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2 Utah teens charged in crime spree, including intentionally hitting 75-year-old jogger
Two Utah County boys, ages 15 and 14, face quite a few expenses tied to a Lindon space crime spree, together with deliberately hitting a 75-year-old man who was jogging. (Laura Seitz, Deseret Information)
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LINDON — Two youngsters wished in reference to a string of crimes within the Lindon space at the moment are dealing with a number of expenses, together with tried homicide, accusing them of utilizing their automobile to deliberately hit an aged man who was out for a morning run.
Based on court docket paperwork obtained by KSL.com from 4th District Juvenile Courtroom, two boys, ages 15 and 14, have been charged in late September with tried homicide, a first-degree felony; theft of a motorcar, possession of a stolen car and discharge of a firearm, second-degree felonies; identification fraud, a third-degree felony; and car housebreaking, a category A misdemeanor.
A 75-year-old man was out for his morning run on Sept. 13 when a automobile drove by him at a excessive price of velocity. The person threw his arms up within the air because the automobile drove by, which prompted the driving force to make a U-turn and swerve on the man because the automobile drove previous him once more, in line with police.
“The sufferer mentioned the automobile rotated once more and he picked up a rock and threw it on the automobile because it swerved towards him once more. The automobile then turned again round and the sufferer bumped into a close-by driveway to try to get away from the automobile. The automobile then drove into the driveway the place the sufferer was standing and hit him. The automobile backed up because the sufferer tried to get away after which it hit him with the car once more and pinned him up in opposition to a fence subsequent to the driveway,” Lindon police wrote in a search warrant affidavit.
The injured man was in a position to stroll house after which drove himself to the hospital. He “sustained accidents to his head that required a number of staples to shut the wound he additionally suffered bruises and abrasions throughout his physique,” the affidavit states.
As detectives investigated the incident, they discovered a automobile half with a “Honda” insignia on the bottom within the space the place the sufferer was hit. Police then realized of a Honda that had been stolen in a single day. Close to the condo advanced the place the Honda was stolen, police mentioned they discovered a Chevy Tahoe that had additionally been stolen and was deserted,.
Detectives obtained surveillance footage of two boys driving the stolen Honda CRV and in addition breaking into a number of autos on the condo advanced.
On Sept. 16, Lindon police issued a press launch that included photos from the surveillance video, asking for the general public’s assist in figuring out the 2 youngsters. That very same day, a home-owner close to the place the aged man was hit, referred to as police after discovering a bullet gap within the aspect of his home, in line with the affidavit.
“The sufferer referred to as and reported to Lindon police that somebody shot by the outside wall of his house and that the spherical travelled to the lavatory. The bullet then struck his tub after which went by the his kitchen wall subsequent to his eating desk,” the warrant says.
A day after the images have been launched to the general public, police obtained a name from an individual who recognized the 14-year-old. That boy was taken into custody at his house in Nice Grove on Sept. 18.
When interviewed by police, the boy admitted that he and his buddy had stolen the Honda and “broke into a few hundred autos that night time,” the affidavit states. As they have been driving, they got here throughout the 75-year-old man, and the 15-year-old boy who was driving yelled at him to get out of the highway. When the person threw a rock on the automobile, it upset the 15-year-old much more, and he “then rotated … and hit the man two or 3 times with the automobile.”
The boy additionally disclosed different incidents to police, together with stealing a Volkswagen GTI on Sept. 16, stealing a gun contained in the car and firing it in a church car parking zone in Orem, in line with the affidavit.
Police positioned the 15-year-old boy in Orem and arrested him following a brief foot chase.
In 2021, the 15-year-old boy — who was 14 on the time — was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, a third-degree felony, in line with data from 4th District Juvenile Courtroom. In Could, he was charged with possession of a stolen car, a second-degree felony; and illegal possession of a financial institution card, a third-degree felony.
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Utah family creates 'Giving Gallery' to spread joy of art
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A family in Cottonwood Heights is using their love for art to bring joy to those around them.
On the corner of Promenade and Camino is Abigail Bradshaw.
“I’m standing next to an art gallery, my art gallery. That’s my house,” she proudly said.
Abigail is showing her tiny art gallery filled with pieces made by her family and others who want to contribute. This home used to be her great-grandmother’s.
“She was an artist, and so, I wanted to continue that legacy,” said Katie Bradshaw, Abigail’s mom. They found a box, painted it, propped it up, and filled it with tiny art. Anyone can just look at the art, pick up something they like, or put their own piece inside.
Miles Jacobsen is a friend who saw what the Bradshaws were doing and added his artwork to the box.
For people who want to make their own masterpieces, there is also a box of free art supplies in the gallery box. You can come by to pick up paint, paintbrushes, and tiny canvasses to create your own art, which you can drop off at the “giving gallery” to bring joy to someone else.
“I feel really glad that people come and get some art and put it in there,” said Abigail.
Filling the box is something Katie does with her kids.
“I hope that they can carry this with them, that they continue sharing art, no matter where they are,” she said.
Spreading joy to everyone who walks by, and letting the cycle continue.
“I want them to feel happy and glad that they got some, so they could return some back here,” added Abigail.
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Amid traffic, Utah walked to Leafs’ arena pregame
TORONTO — The Utah Hockey Club said players were forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic Sunday night.
The team posted a video on social media of team members walking to Scotiabank Arena, with player Maveric Lamoureux saying the bus was “not moving at all.”
Several city streets had been closed during the day for an annual Santa Claus parade.
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The viral incident prompted Ontario Premier Doug Ford to call the congestion “embarrassing” and “unacceptable,” highlighting his government’s plan to address the city’s gridlock through bike lane legislation.
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Utah Highway Patrol responds to your suggestions on making Utah roads safer
SALT LAKE CITY — FOX 13 News is Driven to Change and that includes bringing you reports on important topics like road rage, construction, and wrong-way drivers. During our coverage, we continually ask for any questions or concerns you may have along Utah’s roadways.
The feedback has gotten an enormous response, so FOX 13 sat down with Lieutenant Cameron Roden on Good Day Utah to help address input we have been getting, from the perspective of Utah Highway Patrol.
Speeding in Utah, there’s so much of it, and then you can sometimes say that that leads to tailgating, which may lead to road rage incidents. What are you seeing out there in terms of speed and what can we do to lessen the effects of that?
Lt. Cameron Roden: Speed is our number one thing that we see. That’s our number one traffic stop that we make, and we know that it leads to the majority of crashes in the state of Utah. So we definitely put an emphasis on speed and it does lead to other things. Not just crashes. It leads to road rage and other things .So, as far as what changes can we make, we need to start with ourselves, and really say, ‘Hey, do I have a problem?’ You know, we just need to start with ourselves and not think that it’s something else’s problem. If we slow our speeds ourselves, and then it’ll start to to catch on and people will do that speed limit. So, but the legislature has definitely taken some steps to help us address, especially the the speeds that are those excessive speeds where we have that one zero five law now that addresses those speeds and increases fines and and hopefully discourages people from those extreme speeds.
Some of our viewers talked about maybe capping some of the speed limits for truck drivers. Is that something that’s even feasible?
You know, that would be something that would have to go through that, that legislative process to see whether we that would be something that would help. But ultimately, if we we start with ourselves, hopefully that will make that change and reduce crashes and fatalities.
There are things being done to try and intervene and stop wrong-way drivers before they happen. But some of our viewers propose things like spikes. What are your thoughts on implementing something like that?
We’ve had over the last several years, a rash of wrong-way drivers, and it’ll come in onesie twos, and then we’ll go for a period of time without that. And so, but this spike over the last couple of years has caused us to to create a task force to look at wrongly driving what things can be done. And so getting all these stakeholders together between UDOT and Highway Safety, looking at what technologies and things that could be implemented, and and things like, wrong way detection cameras. Those are some things that are being actually used in the state of Utah right now to help us spot those and and advance signage, getting people to realize they’re going the wrong way and turn around. The the spike strips have actually been talked about in our task force a little bit. And if something like that would even be, it is that technology available right now. And as what we could actually implement in the state of Utah, there’s nothing that really fits the bill right now because of our environment. We have our snow plows. We have snow and things like that. Something like that really wouldn’t be practical right now.
Probably the most talked about topic that we’ve received was distracted driving, texting while driving. You went out, I saw on the UHP social media page, that you guys just driving and you look to your right and left and you can find someone texting. What kind of enforcement do we have against distracted driving specifically on your phone?
This is something that we like you said, we see it every day. We go out to crashes,and and we may suspect that a driver may be distracted. And so, it’s something that’s definitely under-reported. It’s it’s a bigger problem than than the numbers really show.And so not only do we address it during our normal patrols.Our officers are seeing it, and addressing it while they’re out there.But we’ll also do targeted patrols where the highway safety office actually gives out additional funds for that targeted enforcement, where we’ll get an unmarked vehicle. We go out driving down the roads where we try to spot these vehicles and and get them stopped because those are those are a big danger on our roadways where our attention and our focus needs to be on driving.
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