Adam Herbets
Investigative Reporter at KSTU-TV (Salt Lake City, UT)
➤The First Amendment is first for a reason ➤Investigative Reporter, @FOX13 ➤Edward R. Murrow Award winner ➤2x SPJ Best TV Reporter in Utah ➤[email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
fox13now.com | Adam Herbets
SALT LAKE CITY — The anti-human trafficking nonprofit Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) has a new CEO for the third time in three years. Tammy Lee took over in February 2024 after multiple women filed lawsuits against the company's founder and former CEO Tim Ballard, accusing him of sexual misconduct. The nonprofit was also named in the lawsuits. The female accusers also worked for OUR. Lawsuits are pending. The nonprofit "permanently separated" from Ballard after the accusations were made.
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1 month ago |
fox13now.com | Adam Herbets
SALT LAKE CITY — Granite School District has agreed to settle a lawsuit involving a state lawmaker who says his daughter was mistreated on her way to school. The case will cost taxpayers across the state of Utah a total of $315,000. It stems from an incident on January 10, 2022 – the first Monday after Salt Lake County renewed its mask mandate. Rep.
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1 month ago |
fox13now.com | Adam Herbets
UTAH COUNTY, Utah — The Utah County Sheriff's Office has released a statement saying the department was shocked at a recent decision to dismiss charges against a man accused of sexual assault against a girl who was "6 or 7 years old" in the mid-1980s. David Hamblin faced six felony charges in Utah County before they were dismissed with prejudice due to discovery issues. Fox 13 Investigates Hamblin was a licensed therapist known for using hypnotism and peyote during his sessions.
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1 month ago |
fox13now.com | Adam Herbets
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill had some choice words for the officers and medical examiner who stood and watched as a rookie officer was coaxed into using a boxcutter to slice through the skin of a dead homeless man last August. The officers are seen on video laughing about it after the fact. Salt Lake City police officers disciplined for using box cutter on dead homeless man's body “To be candid? It was really unprofessional,” Gill said.
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2 months ago |
fox13now.com | Adam Herbets
SALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers have passed a bill that will change the definition of bullying in schools. Lawmakers credited stories by FOX 13 News, showing how some school districts failed to provide teacher bullying data to the public. The current definitionUtah’s current definition of “bullying” is broader than some might expect. Some districts stated it was difficult to fulfill requests for public records because of how broad the definition of bullying is in Utah.
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LDS Church loses lawsuit against insurance companies over sex abuse settlements https://t.co/tHeRiC0u0T
Granite settles $315,000 lawsuit related to treatment of lawmaker’s daughter An employee of @GraniteSchools tried and failed to sue a parent who complained. It ended up costing taxpayers across Utah. https://t.co/G1oBNVb0fG
RT @charlesornstein: NEW: Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Patients. The police investigation only beg…