Courts

In January, Gregory Jerome Brown pleaded guilty to robbing banks in California, Nevada and Southern Utah.

In March, a jury found Jacob Rich Streeper, 38, guilty of 13 felony charges, including of multiple counts of rape of a child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, and sodomy on a child — all first-degree felonies — among others.

Newly obtained records from Utah’s sheriff’s offices show seven people died in county jails in 2017. That’s down more than two-thirds from the 25 deaths in 2016.

The case began when a Layton Police officer was working undercover and found an IP address sharing child porn on a peer-to-peer network, according to a probable cause statement.

Ogden Police said Friday morning that both threats are under investigation, and they could not disclose if the two incidents are connected or if the same person issued the threats.

Bud Willey of Kaysville has been fighting Layton City over two property deals, saying his land was taken without proper compensation. 

Charges have been filed against a West Haven couple accused of failing to file proper income taxes between 2013 and 2016.

A South Weber man was sentenced to prison time after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a young girl in California.

Charges against two Ogden teens accused of killing a woman in 2017 will move forward to a trial, a 2nd District Court judge ruled Tuesday.

Brady Clair Lee, a 34-year-old Ogden resident, will spend at least the next five years in the state prison.