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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
A Sandy heavy-wreck tow truck driver says someone stole thousands of dollars' worth of tools from his work truck on Oct. 10, and surveillance footage from a neighbor shows a man checking another work truck the same day, suggesting a possible serial thief targeting commercial vehicles.
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View MoreSandy police arrest man on human trafficking charges at hotel
Sandy police arrested Zaevion McIntosh at an Extended Stay America hotel on kidnapping, sexual extortion and human trafficking charges after he allegedly coerced a woman into selling explicit content online.
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View MoreSandy police book juvenile after man found dead in home
Sandy police found an adult man dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside a home near 9700 South and 1200 East on Sunday, Sept. 27, and booked a juvenile male into detention; a second juvenile was hospitalized in stable condition with a leg wound.
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View MoreSandy man pleads guilty to attempted murder of 3-year-old girl
Tyrel Scott Belone, 29, of Sandy pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated murder for severely beating his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter, who nearly died from her injuries in June 2025; he faces 15 years to life at his Dec. 2 sentencing.
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View MoreSandy police investigate reported shooting near Eastmont Middle School
Sandy police responded to a reported shooting at a residence near 9700 South and 1200 East on Sunday afternoon, less than a block from Eastmont Middle School, with one person transported to a hospital and no details confirmed.
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View MoreSandy police arrest man who fled to Wyoming after shooting
Sandy police arrested Carl Devon Hardy, 30, on felony charges after he allegedly shot a man in the foot at the AXIO apartment complex and fled toward Wyoming, where license-plate reader data tracked his car on Interstate 80.
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View MoreSandy man dies after skid steer crushes him near home
A man in his late 50s died Sunday after being crushed by the bucket of a skid steer he was helping move near 11000 South and 1500 East in Sandy. Police say the death appears to be a tragic accident unrelated to any construction company.
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View MoreSandy police seek suspects after drive-by shooting wounds man
A man in his 20s sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a drive-by shooting near 8400 South State Street in Sandy on Thursday night; police are searching for the vehicle and suspects.
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View MorePolice identify Fire Ride crash victim as Adam Meyer, 52
Police have identified Adam Meyer, 52, of Grantsville as the motorcyclist killed in a chain-reaction crash during the 20th annual Fire Ride on Sept. 12 in Layton; Meyer was not wearing a helmet.
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View MoreRescue crews pull three stranded hikers off Mt. Superior
Salt Lake County Search and Rescue used roped belay systems to extract three hikers from steep off-trail terrain on Mt. Superior in Little Cottonwood Canyon late Friday, the second overnight Wasatch rescue in a week as SAR urges fall hikers to start early and know their routes.
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View MoreMotorcyclist dies in crash during Fire Ride from Sandy
A 52-year-old Tooele County man died Saturday after a chain-reaction crash on U.S. 89 in Layton during the 20th annual Fire Ride, which departed from Sandy that morning. The man was not wearing a helmet.
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View MoreSouth Jordan police seek teen with autism last seen in Sandy
South Jordan police are searching for Brayden Ballesteros, an 18-year-old with autism last seen near the Bonneville Shoreline Trail at 11700 South in Sandy on Sept. 10.
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View MoreUtah euthanizes 39 bears as drought drives record encounters
Utah wildlife officials had euthanized 39 black bears as of late August, more than the past three years combined, as record drought strips natural food sources and pushes bears into populated areas across the state, including canyons near Sandy.