| by Travis Uresk | June 23rd 2026 | Vernal, Utah (6/22/26)—At around 4 am, authorities received a call regarding a five-year-old child found alone along 725 South. The caller indicated they first noticed the child around 8 pm on 06/21/2026 and again at 4 am on 6/22/26. Officers arrived to find the child in the street. When they approached, the child ran behind some parked cars. Noticing the front door of the residence was wide open, Officer White knocked and identified thems

| by Travis Uresk | June 5th, 2026 | Vernal, Utah (6/4/2026)—Several customers in Walmart witnessed a woman throwing up and acting strangely. She was seen with an approximately 3-year-old child. The child appeared dirty and disheveled. Witnesses spoke with the police and directed them to the location of the female. 33-year-old Jessica Dorothy Limberty was found erratically pacing through the aisles, having difficulty maintaining control of the items in her hands, and showing

| by Travis Uresk | June 3rd, 2026 | Roosevelt, Utah (6/1/26)—A woman reported to police that her two teenage daughters, a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old, had been drinking alcohol provided to them by their father, 36-year-old Brycyn Gerald Ralph Payne, during his parental time. Deputy Phillips arrived on scene and spoke with the 16-year-old female, who showed signs of alcohol consumption. With consent from her mother, the deputy administered a preliminary breath test that sho

by Travis Uresk 5-10-25 | Vernal, Ut. | May 8th, 2025 | At 11:30 PM, Vernal City Police received a report of a disorderly woman at The Valley Saloon. It was reported that the intoxicated female had tried to sexually assault a hotel employee and left two children in her hotel room. Police arrived and made contact with 30-year-old Erica Lopez Miller. Upon making contact with Erica, she was sitting on the ground just inside the back doors of the building. Erica was slurring her