Intoxication

| by Travis Uresk | May 9th, 2026 | Vernal, Utah (5/1/26)—Witnesses reported that a truck was driving on the football field, nearly hitting people, hitting a fence, causing damage, and then driving away. At approximately 7:30 pm, police were advised by dispatch of a hit-and-run that had just occurred at the Uintah High School. Trooper Lorensen with the UHP was near the area and began looking for the truck matching the description. After attempting to locate the vehicle, the t

| by Travis Uresk | April 30th, 2026 | Lapoint, UT (4/26/26)—Deputy Young was dispatched to a family fight where the complainant (a sibling) of the two individuals who were involved in a physical fight that had taken place outside of the trailer they were staying in. She reported that her brother had called and said that her sister needed to be picked up since she had attacked him. The two siblings involved were a female victim and the offender, later identified as 40-year-ol

| by Travis Uresk | April 30th, 2026 | Vernal, UT (4/28/26)—Officers with the Vernal City Police Department received a report of an individual who was being attacked. The complainant advised that the involved parties were being drunk and belligerent. Officers arrived on scene and made contact with one of the involved parties, who had left the residence and was walking down the road. Officer White noticed the individual appeared to have a dark substance around his lips, which

| 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 | Roosevelt, Utah (4/14/26)— Officer Wheeler was dispatched to a fire assist at 100 E 800 S and arrived on scene at around 9:43 pm, and could see flames coming from the back of one of the apartments. The officer quickly grabbed her fire extinguisher to put out the flames. She ran to the top of the stairs, but couldn't see the front doors to either of the units because of the smoke. She did see the legs of a female and could hear her cryi

| 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 | March 26 th , 2026 | Roosevelt, Utah— On March 24 th , 2026, Officer Bellon responded to a fight where two males were fighting each other with sticks. The officer arrived at the scene, where both males were separating and holding banisters. 31-year-old Troy Michael Johnson stated he and his roommate had been drinking vodka and started to argue. Troy stated that his roommate had been teaching him how to fight, but he took it too far. Troy shoved his roommat

| by Travis Uresk | March 16 th , 2026 | Vernal, Ut.—On March 14, 2026, Officer Candelas was patrolling the rodeo at Western Park in Vernal, UT. The bartender serving the alcohol approached the officer and said the male walking away had used a fake ID in an attempt to purchase alcohol. The officer called out to the male, who turned around and, as he did so, pulled out his wallet and produced a Wyoming Driver's License with the name Easton Yadon Dob (09/26/2003). Officer Cande

| by Travis Uresk | February 17 th , 2026 | Around 1 AM on 2/15/26, Cpl. Moody was working in the booking area in the Uintah County Jail when he heard loud banging coming from the jail’s lobby. Deputy Huffaker, Deputy Smuin, and Cpl. Moody went to the lobby, where they heard the banging. They entered the sally port and saw a man later identified as 24-year-old Brad Clay Crozier in the lobby on the other side of the door, through a plexiglass window. Crozier began hitting the

| by Travis Uresk | February 13 th , 2026 | On February 9 th , 2026, A Uintah County Deputy and a Naples City Officer responded to a call of a burglary in the area of 4000 S 500 E. The suspect had left the scene before the police arrived. When the UCSO deputy arrived and spoke to the caller, who explained that she was inside the home when she heard someone banging on the front door, a loud noise occurred, and the door was kicked in. The caller told the police she saw a larger

| by Travis Uresk | October 19 th , 2025 | Vernal, Utah---On Sunday, October 19 th , 2025, Cpl. Ross was sent to a disorderly call where it was reported that 19-year-old Gianni Jay Davis assaulted the Victim, who is under the age of 18, with a beer bottle. The reporting party and Gianni were in contact via text, saying he wasn't welcome at the residence. Cpl. Ross is familiar with Gianni from prior incidents he has been involved in. It was then reported that the Victim had mu

| by Travis Uresk | July 23 rd , 2025 | | Roosevelt, Ut. | July 20 th , 2025 | Roosevelt Police Officers responded to a residence on a report of animal cruelty. The caller stated that 80-year-old David Charles Boender had pepper-sprayed their dogs while they were in their yard. It was also reported that the daughter of the complainant went to pick up one of the dogs and started reacting to the effects of the pepper spray, also stating that the dogs were in pain and crying. W

| by Travis Uresk | 7/22/25 | | Vernal, Ut. | July 19 th , 2025 | At 2:15 in the morning, a Vernal City Police Officer saw a female walking in the eastbound lane of US-40 stumbling onto the sidewalk, and then continuing to stumble down the sidewalk. Officer Boren parked, got out, and asked the woman if she was ok. At first, she did not respond and continued walking. However, she then stopped, removed the headphones from her ears, and attempted to continue walking down the si

| by Travis Uresk | 7/21/25 | | Roosevelt, Ut. | July 18 th , 2025 | Roosevelt City Police were dispatched to the Roosevelt Golf Course where an employee reported that a group of males came into the Clubhouse, and one of them was drunk and smelled of alcohol. Police arrived, and the employee told them they recognized the drunk male as 19-year-old Kason Lee Shearwood. The employee stated that the two males left where they had met up with another group of males, who were seen

| by Travis Uresk | 7-12-25 | | Vernal, Ut. | July 11 th , 2025 | Vernal City Police arrived at a house where they met with a male, and while speaking with him, his breath smelled of alcohol. One of the victims showed officers a door that 36-year-old Quinn James Westwood destroyed in part of the house that was cluttered with items that Quinn had thrown everywhere. Victim 1 stated that they had sustained a cut to their lower leg, which they said happened after Quinn had attack

| by Travis Uresk | 7-11-25 | | Naples, Ut. | July 9 th , 2025 | A female was seen walking and stumbling down US-40 with no shoes by Officer Silcox. The Naples City officer turned around to see if she was ok. The female was identified as 27-year-old Kali Raylice Cuch. Kali told the officer that she had been dropped off by her boyfriend in Dinosaur, Colorado. She also said that she had gotten a ride from an oilfield worker who dropped her off on the side of the road in Naples

By Travis Uresk 7-9-25 | Duchesne County | July 1 st , 2025 | At 5 pm, a call came into dispatch from the Lake View Estates area to report a domestic violence situation. The woman stated that her husband, 55-year-old Domingo Ibanez Victoria, was drunk and pushed her. Domingo and his wife were outside the residence when the deputy arrived. Domingo stated that he and his wife had been arguing and claimed that nothing physical had occurred between the two. When the deputy asked

by Travis Uresk 7-7-25 | Vernal, Ut. | July 5 th , 2025 | On Saturday night at around 9:30 pm, an adult minor was found passed out near the bathrooms in the parking lot at Red Fleet State Park, and a witness was unable to revive him. When Deputy Oldham approached the State Park, dispatch informed him that the individual was beginning to regain consciousness. The deputy arrived and saw that the ambulance was already on the scene, evaluating the young male. The deputy entered t

by Travis Uresk 7-6-25 | Vernal, Ut. | July 5 th , 2025 | Around 5:30 p.m., the Vernal City Police received a report of an intoxicated person walking in and out of traffic near 400 E. Main Street. Police arrived and found a male lying on the sidewalk with an open case of beer in front of a business at 395 E Main. There was a dented plastic garbage can next to him on its side and trash scattered around. Officer Watt recognized the man from a call the previous night where polic

by Travis Uresk 7-3-25 | Randlett, Ut. | June 28 th , 2025 | The suspect in this article is currently listed as John Doe, as law enforcement was unable to verify his identity due to his Mexican citizenship and the and only provided the name of "Miguel Robledo," which will be used in this article. On June 28, 2025, Deputy Young received a call from dispatch regarding a 911 unknown call, which provided GPS coordinates; however, the location was in a field South of Pelican Lake.