Jon DuPre
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Helmet safety: two Utah teens die in one week
Two deaths in one week and one thing connects the tragedies-- neither teenager was wearing a helmet. They did nothing wrong because it's not required in Utah to wear a helmet, and that's one reason ER doctors say they are worried. → Read More
New charges: rapist accused of "hit" on victims
Tuesday's hearing in West Jordan Criminal Court was hardly noticed. It was an ordinary procedural matter to schedule future hearings. The circumstances of the case, however, are anything but ordinary. → Read More
Max takes a bow: law enforcer ends career
A career crime fighter took a final bow Thursday and ABC4.com wanted you to meet him! → Read More
A flaw in the law: serial stalker gets probation
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 News) - A flaw in the law. That's how a Utah prosecutor explains how a Colorado man with a history of threatening violence against women gets off with probation, after threatening an act of terrorism in Utah. → Read More
Deadly confrontation: police body cam video released
A would-be shoplifter, stopped by store employees and bystanders. A struggle ensues outside and one man ends up dead. Now, police body cam video, reveals what officers found when they arrived on the scene of what would soon be a complex investigation. → Read More
Family stunned after vaccinated child comes down with mumps
WASATCH COUNTY (ABC4 News) - Finn Price was sick just last week saying, “I just did feel right.” → Read More
Trouble in the canyons: the threat of swelling creeks
Springtime runoff is rushing down the canyons and could potentially make its way into the backyards of tens of thousands of homes in the Salt Lake Valley. → Read More
"If we stop, we're gong to die." Utah woman in international border incident speaks out
The Utah woman, in the truck that crashed Monday at the U.S. - Mexico border, spoke out Tuesday. Meanwhile, authorities in San Diego, California, tell ABC4.com, they're skeptical of her story and are investigating the driver. → Read More
Ignoring the warnings: Charter school closer to closing
An entire school, failing. That's the unfortunate reality facing the latest casualty among Utah's charter schools. After years of warnings from state regulators, The American International School of Utah stunned parents and students this week, announcing the school may close in a month. → Read More
Guilty: prominent Utah filmmaker answers child abuse charge
A prominent Utah artist and film industry leader made an appearance in court on Thursday. And for the second time in a week, Sterling Van Wagenen, admitted to sexually abusing a child. → Read More
Another Utah charter school failing?
The men who run the school gave their report to hundreds of parents Wednesday evening. It included few details, but the conclusion was clear, American International School of Utah, *would not* and *could not,* stay open much longer. → Read More
Bad timing: a spring freeze threatens Utah gardens and yards
There's a cold snap in the air and the rain is beginning to fall on South Jordan. And at Glover Nursery, they're scrambling to put delicate and expensive inventory under wraps. → Read More
A mother's grief: pleading for answers
A grieving mother is still pleading for answers, two years after her son's death. In an ABC4.com exclusive, Hollie Loya says she needs answers to questions that have plagued her for two years, since her son was killed. → Read More
Fifteen new laws: State leaders enact sweeping clean air initiatives
State leaders marked Earth Day 2019 on Monday with the ceremonial signing of the largest collection of environmental protection measures in Utah history. Fifteen new laws, designed to clear the air, especially for the state's most vulnerable. → Read More
Two years, three vigils, immeasurable grief, no answer
SYRACUSE, Utah (ABC4 News) - Three candle-light vigils, attended by hundreds of people, immeasurable grief for family and loved ones, numerous attempts to get answers. And still, two years later, one question hangs over the crosswalk at 1450 South 2000 West in Syracuse, Utah. → Read More
Can this science student really make insulin?
He was trying to help his sister and now a Brigham Young University science student may have invented a way to beat the high price of insulin. His invention - a machine that makes it. → Read More
Utah's new relevance
One of the leading Democratic presidential candidates stopped to stump in Utah on Wednesday. That raised a question: why? It turns out, Utah matters now, when it comes to presidential politics. → Read More
Overtime officers: The thin blue line gets thinner
Officers working overtime. That's the status this week, since Monday, when at least 17 Salt Lake City police officers found themselves in the middle of the most dangerous officer-involved critical incident since the Trolley Square shooting of February 12, 2007. → Read More
Shooting to kill? Question still hangs over crime spree
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (ABC4 News) - Was he shooting to kill? One man, who stared down the barrel of the gunman's high-powered rifle, tells ABC4.com the man with the gun missed him, on purpose. → Read More
Questions still unanswered after the crime spree
Six miles... Nineteen minutes... and one man dead. The next day, police detectives were fanning out across Salt Lake County, scouring as many as fifteen crime scenes. All this, after a crime spree... → Read More