| by Travis Uresk | June 6th 2026 | Vernal, Utah (6/1/26)—Vernal City Police responded to a disturbance call near 860 S Vernal Ave. involving a person running up and down the stairs while threatening others. Officers arrived to find multiple individuals inside a vehicle in the adjacent parking lot. A physical altercation was immediately apparent: one man exhibited significant facial swelling and bruising on the right side, a blood ring around his lips, and a shirt torn from t

by Travis Uresk 5-11-25 | Vernal, Ut. | May 11th, 2025 | A female went to the emergency room at the Uintah Basin Healthcare Hospital for a broken wrist from a domestic violence incident. Officer Boren met the victim and noted an obvious deformity in her right wrist. The victim reported that she and her boyfriend, 38-year-old Christopher Pankey, had been drinking and gotten into an argument. The victim stated that she was within inches of his face while arguing, and Christophe

By Travis Uresk 3/11/25 | Vernal, Ut. | March 10th, 2025 | On 2/21/25, a female reported to Officer McCurdy that a GPS tracking device was found inside her coat. The victim believed the GPS tracker was placed there by her boyfriend, 55-year-old Alvin "Russell" Kartchner, whom she had been living with for the last three months. Alvin "Russell" Kartchner While the officer was speaking with the victim, she appeared extremely nervous about reporting an alleged physical altercatio

By Travis Uresk 9/10/24 | Uintah County | September 1st, 2024 | Around 6:00 pm, Deputy Oldham was notified of a domestic violence that...

By Travis Uresk 6/3/24 | Tridell, Ut. | June 2nd, 2024 | Deputy Anderton with the Uintah County Sheriff’s Department responded to a...

By Travis Uresk 2/8/24 Duchesne County, Ut.- On 1/16/24, Deputy Weekes was dispatched to a house fire, and when he arrived, he found the...

By Travis Uresk 12/16/23 Vernal, Ut. On the night of December 12th, 2023, Deputies responded to a medical assist of a 19-year-old who had...

By Travis Uresk Onenationjustice 9/13/23 Roosevelt, Ut.- On 8/26/23, at around midnight, Officer Harrison received a report of a domestic...