Three Year Old Trial Will No Proceed Michael Doyel was charged with murdering his former girlfriend, Deborah Jones, in 2008. Doyel allegedly strangled Jones, put her body in a storage bin, and then carried her across state lines. Furthermore, Doyel took Patricia Murray, a handicap woman, with him on his cross country trip without the consent of her guardian. Doyel…
Jury Finds Guilty After Three Day Trial Thomas James Valdez who was charged with the murder of his girlfriend Maralee Andreason, was found guilty this month of murder and possession of a firearm. Andreason was found in the couples apartment in March 2010, and it was determined that she had died from blunt force trauma to the head that caused…
Magna Man in Jail After Leaving Hospital Last Thursday police were called out to the home of Louis Gregg in Magna. Gregg reportedly had previous run ins with his neighbors across the street and a protective order was already in place. Despite the protective order, Gregg had threatened to kill a 14-year-old that was named under the order, which spurred…
Legislature Fails to Reauthorize Program Over two decades ago the Utah State Legislature approved a program that provided assistance to homemakers charged with the task of re-entering the workforce after losing support from their husband. This lose of support could come from death, loss of work, a disability, or even divorce. The State helped fund this program through an extra…
Drug and Prostitution Busts Police departments regularly do sting operations in order to catch individuals engaged in illegal activities. Police officers will regularly pose as prostitutes to entice individuals to commit unlawful behavior. Police officers will create a fake ad on a site such as backpages.com or craigslist.com advertising prostitution. When an agreed upon place and time are met, the…
What is Domestic Violence? In Utah Domestic Violence is defined as any violence or physical harm or threat of violence or physical harm against a cohabitant. This means that a person can be charged for domestic violence against their roommate, although the normal scenario is a spouse or someone the person is related to. When the plain language of the…
A jury in Florida today found the now infamous single mother, Casey Anthony, not guilty in the murder of her 2 year old daughter. Anthony cried when the jury verdict was read and hugged her criminal defense attorney as the prosecutor sat shaking his head in unbelief. This certainly comes as a shock to many individuals who have been following…
New Court for Vets About 6 months ago a new program was implemented in Salt Lake City to help military veterans in their legal issues. The program recognizes that service members come home with war-related problems and ts strives to keep their charges from increasing to felonies and including jail or prison time. Since the court began Judge John Baxter…
Possible Child Custody Outcomes If you are getting a divorce, one of the biggest questions is, “do you have kids?” In divorce proceedings the state becomes particularly interested in the children, if there are any, and the parents are also usually very concerned about doing what is best for the children. Because of this interest, child custody becomes a very…
Provo Arson Case May be Coming to an End Fire is a fascinating natural power that has enabled humans to wonderful and terrible things. Fire’s destructive power as helped and hurt humans for thousands of years. A Provo, Utah woman is discovering first hand how using fire wrongly can take away property, life, and freedom. The woman’s act of arson…
