Police & Fire

A fired Bountiful bank manager who stole $565,000 and bought a house with the loot is now charged with writing a fake letter from his new employer urging lenience at his fraud sentencing.

Authorities are on the lookout for an older white man with short white hair and a scruffy beard, according to a press release from the Bountiful Police Department.

In total, the man is accused of 11 armed robberies from around the state between January and May 2018, including multiple robberies in Salt Lake City and West Valley City, according to the indictment.

Local FBI agents held an active shooter training drill for members of the media at their field office in Salt Lake City on Monday. The training simulation displayed just how quickly shooting situations can transpire.

The two are charged in connection with the death of 47-year-old Maria Sanchez, who died Aug. 14, 2017 — a day after she was shot in the head while asleep in her Ogden home.

Northern Utah authorities are scaling back the search for a swimmer who disappeared while swimming at Newton Dam over the weekend.

In April 2016, a jury found the man guilty of 10 felony counts, including one count of rape of a child, one count of sodomy of a child, and three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first-degree felonies.

The case of two dogs found dead in their owner’s yard has been closed by Clinton police. Necropsies showed the pets had health problems and died of natural causes.

Cache County Search and Rescue announced they have recovered the body of a swimmer that went missing around 5:30 p.m. Saturday near the Newton Dam.

Setpoint Systems, an engineering company located at 2835 Commerce Way, only hired U.S. citizens and refused to “consider otherwise qualified non-U.S. citizens.”