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• Photos: Rainstorm helps wash away cruddy air

  10-01-2018 23:52
  People walk through the rain in downtown Salt Lake City on Wednesday after a cold front moved into the area overnight. While it rained in the valley, snow fell in the upper elevations. As of Wednesday afternoon, snow totals at Utah ski resorts over the past 24 hours ranged from 3 inches at Alta to 9 inches at Deer Valley to 10 inches at Brighton. In addition to bringing snow to the ski resorts, the storm cleared the air along the Wasatch Front, with the Utah Division of Air Quality calling for g
  
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• Boy who fell through ice in Washington County reunites with man who rescued him

  10-01-2018 23:35
  
  A Washington County sheriff’s sergeant reunited earlier this month with an 8-year-old boy who he rescued from an icy pond on Christmas Day, officials said.
  
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• Hepatitis A outbreak: What it is, what to do about it

  10-01-2018 22:55
  
  On Monday, the Salt Lake County Health Department received nearly 500 phone calls from people who believe they may have been exposed to hepatitis A, a highly contagious virus that has been found at at least three Utah businesses. Here's what to know.
  
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• Police identify Vernal woman killed in head-on crash

  10-01-2018 22:30
  VERNAL — Police have identified a Vernal woman who died in a head-on crash Monday evening.
  Isabella Giese, 21, was was driving east on state Route 40 near 895 West when her vehicle drifted into the oncoming lane, hitting another vehicle head-on, according to Vernal Assistant Police Chief Keith Campbell.
  The woman was pronounced dead at the scene while a man who was in the car with her was rushed to Ashley Regional Medical Center, then taken by medical helicopter to another hospital along t
  
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• Dramatic video shows wild police shootout on I-15

  10-01-2018 21:56
  
  More than 75 shots were exchanged, all but three of them from police. Amazingly, not one officer or even a law enforcement vehicle, was hit.
  
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• Davis board adopts calendar for 2018-19 school year

  10-01-2018 21:56
  FARMINGTON — The Davis Board of Education recently adopted the 2018-19 school year calendar.
  Helene Van Natter, elementary school director, said in a statement the traditional nine-month calendar includes a start date of Wednesday, Aug. 22, and end date of Friday, May 31, 2019. The calendar also schedules a winter recess from Dec. 21 through Jan. 2 and weeklong spring break from April 1-5.
  On the year-round calendar, which currently is only for Sand Springs Elementary, two professional dev
  
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• Authorities arrest 2 after high-speed pursuit in Sevier County

  10-01-2018 21:51
  
  Two people from Georgia were arrested after a vehicle pursuit Tuesday night in Sevier County. One of the individuals remained at-large overnight until he was arrested Wednesday morning.
  
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• Granite holding career and technical education open house on Jan. 25

  10-01-2018 21:48
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — The Granite School District is sponsoring an open house for students and parents who want to learn more about the district's career and technical education options.
  The event will be held on Thursday, Jan. 25, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the district offices, 2500 S. State.
  During the open house, parents and students will be able to explore the wide variety of career and technical education courses available through the district, find out what courses are available at
  
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• Canyons taking nominations for 2018 Teacher of the Year

  10-01-2018 21:43
  DRAPER — The Canyons Board of Education and administration will take nominations for the 2018 Canyons District Teacher of the Year through Friday, Feb. 2.
  Per tradition, the district recognizes a teacher of the year from every Canyons school for outstanding teaching practices, professionalism and community involvement.
  From that field, one overall teacher of the year is selected to represent the district in the state top-teacher competition and receives the 2018 Apex Award, which will be p
  
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• Nebo School District launches new app

  10-01-2018 21:27
  SPANISH FORK — The latest news and information from schools in the Nebo School District are now available on smartphones and mobile devices with a new app that launched this week.
  The free app, which is available from the Apple and Google Play stores, will offer a constantly updated feed of district news and events with photos and links to the district's website.
  The app can also be customized by the user by selecting the schools they are most interested in for news and updates. Users can
  
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• Company recalls ice cream bars due to possible listeria contamination

  10-01-2018 20:46
  
  A company that makes ice cream bars is voluntarily recalling all of the ones produced in one of its western New York plants, due to listeria concerns.
  
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• New 'Keep My Voice' initiative seeks to undo SB54 nomination process

  10-01-2018 20:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Yet another voter initiative surfaced Wednesday, Keep My Voice, which seeks to once again give political parties the power to advance candidates directly to the general election.
  The new initiative would take away the ability of candidates to also gather voter signatures to guarantee a place on the primary ballot and counters another initiative currently being circulated that reinforces the current dual system.
  Keep My Voice comes amid infighting within the state Republica
  
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• Massachusetts voters support Romney running for U.S. Senate in Utah

  10-01-2018 19:44
  SALT LAKE CITY — Massachusetts voters apparently have an opinion — a mostly positive one — about Mitt Romney jumping into the U.S. Senate race in Utah.
  In a WBUR/MassINC Polling Group survey posted on Masslive.com on Wednesday, 54 percent said Romney considering a Senate run is a "good idea." Twenty-nine percent said it was a "bad idea." The polled queried 503 registered voters.
  Romney served one term as Massachusetts governor in 2002. He ran an unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaig
  
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• Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes not seeking re-election in 2018

  10-01-2018 19:34
  
  Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes will not seek re-election as speaker nor will he run for his House seat this year.
  
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• Group wants to build island city on Utah Lake to combat pollution

  10-01-2018 19:32
  
  A group hoping to tackle pollution at Utah Lake envisions building an island city there that could house up to 500,000 people.
  
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• Promising justice, judge orders prison for man in Utah child abuse cold case

  10-01-2018 19:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Despite a recommendation of probation, a judge Wednesday ordered prison time for a man accused in the 1988 child abuse death of a little girl he was babysitting.
  Tears from baby Vanessa Nieto's family turned to emotional applause in the courtroom as Louis Duran, 57, was ordered to serve concurrent terms of up to five years in prison.
  "This case has gone on for more than 20 years, and little Vanessa's voice has not been heard in that time," 3rd District Judge Mark Kouris sa
  
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• Authorities arrest man who fled on foot after high-speed pursuit in Sevier County

  10-01-2018 18:58
  
  A man who authorities said led state troopers and officers from various agencies on a high-speed pursuit before bailing out of a vehicle Tuesday was taken into custody Wednesday morning.
  
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• Salt Lake County Council picks 1st chairwoman

  10-01-2018 18:01
  
  Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton, a Republican, was elected by the council's GOP majority, making her the first woman to lead the council since the inception of the county's council form of government.
  
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• Jay Evensen: The irony of the Cliven Bundy case

  10-01-2018 17:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — Cliven Bundy and his supporters may not see the irony, but it’s staring them in the face.The federal government system they portray as the enemy just protected their rights from abuses of power, precisely as it was designed to do.Bundy is a free man — he walked away from a federal courthouse in Las Vegas on Monday — because federal prosecutors deliberately tried “to mislead and distort the truth.” Those were the words of U.S. District Judge Gl
  
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• Man assaulted during armed home invasion, police say

  10-01-2018 16:41
  
  Police are investigating a report that three men assaulted another man during an armed home invasion in South Salt Lake late Tuesday.
  
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• Man assaulted during armed home invasion

  10-01-2018 16:41
  
  Three men assaulted another man during an armed home invasion at a South Salt Lake apartment late Tuesday.
  
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• 2 gunmen rob Murray gas station, steal clerk's car

  10-01-2018 15:42
  
  Police searched Wednesday morning for two men who robbed a gas station in Murray at gunpoint Tuesday night.
  
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• Utah is top state for population growth, but not just because people are moving here

  10-01-2018 13:56
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's population is growing faster than that of any other state, but unlike other rapidly growing states, Utah's growth is driven primarily by births rather than migration of people into the state, according to a new analysis. However, experts say even in Utah — famous for large families and lots of babies — growth is slowing down.
  In a nationwide analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, 24/7 Wall St. found that Utah's population grew 2 percent between 2015 and 20
  
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• Utah is top state for population growth, but not because people are moving here

  10-01-2018 13:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's population is growing faster than that of any other state, but unlike other rapidly growing states, Utah's growth is driven primarily by births rather than migration of people into the state, according to a new analysis. However, experts say even in Utah — famous for large families and lots of babies — growth is slowing down.
  In a nationwide analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, 24/7 Wall St. found that Utah's population grew 2 percent between 2015 and 20
  
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• Former 911 director for Salt Lake City charged in DUI case

  10-01-2018 08:31
  SALT LAKE CITY — The former director of Salt Lake City's 911 Dispatch Center was charged Tuesday in a DUI case that cost him his job.
  Prosecutors in Davis County Justice Court on Tuesday charged Scott D. Freitag with driving under the influence, having an open container in his car and possession of a firearm by an intoxicated person, all misdemeanors.
  Freitag did not have a publicly listed attorney.
  Also a Layton city councilman, Freitag was arrested by Centerville police last week.
  Freita
  
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• Bountiful offering 2 CERT courses in February

  10-01-2018 07:26
  BOUNTIFUL — The Bountiful Emergency Preparedness Council and South Davis Metro Fire are sponsoring two eight-week Community Emergency Response Team courses for residents.
  The three-hour weekly classes, which will run concurrently, will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 and Feb. 15 People can attend either night's class and switch from week to week. Topics covered during the courses will include disaster awareness, search and rescue, treating victims, triage, damage assessment, incident command
  
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• Possible hepatitis A exposure at 2 eateries in Spanish Fork

  10-01-2018 06:15
  SPANISH FORK — Anyone who ate, drank or used the restroom at Sonic Drive-In or Olive Garden in Spanish Fork on certain days in December may have been exposed to hepatitis A, health officials warn.
  Those at risk visited Sonic on North Main Street on Dec. 23 or 24, or Olive Garden on North Canyon Creek Parkway anytime from Dec. 21-30, the Utah County Health Department said in a prepared statement Tuesday evening.
  The department is making vaccinations available to those who may have been expo
  
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• $5K reward offered in search for missing teens

  10-01-2018 06:05
  
  Family and friends of two missing teenagers gathered in Juab County Tuesday night to plead any information that could help bring them home safe. They also announced a $5,000 reward in the case.
  
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• $5,000 reward offered in search for missing teens

  10-01-2018 06:05
  
  Family and friends of two missing teenagers gathered in Juab County Tuesday night to plead any information that could help bring them home safe. They also announced a $5,000 reward in the case.
  
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• 14 facts about Reed Smoot, Utah's apostle-senator, on his birthday

  10-01-2018 06:00
  Reed Smoot, born on Jan. 10, 1862, was a prominent force in Utah's early days of statehood in more ways than one.
  Smoot, a U.S. senator and apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was the only LDS apostle to hold a national elected office and the "first native-born Utahn to establish a national political reputation."
  An editorial in the Feb. 11, 1941, Deseret News honored him, saying: "Elder Smoot during more than fifty years of his life had moved at home, in the nation's cap
  
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• Salt Lake County joins movement to sharpen Utah hate crime laws

  10-01-2018 03:44
  SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake County has joined a handful of other Utah cities and counties urging state lawmakers to pass stricter hate crimes laws.
  The County Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday urging the Utah Legislature to beef up laws to address crimes that target people because of their race, religion or sexual orientation.
  County Councilman Arlyn Bradshaw, who helped draft an initial version of the resolution, spoke of how the June 2016 shooting at the Pulse nightclub in
  
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• Opting out of tests a sticking point in Utah's plan to comply with federal education law

  10-01-2018 03:19
  SALT LAKE CITY — Growing rates of Utah students opting out of standardized tests could conceivably cost Utah millions in federal education funds.
  Assessment participation rates are one issue federal education officials raised in the preliminary review of Utah's plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. The federal standard is 95 percent participation in math and English assessments.
  State law permits parents, or students over the age of 18, to request to be excused from t
  
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• Plea deal for man in tribal member's shooting death

  10-01-2018 03:16
  SALT LAKE CITY — A 28-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a lesser voluntary manslaughter charge in the 2016 death of a Ute Indian Tribe member.
  As part of a plea agreement, Trent Sowsonicut, of Fort Duchesne, admitted Monday afternoon in Salt Lake City federal court that he shot and killed Leroy Swift Eagle Murray, 27, during a disagreement on the Uintah-Ouray Reservation on Aug. 13, 2016.
  A grand jury indicted Sowsonicut in January 2017 on charges of murder in the second degree and discha
  
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• Salt Lake City: No more plastic bags in curbside recycling

  10-01-2018 03:13
  SALT LAKE CITY — All types of plastic bags — from grocery bags to garbage bags — are no longer allowed in Salt Lake City's blue recycling bins.
  City officials are gently trying to spread that message, hoping to educate residents about the costly and bothersome impacts plastic bags can have on recycling sorting equipment.
  "It jams it up," said Vicki Bennett, Salt Lake City's Sustainability Department director, noting that the sorters have "so many moving parts" that plastic bags
  
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• Ralph Hancock: Donald Trump, President Monson and the times we live in

  10-01-2018 03:05
  On Jan. 2, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lost a beloved president and prophet, and everyone lost a man of extraordinary talents and of consummate character and deeply benevolent goodness.I’m old, and President Monson’s face and voice have been a familiar, friendly presence since he was ordained an apostle when I was 12. His church service and leadership over a long lifetime drew upon and perfected qualities that any attentive observer could see immediatel
  
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• McAdams says he's raised more than $500K for congressional run

  10-01-2018 03:01
  
  Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams said Tuesday he has raised more than $500,000 for his run against Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, since declaring his candidacy in mid-October.
  
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• New witness revived sex assault case against Utah sheriff's deputy

  10-01-2018 02:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — A report from a new witness prompted officials to reopen a sex assault cold case against a Utah County sheriff's deputy, according to law enforcement in Arizona.
  "This is a great example of someone coming forward with new information leading to the arrest of a dangerous sexual predator many years later. This shows that decades after a crime, one piece of information can solve a case," Mesa police detective Steve Berry said in a news release Tuesday.
  Gerald Salcido, 63, was
  
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• Salt Lake man faces 7 felonies in child sex abuse case

  10-01-2018 02:06
  SALT LAKE CITY — Criminal charges were filed Tuesday against a 60-year-old Salt Lake man accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl in his neighborhood.
  Bobbie Joe Sharp is charged in 3rd District Court with two counts of rape of a child, three counts of sodomy on a child and aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first-degree felonies. In addition, he was charged with enticing a minor, a second-degree felony. Bail was set at $150,000.
  According to charging documents, Sharp gave an 1
  
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• How to attend and watch the viewing and funeral for President Monson

  10-01-2018 01:56
  SALT LAKE CITY — Funeral services on Friday for President Thomas S. Monson will be open to the public, ages 8 and older.
  No tickets are required to attend the services in the Conference Center for the late president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Monson died Jan. 2.
  Those who plan to attend the funeral, which begins at noon Friday, should be in their seats at the Conference Center no later than 11:30 a.m. Seating is open and available on a first-come, first-s
  
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• Barricaded robbery suspect in custody, Layton police say

  10-01-2018 01:53
  
  A person suspected of an aggravated robbery is in custody after barricaded himself in a Layton apartment Tuesday afternoon and is not cooperating with officers, police said.
  
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• Army decision to keep Apache helicopter units saves Utah National Guard jobs

  10-01-2018 01:41
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Army's decision to keep reserve Apache helicopter battalions in four states, including Utah, preserved hundreds of Utah National Guard positions.
  In making the decision, Army Secretary Mark Esper followed the National Commission on the Future of the Army's recommendation to retain four attack-reconnaissance battalions, each with 18 aircraft, in Utah, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.
  "It would have been a tremendous hit to the Utah National Guard," said Lt. Col
  
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• Salt Lake County Council picks first chairwoman

  10-01-2018 01:24
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake County Council elected its first female chairwoman Tuesday.
  Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton, a Republican, was elected by the council's GOP majority, making her the first woman to lead the Salt Lake County Council since the inception of the county's council form of government.
  Newton, who has been serving on the council since January 2014, said she's "honored" to be elected.
  "I believe that a person should be elected based on their qualifications, not their
  
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• Salt Lake man charged in 12-hour crime spree

  10-01-2018 01:11
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man who police say went on a 12-hour crime spree now faces several criminal charges.
  George DeLeon, 26, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with two counts of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony; aggravated assault, a third-degree felony; and assault against a police officer, a class A misdemeanor.
  DeLeon's alleged series of crimes began about 12:20 a.m. Friday at an Exxon gas station, 4700 S. 3577 West. DeLeon threatened a female employee with a sc
  
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• U. program creates part-time jobs for business students

  10-01-2018 00:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — Student debt plagues college graduates throughout the U.S., with Americans owing more than $1.3 trillion in student loans at the end of June 2017, according to the Pew Research Center.
  To help combat debt among its students, the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business is joining with nonprofit group Education at Work to create part-time jobs for students supporting Microsoft.
  The partnership celebrated the opening of its new location Tuesday with a ribbon-cutt
  
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• U of U's Eccles School of Business partners with nonprofit Education at Work, celebrates new location opening

  10-01-2018 00:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — Student debt plagues college graduates throughout the U.S., with Americans owing more than $1.3 trillion in student loans at the end of June 2017, according to the Pew Research Center.
  To help combat debt among its students, the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business is joining with nonprofit group Education at Work to create part-time jobs for students supporting Microsoft.
  The partnership celebrated the opening of its new location Tuesday with a ribbon-cutt
  
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• McAdams says he's raised more than $500,000 for congressional run

  10-01-2018 00:34
  SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams said Tuesday he has raised more than $500,000 for his run against Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, since declaring his candidacy in mid-October.
  McAdams, a Democrat, also said his campaign has $469,000 in cash on hand at this point in the race for the 4th District seat in Congress that will be decided in November.
  Ninety-five percent of the contributions came from individual donors, and 90 percent is from Utah, he said, with the median contribution
  
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• Missing Sandy man found safe

  10-01-2018 00:33
  
  A man police believed was endangered was found safe Tuesday afternoon, police said.
  
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• Utah lawmaker wants to ban smoking on Capitol campus

  10-01-2018 00:28
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah lawmaker wants to make it illegal to smoke at the state Capitol, a "symbolic" action that he says will serve as a reminder about the health risks of smoking.
  Rep. Bruce Cutler, R-Murray, said he's sponsoring HB155 in part because he's an alumnus of the University of Utah, which instituted a similar policy of banning all smoking and tobacco products on campus.
  "In fact, all the Pac-12 schools have banned tobacco on their campuses," Cutler said.
  The bill sends a signa
  
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• US Supreme Court won't hear prairie dog protections lawsuit

  10-01-2018 00:12
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from residents of a small Utah city challenging endangered-species protections for prairie dogs, but the plaintiffs say their case has made a mark as the Trump administration moves to loosen the rules preventing people from shooting or moving the animals.
  
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• Police: Person suspected of aggravated robbery barricading himself in apartment

  10-01-2018 00:12
  
  A person suspected of an aggravated robbery has barricaded himself in a Layton apartment Tuesday afternoon and is not cooperating with officers, police said.
  
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