Drugs

| by Travis Uresk | April 27th, 2026 | Lapoint, Utah (4/24/26)—On April 23rd, 2026, police received information that there were about 4 pounds of Meth at the residence. The next day police requested a search warrant for 7571 E 10000 N in Lapoint, Utah. The information police received was that 43-year-old Gayl Linn Rasmussen, 26-year-old Austin Rilee Hague, and 47-year-old Steven Blaine Hague were involved in distributing large amounts of Meth throughout the Uintah Basin, prim

| by Travis Uresk | April 24th, 2026 | 4/22/26—At around 10 pm, police responded to a traffic accident on SR-35 at mile marker 42. The witnesses on scene stated that a female was slumped over the steering wheel, unconscious. The first EMT on scene stated that she had to physically shake the female to wake her up. When the UHP Trooper arrived on the scene, the female, who was later identified as 23-year-old Harlee Ann Humphrey, was sitting in the ambulance. The trooper tried t

| by Travis Uresk | April 19 th , 2026 | Vernal, UT (4/16/26)— Vernal City Police were dispatched to the Quality Inn for a disorderly detail. Dispatch advised a Native American male who was possibly intoxicated had taken a phone and a jacket from the hotel. In the dispatch call notes, the male was acting aggressively, assaulted the complainant, and had fled the scene on foot. Shortly after officers arrived, one of them heard a male yelling from a vacant field across the stree

| by Travis Uresk | April 17 th , 2026 | Bluebell, Utah (4/13/26)— Det. Sgt. Nichols was notified by AP&P agents that they had conducted a compliance check on a probationer, 36-Heather June Marron, at her residence in Bluebell. Agent Draper observed in Heather's bedroom, in plain view, a glass pipe with a burnt residue in it visible inside her purse. Agents notified deputies of the drug paraphernalia, which was sufficient evidence to obtain a search warrant for the rest of th

| by Travis Uresk | April 16 th , 2026 | Vernal, Utah— In the early morning hours of April 15 th , 2026, Vernal City Police responded to a local business to a report of a male being confrontational with individuals in the store and saying he had a gun. Upon officers' arrival on the scene, they were met by a witness to the incident who told police that a male, later identified as 21-year-old Tyler Louis Flye Davis, had been at that location and had become confrontational with

| by Travis Uresk | April 12 th , 2026 | Vernal, Utah (4/10/26)— Deputy Cheshire was parked watching traffic near 1500 E 450 N when a vehicle with one headlight approached the “T” intersection at 1500 E 500 N, where it turned West and failed to yield the right of way to an oncoming vehicle also going West. The deputy caught up to the vehicle to make a traffic stop, but the driver failed to pull over despite activating the right turn signal. The deputy then activated his siren

| by Travis Uresk | April 11 th , 2026 | Fruitland, Utah— Cpl. Cox noticed a vehicle traveling North on Coleman Drive in the Pinion Ridge area and saw the same vehicle earlier at a residence known for criminal activity. As the vehicle approached Old US-40 and made a right-hand turn, the driver committed a traffic violation, and the deputy attempted to initiate a traffic stop. But the vehicle continued slowly rolling East. While Cpl. Cox was behind the vehicle, waiting for the

| by Travis Uresk | April 10 th , 2026 | Naples, Utah— At around 7 pm on Tuesday, April 7 th , 2026, the UHP was dispatched to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the area of 2500 E US-40. The individual who called stated that a maroon minivan was pulled off the side of the road, and that inside were a female driver and a male passenger who appeared to be slumped over, with the male's head tilted back and mouth open. The caller's husband spoke with the female driver, who repo

| by Travis Uresk | April 5 th , 2026 | Manila, Utah— On April 4 th , 2026, Deputy Guymon was notified at 12:55 PM of a welfare check in Manila. The caller stated that 46-year-old Amanda Jane Hatch was involved in a traffic accident the night before near Lonetree, Wyoming, and was supposedly at the address on 4th E. The complainant asked that a deputy check on the female and ensure she was okay, as she didn't go to the hospital after the accident. At 12:55 PM, the deputy arri

| by Travis Uresk | April 2 nd , 2026 | Duchesne County— On April 1 st , 2026, a blue car traveling East on US-40 around milepost 101 caused a traffic violation, and Deputy Green stopped the vehicle. He walked up to the vehicle and saw a male and female, with the male in the driver's seat. During the interaction with the driver, the deputy noticed his eyes were glossy, and his speech was slurred. Deputy Green asked the driver to step out of his vehicle to perform field sobrie

| by Travis Uresk | April 1 st , 2026 | Ballard, Utah— On March 31 st , 2026, Deputy Fairey conducted a traffic stop on a silver Nissan car at 2800 East Main in Ballard, Utah. Prior to initiating the stop, the deputy conducted a registration check, which returned information indicating that the car's registration was revoked and that a letter requesting proof of insurance had been sent. Deputy Fairey made contact with the two occupants, and the male identified himself as 37-y

| by Travis Uresk | April 1 st , 2026 | Duchesne, Utah— Cpl. Cox noticed a black SUV; he knew from checking the warrants list that 47-year-old Christopher Robert Prieto had warrants for his arrest involving drugs. The SUV pulled into the parking lot at the Gateway gas station and walked into the store. Cpl. Cox also pulled into the parking lot to take Chris into custody. While the deputy waited for Chris to walk out, he never came outside. The deputy decided to go inside the

| by Travis Uresk | March 29 th , 2026 | Vernal, Utah— At 1:30 this morning, Vernal City Police were dispatched to the Quality Inn hotel because a male in the parking lot had a drug pipe and was showing it to people. The male was described as being on crack or meth, wearing a multi-colored poncho, and having knives and machetes on him. A second complainant called dispatch to report that the male was standing by a white car with a broken window. The complainant also informed d

| by Travis Uresk | March 28 th , 2026 | Duchesne, Utah— At midnight on March 20 th , Cpl. Cox noticed a car parked at the Well's Club that he recognized from prior investigations and knew the driver was wanted on a statewide warrant. The driver, 54-year-old Kandi Ann Thomas, got into her vehicle and drove eastbound through an alley. When entering the roadway from the alley, she failed to signal as she passed the deputy. Cpl. Cox pulled the vehicle over and asked Kandi for he

| by Travis Uresk | March 28 th , 2026 | Ballard, Utah— On 3/27/26, while Deputy Fairey was on patrol in the Ballard area, a vehicle was showing suspicious behavior. The vehicle pulled to the shoulder of the road behind the deputy's patrol vehicle, turned its signal on for a long period of time as if they were going to pull into traffic, then backed up 200 feet before entering the Jiffy Lube parking lot, and turned off the headlights. Deputy Fairey ran the plates, and dispatc

| by Travis Uresk | March 21 st , 2026 | Uintah County—On March 18 th , Trooper Ryan was patrolling US-40 when a silver car with window tint that appeared to be darker than the legal limit, and initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle near milepost 136. The trooper approached the vehicle and could smell the strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from the vehicle. The driver identified himself as 24-year-old Elver Moises Vicente Munoz by his Florida driver's license. A records c

| by Travis Uresk | March 19 th , 2026 | Vernal, Utah—On 3/18/2026, Deputy Young with the Uintah County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to a welfare check for a man wearing a blue shirt who was walking in the middle of the road near 2000 N 1000 W. The caller told dispatch he believed the man may be intoxicated. The deputy arrived and met the man matching the description, a 25-year-old named Brandon Bryce Pierce, walking down the shoulder of the road. Brandon was using a s

| by Travis Uresk | March 17 th , 2026 | Ballard, Utah—At around 6:30 pm on March 15 th , 2026, Sgt. Watkins ran the vehicle's license plate and found that the registered owner had an active statewide warrant, and conducted a traffic stop on the black Jeep Cherokee in the area of 1400 North 2500 East in Ballard. As the deputy approached the driver's side window, he noticed the driver was not the registered owner but a female he had dealt with before, and confirmed his suspici

| by Travis Uresk | March 5 th , 2026 | (Uintah County­-3/2/2026) While on patrol, Officer Silcox caught a 2019 Nissan Frontier driving 11 MPH over the posted speed limit and failing to maintain in its lane of travel. Hence, the officer pulled the vehicle over. The officer walked up to the window and right away saw a clear glass pipe used to smoke meth in plain view in the middle console. The driver was then detained and identified as 32-year-old Donald Gerald Nathaniel Coles

| by Travis Uresk | March 4 th , 2026 | (Duchesne County) On Thursday, February 26 th , 2026, Deputy Richens arrived at a residence to conduct a compliance check on 49-year-old Tobias Rubio Lopez and 46-year-old Mariea Marie Hackford, who are currently on ankle monitor supervision with the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office. When the deputy arrived, she asked Tobias if she would find anything illegal inside the residence. He stated that they should not find anything. When Deput