday, September 1, 2017 Older Americans remember the good old days when you would not be arrested for something unless the police actually had “probable cause” for making an arrest. After all, most people are horrified by the thought of being handcuffed, frisked, put in a police […]
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By Greg Smith posted in Violent Crimes on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 1. Failing to demand a jury trial. Okay, this should be a no-brainer because it’s much harder for a prosecutor to convince many jurors – in Utah, that’s up to twelve! – unanimously of your guilt than for him to convince a single
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The murder trial of a 27-year-old Burmese refugee continues today. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Esar Met is accused of raping and killing 7-year-old Hser Ner Moo back in 2008. The girl lived in the same South Salt Lake apartment complex as Esar Met. Authorities say that the girl’s murder occurred about a month
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A Utah appeals court recently rejected the appeal of Brad R. Ricks, a man convicted of homicide after killing a drinking buddy. The Pissing Match Turns Deadly Brad Ricks and his friend Maurice Lee were drinking together one evening in 2009. The two men started what Ricks characterized as a “pissing match about who had
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A 33-year-old Utah man will spend the next 129 days in jail after pleading guilty to beating his wife in front of their children. The man has been in jail since early January after authorities arrested him for felony aggravated assault and domestic violence in the presence of a child. The Salt Lake Tribune reports
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The Utah Court of Appeals recently upheld the aggravated assault conviction arising out of an alleged domestic violence situation. The incident occurred in the spring of 2008 when officers were alerted to an argument between the defendant and his girlfriend. An off-duty officer responded to the call in his personal vehicle and spotted the man
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An autistic and mentally-ill Utah man was recently ruled not guilty in his mother’s homicide by reason of insanity. Authorities say that the 23-year-old Bountiful man killed his mother and stuffed her body in the freezer of their Davis County home. The man then fled to Montana, where he was found a few days later.
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A Utah man recently lost his appeal of his aggravated sexual assault convictions. The man’s convictions stem from an interaction he had with his live-in girlfriend one summer after a heavy day of drinking. The couple reportedly spent the day and evening drinking vodka and then got into the shower together at their home. The
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A Salt Lake County father has been arrested after allegedly attempting to kill himself and his disabled adult son following a fight with his wife. Police say that the suicide attempt happened on Christmas Day and the man has been booked on attempted murder charges. “He was feeling overwhelmed,” the arresting police officer noted. “He
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FBI agents and Salt Lake City police officers are now calling a pair of Utah bank robbers the ‘Honey Bun Bandits.’ Authorities say that the bank robbers recently hit a Zions Bank on 1420 S. 200 West and left a package which they claimed was a bomb. The bomb turned out to be a box
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