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Woman jailed after allegedly stabbing 2 people

SALT LAKE CITY – A woman was booked into jail Saturday night after she allegedly stabbed two people during a fight.

Police responded to a call about a fight at 934 South Main St Saturday, and when officers arrived they found two victims who had been stabbed.

The suspect had fled when police arrived, and the victims were taken to a hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

A short time later, police caught up with and arrested the suspect, 53-year-old Paulette Tom, and booked her into jail on charges of aggravated assault and possession of a controlled substance.

Utah Supreme Court upholds conviction, sentence in fatal shooting case

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man ordered to spend his life in prison without parole.

Miguel Mateos-Martinez, 25, was convicted in 2007 in the fatal shooting of Glendale salon owner Faviola Hernandez.

Martinez challenged both his conviction and his sentence. He said his constitutional rights have been violated during the trial. But the state’s high court upheld the conviction and sentence for charges of aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of aggravated assault.

Man arrested after allegedly stealing cell phone

SALT LAKE CITY - A 22-year-old man was arrested after allegedly grabbing a woman's cell phone.

The alleged robbery happened at 55 North and 300 West in downtown Salt Lake City.

Police say Grant Tingey grabbed a woman's cell phone while she was talking on it, then ran. Another person saw what happened, tackled Tingey and held him until police arrived.

Suspect sought in SLC restaurant burglary

SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City restaurant was burglarized on Sunday, and Salt Lake City police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect pictured in a surveillance video.

Curry in a Hurry released the video of a suspect entering the restaurant, which is located at 2020 South State St. The incident occurred early Sunday morning.

The restaurant owner, Mona Nisar, said the thief broke in through the front door and checked the cash register, only to find it empty. She said the suspect then moved into the back and emptied out the cash box.

Nisar said the thief seemed to know what he was doing.

“It looked like he had confidence in what he was doing,” she said. “Like he knew where to go, what to do and [how to get] out. I guess he had a lot of practice.”

Suspects in custody after robbery at airport motel

SALT LAKE CITY – Three women were taken into custody after an alleged attack and robbery at an airport motel.

Police arrested 18-year-old Tessa Brunson, 22-year-old Felicia Losoya and a 17-year-old girl after the alleged attack.

Police said the incident began as a meeting arranged via the Internet between a female suspect and a male. She then texted the other two suspects and told them to meet her at the Quality Inn on North Temple and Redwood Road, police say.

The alleged victim was then reportedly pistol-whipped and robbed inside a room at the hotel.

After the attack, police say, the three women then went to an apartment near 200 East and 800 South where officers arrived.

Two of the three suspects were arrested at around 5 a.m. Wednesday and the third was arrested after a 2-hour standoff.

One dead, three in custody after police shooting in SLC

SALT LAKE CITY – One man is dead and three others arrested after a hunt for fugitives turns into an officer-involved shooting, then a standoff on Tuesday.

It happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday at 1149 South Foulger Avenue in Salt Lake City.

The U.S. Marshal’s Joint Criminal Apprehension Team, or JCAT, was searching for a parole fugitive, a man previously busted for armed robbery.

Salt Lake City police say as JCAT tried to arrest the suspect, someone on the front lawn opened fire on the officers.

“The first individual who confronted the JCAT officers was not the parole fugitive we were looking for,” said Salt Lake Sgt. Shawn Josephsen.

A local videographer captured exclusive video from the rooftop of a nearby business.

“We heard the gunshots and then I quickly grabbed the camera,: said witness Jonathan Perry.

The video shows an unresponsive man lying on the grass, then a police dog bites him.

Man takes taxi to robbery

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City Police arrested a man on Friday after he took a taxi cab to a credit union, robbed the credit union and then got back into the taxi cab to make his attempted escape.

Richard Warren Clark, 67, took a Yellow Cab to the Mountain America Credit Union located at 1225 South Redwood Road and then went inside and handed a teller a note demanding money, according to a probable cause statement from the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Clark told the teller he had a bomb, and the teller gave Clark money. Clark then left the credit union and got back inside the Yellow Cab and left. Witnesses called police and gave them the cab’s license plate number. An officer located the cab near 325 South and 500 West, made a felony stop, and arrested Clark without incident.