| by Travis Uresk | July 11th 2026 | Uintah County (7/10/26)—Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Searle was patrolling on US-40 near mile marker 157 when he noticed a red Toyota Scion tailgating a truck and horse trailer. As the truck and trailer passed the trooper's driver's-side mirror, the Toyota was roughly 1 second behind the horse trailer. The trooper decided to initiate a traffic stop for following dangerously too closely. The driver, 21-year-old Angel S. Garcia Rico, provided

| 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 5/31/25 | Ballard, Ut. | May 31st, 2025 | It was reported that a female had been punched multiple times by her son, 33-year-old Durrell Garth Miller. During the investigation, it was found that Durrell had been consuming alcohol earlier, along with the victim, who was driving the vehicle. While the victim was driving Durrell back to his residence with his child in the backseat, Durrell and the victim got into a disagreement, which escalated and became physical

by Travis Uresk 5-27-25 | Uintah County | May 26th, 2025 | Monday at 7 AM, Utah Highway Patrol responded to a single-vehicle accident on SR-121 near milepost 24. Dispatch advised Trooper Willoughby that a vehicle had run off the road and into a pond. When the trooper arrived at the crash scene, there was a vehicle wreaked in a field just off SR-121 with EMTs getting an individual onto a stretcher and into the ambulance. The individual was identified as 19-year-old Anilora Pau

By Travis Uresk 4-26-25 | Uintah County | April 25th, 2025 | On Friday at 10:43 PM, Central Dispatch sent out an Attempt to Locate (ATL) for a white Pontiac G6 swerving, flashing their lights, and almost hitting a guard rail. The complainant stated he had been following the vehicle on US-40 since Vernal and watched the Pontiac leave its lane 8-10 times. The complainant gave a license plate number that returned to a male subject out of Magna, Utah. Trooper Dodd, who was in Roo

By Travis Uresk 4-22-25 | Roosevelt, Ut. | April 20th, 2025 | At 9:00 PM, the Roosevelt Police Department received a report of a subject passed out in the driver's seat of a vehicle at Central Park. It was reported that the car was running, and the subject had been passed out for the last two hours. When Officer Harrison arrived on scene the vehicle was still running, the right turn signal was on, and the driver was slumped over the steering wheel. The officers had to knock o

By Travis Uresk 3/24/25 | Vernal, Ut. | March 23rd, 2025 | On Sunday, Officer Maughan was called on a report of a kidnapping that just occurred. The petrified mother stated that 29-year-old Kayden Ray Jensen took her 10-month-old son. While officers were on scene, they were informed that assisting officers had found Kayden at his mother's, 48-year-old Carley Amber Yates, residence in Naples, Utah, with the baby, who is not the biological father. It was also reported that Kayd

By Travis Uresk 2/11/25 | Uintah County | February 8th, 2025 | A UHP Trooper was stationary, watching traffic, when a vehicle traveling...

By Travis Uresk 1/27/25 | Vernal, Ut. | January 26th, 2025 | Early Sunday morning, officers were dispatched to the Gateway Saloon to a...

By Travis Uresk 11/14/24 | Vernal, Ut. | November 9th, 2024 | Around midnight, Officer Escobedo received a call regarding several...

By Travis Uresk 11/11/24 | Vernal, Ut. | November, 5th, 2024 | Vernal Police responded to a call to an accident in the parking lot of the...

By Travis Uresk 11/3/24 | Uintah County | October 27th, 2024 | At approximately 3:00 p.m., UHP Trooper Lorensen was at a traffic stop on...

By Travis Uresk 10/28/24 | Vernal, Ut. | October 23rd, 2024 | Police responded to a disorderly detail at 251 North 200 East, where...

By Travis Uresk 9/25/24 | Uintah County | September 24th, 2024 | Agent McGaha stated in the Affidavit of Probable Cause that "throughout...

By Travis Uresk 8/14/24 | Ballard, Ut. | August 11th, 2024 | At around 9:30 pm, UHP Trooper Englebright observed a vehicle traveling...