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Neighbors get into a fight because one neighbor gets called a “Meth head.”
By Travis Uresk 7/14/23 Vernal, Ut.- On 7/6/23, Deputy Ouderkirk responded to a report of an assault at 2151 West 700 South, where he met...
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Jul 14, 20231 min read
Man arrested for carrying 16 grams of meth
By Travis Uresk 7/12/23 Ft. Duchesne, Ut.-On 6/29/23, at around 9:30 pm, Sgt. Watkins with the Uintah County Sheriff's Department...
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Jul 12, 20232 min read
Jensen man arrested for threatening voicemails and text messages
By Travis Uresk 7/12/23 Jensen, Ut.- On 7/3/23, Naples City Police Officer Gray met with a female who showed him some text and voicemail...
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Jul 12, 20232 min read
A male with several warrants flees from a traffic stop. When the officer returns the driver is gone
By Travis Uresk 7/12/23 Vernal, Ut.- On 6/24/23, Vernal City Police noticed a vehicle in the 100 South and 100 West area. The vehicle was...
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Jul 12, 20232 min read
A male assaults a bar employee over not letting him bring his dog into the bar
By Travis Uresk 7/10/23 Hanna, Ut.-On 7/1/23, 35-year-old Tyler Brandon Defa walked into the Defa Dude Ranch Bar, and according to the...
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Jul 10, 20232 min read
A young girl calls 911, saying, "Her parents are drinking and fighting."
By Travis Uresk 7/8/23 Cederview, Ut.- On 7/4/23, Deputy Cox was dispatched to the Cederview area in Duchesne County on a domestic...
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Jul 8, 20233 min read
A vehicle gets stopped for a nonworking license plate light. Officers find drugs and a shotgun
By Travis Uresk 7/8/23 Vernal, Ut.- On 7/1/23, Sgt. Gledhill noticed a vehicle exiting the Maverik parking at 1740 West US-40. The...
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Jul 8, 20232 min read
A 911 call comes into dispatch with a female saying, “You pushed me down!”
B/y Travis Uresk 7/8/23 Ballard, Ut.- On 7/1/23, a report of an open 911 call in the area of 2390 N 3500 E dispatch reported that a...
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Jul 8, 20231 min read
Uintah County Deputies Respond To A Unknown 911 Call
By Travis Uresk 7/4/23 Because of the situation of this story, some names will be left out. Uintah Co. Ut.- On 6/28/23, Deputy Ouderkirk...
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Jul 4, 20239 min read
A Fruitland man claims his ex-wife beat him up and dragged him across the yard in a chokehold.
By Travis Uresk 7/3/23 Fruitland, Ut.-6/26/23, Deputy Borrelli responded to a protective order violation on Young Meadows Drive. The...
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Jul 3, 20233 min read
Vernal hotel guest jailed after alleged sexual abuse of child pulled into room
By Nancy Van Valkenburg July 2, 2023 VERNAL, Utah, July 2, 2023 — A 31-year-old man visiting from out of town was booked into the Uintah...
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Jul 2, 20231 min read
Police stop a vehicle for no tail lights and find a large amount of drugs.
By Travis Uresk 7/3/23 On 6/25/23, BIA Officer Foster stopped a vehicle near milepost 121 on US-40 for no tail lights and asked Uintah...
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Jul 2, 20233 min read
A Vernal man purposely drives his truck into another vehicle and tells the woman, You will be dead
By Travis Uresk 7/2/23 Vernal, Ut.- On 6/12/23, police were called to a hit and run in the parking lot at the church at 250 North 200...
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Jul 2, 20233 min read
An intoxicated female falls and cuts her head. While at the hospital, she assaults a nurse
By Travis Uresk 6/30/23 Vernal, Ut.- On 6/23/23, an intoxicated female fell and had a head wound. Deputy Russell arrived and made contact...
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Jun 30, 20231 min read
A female was found doing drugs in a Vernal Motel
By Travis Uresk 6/29/23 Vernal, Ut.- On 6/15/23, Uintah County Deputies were dispatched to the Comfort Inn at 2500 West 1500 South for a...
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Jun 29, 20231 min read
A man who was last known to have contact with a victim in a attempted murder case arrested for drugs
By Travis Uresk 6/29/23 Roosevelt, Ut.- On 6/4/23, Officers made contact with 31-year-old Shilo Ray Welborn, who had an attempt to Locate...
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Jun 29, 20231 min read
Man tries to steal food from the Frontier Grill.
By Travis Uresk 6/27/23 Roosevelt, Ut.-On 6/13/23, at around 6:00 pm, the complainant stated she had a male come into the restaurant to...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
A drunk driver gets pulled over for speeding, Deputy finds a stolen gun and marijuana
By Travis Uresk 6/27/23 Duchesne, Co. Ut.- On 6/10/23, around 6:00 pm at approximately milepost 83, a red Ram truck was traveling West in...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
A female arrested for child abuse
By Travis Uresk 6/26/23 Vernal. Ut.- On 6/11/23, at around 2:30 pm, Vernal Police Officer McCurdy was dispatched to a 911 call at 342...
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Jun 26, 20232 min read
A juvenile calls the police and saves his mother in a domestic violence incident.
By Travis Uresk 6/26/23 Vernal, Ut.- On 6/21/23, Vernal Police were called to a report of domestic violence in progress in which the...
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Jun 26, 20232 min read
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