Keeping Myself safe

Clearly, this will make it obvious that Utah does not have a zero crime rate. Things are not perfect here. This is my reasoning, aside from personal experience, as to why I choose to exercise my right to carry. It is simply to protect myself should I encounter such a situation. I pulled these links off KSL.com, our local newschannel's website, all postings were within the past 72 hours.

Man arrested 27 times; twice this week

Orem police have locked up a man they call a habitual criminal. Not only has he been arrested 27 times now, two of those arrests have been just this week.

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Psychiatrist says Mitchell is capable of controlling his behavior

Prosecutors questioning their key witness Friday at a competency hearing for the man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart. The New York-based psychiatrist said Brian David Mitchell's behavior is not psychotic.

Dec 4th - 4:45pm

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Man who intentionally set apartment fire still on the loose

Investigators have received a lot of tips and calls about a man who intentionally set an apartment fire, but no arrest has been made.

Dec 4th - 3:57pm

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Man charged in deaths of 2 in Weber County home

A man has been charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of a mother and son whose bodies were found in a Weber County mobile home.

Dec 4th - 3:05pm

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4 accused of robbing pedestrian

Detectives say four people drove up to a man walking near 6400 South and 1300 East and robbed him at gunpoint.

Dec 4th - 2:48pm

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AG appeals ruling in pregnant teen beating case

The Utah Attorney General's Office is appealing a judge's decision to throw out charges against a teenager accused of hiring a man to beat her up so she would miscarry her baby.

Dec 4th - 1:23pm

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Accused killer claims he shot victims in self-defense

An Iron County man accused in a double murder said he shot the victims in self-defense.

Dec 4th - 12:06pm

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Troopers back to work following shooting investigation

Two Utah Highway Patrol troopers returned to work Friday after being involved in a traffic stop that ended with a teen shooting himself.

Dec 4th - 12:00pm

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Stolen car crashes into duplex

A stolen car slammed into a duplex in West Valley City Friday morning, displacing two families.

Dec 4th - 11:49am

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West Valley City man convicted in murder trial

A jury convicted a West Valley City man of stabbing another man to death, in what prosecutors described as a robbery over movie money.

Man shot in Bluffdale last summer now accused of sexual abuse

A man patrolling his neighborhood as part of his neighborhood watch was shot by a resident and left paralyzed last summer. Now a woman claims the man on patrol sexually abused her long before the shooting.

Dec 3rd - 10:10pm

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