(KCPW News) The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that they were filing a charge in the 2012 police shooting of Danielle Willard. Former West Valley City police detective Shaun Cowley will be charged with second-degree manslaughter for Willard’s death. Willard was shot during an incident with two West Valley officers. Cowley was…
(KCPW News) A month after the interim session commenced, it was part two of interim committee meetings in the Utah legislature on Wednesday. Lawmakers convened to discuss a number of topics, such as water quality, the state fairpark, and affordable housing. One topic, however, has been on the minds of many state legislators for a…
(KCPW News) Amendments to Utah’s distracted driving laws became effective on Tuesday this week. The new laws specify that drivers cannot operate their vehicles while using a mobile device for anything other than a phone call. So what does that mean, exactly? What can drivers do, and what can they not do? And what should they…
(KCPW News) A letter on immigration reform, co-signed by leaders from six different Mountain West states, got a boost from prominent Utahns at a Tuesday press conference. The letter is addressed to each U.S. Representative from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, and it urges the region’s Congressional members to work toward passing…
(KCPW News) A Salt Lake City councilmember and the city’s chief of police sparred earlier this week over a touchy subject: why hundreds of rape kits are unprocessed by the state’s crime lab. The entanglement occurred during a city council work session. On Wednesday, just a day later, Police Chief Chris Burbank stood alongside Salt…
(KCPW News) Last year, Unified Fire Authority employees discovered missing vials of morphine in their ambulances. The UFA speculated that theft was to blame, so they alerted the police to investigate further. That investigation has led to three charges of prescription fraud, but the way evidence for those charges were obtained is now under scrutiny…
(KCPW News) The Governor’s Prison Relocation and Develop Authority board, or PRADA, decided on Wednesday to delay any recommendations to the state Legislature regarding the relocation of Utah’s State Prison. Citing a need for more information on the issue, board chairman Lane Summerhays says PRADA won’t make a recommendation to the Legislature before 2015. The…
(KCPW News) Over the weekend, Salt Lake County GOP Chair Chad Bennion criticized Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill for what he later described as a “pattern of behavior when it comes to investigating law enforcement.” Bennion also referenced an event Gill witnessed as a boy in India – something that brought the ire…
(KCPW News) The FBI and the Salt Lake County DA’s Office are looking into the forged signature of a Utah Supreme Court Justice on an electronic petition form. KCPW’s Roger McDonough reports.
(KCPW News) The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office filed Homicide by Assault Charges against a Salt Lake teenager on Wednesday for his role in the death of recreational league soccer referee Ricardo Portillo. District Attorney Sim Gill said that the choice of charges had to do with the teenage suspect’s intent.
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