Child Abuse
— A Santa Clara, Utah man was sentenced to five years in prison and lifetime supervised release after pleading guilty to possessing AI-altered sexually explicit images of children, according to federal prosecutors. More: ABC 4 , KJZZ · All 3 reports
— Newly released coroner's reports detail the February murder-suicide of Utah mother Tawnia McGeehan and her 11-year-old daughter Addilyn Smith at a Las Vegas hotel, including toxicology findings and evidence found at… More: ABC4 (YouTube) , KSL · All 3 reports
— A South Salt Lake man, Anthony James Johnson, was arrested and booked into Salt Lake County Jail on suspicion of child abandonment after his 7-year-old daughter was found alone in a vacant apartment with no food, water… More: ABC 4 · All 2 reports
— A 30-year-old Cedar City man, Jared Goudy Hatch, was arrested at Southern Utah University after allegedly attempting to meet a person he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sexual activity, following a sting by the… More: St George News (Washington County) · All 2 reports
— A 36-year-old man was arrested for allegedly grabbing and inappropriately touching a minor at the Cache County Fairgrounds, facing charges of forcible sexual abuse and aggravated kidnapping. He is being held without… 
— A 58-year-old Richmond man was arrested and charged with second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and misdemeanor unlawful kissing of a minor with autism, following a 2024 investigation by the Cache County Sheriff's… 
— Former Logan chiropractor Evan J. Lefevre faces two new felony cases, including aggravated sexual abuse of a minor and forcible sexual abuse of a former patient, adding to dozens of prior charges since his December… 
— A Logan man, 50, was arrested after a nearly three-week investigation on kidnapping and assault charges after allegedly strangling his partner, fleeing with their 11-month-old child, and demanding $6,000 for the… 
— A 22-year-old Logan man turned himself in to police after being accused of recording nude videos of a minor, facing charges of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and voyeurism. 
— A 45-year-old Logan man, John Edward Dictter, has been charged with second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse for allegedly abusing a minor in 2023. Court documents allege the victim reported repeated non-consensual… 