WEST VALLEY CITY, UT – A former Utah school bus driver, Michael Austin Ford, 58, is facing both federal and state arson charges. Ford is accused of setting his school bus on fire twice while dozens of children were on board. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah reports that Ford, a 25-year veteran of the Granite School District, was indicted by a grand jury in February. He was detained last Friday following …
HANKSVILLE, UT – A young life was cut short in a tragic accident in Utah last weekend. Jonathan Fielding, a 19-year-old hiker, fell to his death while photographing the breathtaking Moonscape Overlook. Fielding had recently moved to Orem, Utah, a three-hour drive from the site of the accident. He was hiking with friends near Hanksville when the unfortunate incident occurred. His family, while mourning his sudden loss, find a measure of comfort knowing he was …
TAYLORSVILLE, UT – In a horrifying incident that has left a community reeling, a 63-year-old woman from Taylorsville, Utah, lost her life following a vicious attack by her son’s pit bulls. The woman, whose name has been withheld, had her leg amputated after the incident and passed away on Monday, as stated by Taylorsville Police Lt. J. Fowler. The distress call came on the night of October 31. Responding to the 911 call, police officers …
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – A U.S. citizen, accused of faking his own death to evade rape charges in Utah, continues to challenge an extradition order, insisting that he is an Irish orphan who has never set foot in America. Judge Norman McFadyen of the Edinburgh Sheriff Court, in his ruling in August, approved the extradition of the man, Nicholas Alahverdian, whom he described as “dishonest, deceitful, evasive, and manipulative.” Alahverdian, who also used the alias Nicholas …
BISMARCK, ND – A plane crash claimed the lives of a North Dakota state senator, his wife, and their two young children on Sunday, according to Senate Majority Leader David Hogue. The family was returning from a visit to relatives in Scottsdale, Arizona, when their small plane crashed shortly after refueling in Utah. The aircraft, a single-engine Piper plane, crashed shortly after takeoff from Canyonlands Airfield, located approximately 15 miles north of Moab, a popular …
Utah teen, Francisco Daniel Aguilar, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday for the murder of his 16-year-old girlfriend, Jacqueline “Jacky” Nunez. The judge, Marvin Bagley, expressed shock at Aguilar’s lack of remorse for the crime, according to the Deseret News. Aguilar, who was 17 at the time of the incident, shot Nunez in the head after injuring her on a remote road. He told the court that he had acted …
A 43-year-old father in Utah has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting to the horrific murder of his wife in front of their two young children. John Weston Erickson Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree felony murder for stabbing and slitting the throat of his wife, Utahna Halona, in October 2020. The younger child was also injured while trying to save her mother from the brutal attack. The sentencing was handed down by Third …
Federal law enforcement sources have confirmed the fatal shooting of a man who reportedly threatened President Biden on social media. The man, identified as Craig Robertson, was killed by FBI agents in Provo, Utah, early Wednesday morning as they attempted to execute an arrest and search warrant at his residence. Earlier in the week, Robertson had allegedly posted a message on social media implying a planned attack on the president during his visit to Utah. …
In a shocking turn of events in Layton, Utah, a man allegedly ended the lives of his wife and her parents, before notifying the police to confess his involvement. The accused, Jeremy Bailey, aged 34, was taken into custody without confrontation at his residence. The unfortunate victims were identified as his wife, Anastasia Stevens (36), and her parents, Becky Stevens (61) and Donald Stevens (73). The deceased were discovered within the premises of the house. …
In a distressing revelation, Salt Lake City police confirmed that a father and son were found dead in an office building in an incident determined to be a murder-suicide. The victims were discovered around 11:15 a.m. last Saturday in an office suite at 2936 S. Highland Drive. The father, 49-year-old Parth Gandhi, had allegedly killed his 16-year-old son before ending his own life, according to police reports. The name of the teenager has been kept …