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2 weeks ago | stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers

A Hurricane man was arrested following a pursuit that started behind a slow-moving concrete mixer and ended in a crash near Springdale over the weekend. On Saturday, an officer headed east on state Route 9 toward Virgin was in a line of traffic following behind a slower-moving concrete truck. According to charging documents filed with the court, the officer noticed a vehicle pass five vehicles, including his and the concrete truck, using the right-turn-only lane and the emergency lane.

2 weeks ago | stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers

A St. George man charged with reportedly triggering a bomb threat in order to distract police in 2023 recently appeared for sentencing. On Monday, 32-year-old Brenton McCade Young appeared for a hearing held at 5th District Court in St. George on a felony threat of terrorism charge. Court records indicate the sentence imposed was likely due, in part, to a favorable treatment report. The case was filed following an incident reported on Jan.

2 weeks ago | stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers

The two teenagers being charged as adults with first-degree murder after a woman was found dead in a vacation rental in Washington City made an initial video appearance in court in St. George. Abigael Paige Flanagan, 17, who also goes by “Jay,” of Sheridan, California, and Mihaela Gabriela Sorescu, 16, also known as “Bella," of Washington City, appeared before District Judge Eric Gentry via Webex teleconference.

2 weeks ago | ksl.com | Cody Blowers

ST. GEORGE — After being acquitted of felony DUI during a trial in February, a Hurricane man was sentenced on other charges related to a crash that injured two teenage girls on State Street in Hurricane in November 2021. David Chad Garner, 55, appeared April 3 for sentencing at 5th District Court in St. George on one misdemeanor count of driving on a suspended license.

2 weeks ago | stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers

A contractor accused of bilking several Washington County homeowners out of more than $100,000 in unfinished work recently pleaded guilty to three felony fraud and theft charges during a hearing held at 5th District Court in St. George. On March 20, Lataisaeli Feiosi Vailolo, of West Valley, pleaded guilty to three second-degree felonies, one count of communications fraud and two counts of theft by deception, as well as two misdemeanor counts of doing business without a license.