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1 week ago | 
ksl.com | Cody Blowers
ST. GEORGE — Months after a suspicious travel story led to the recovery of a distributable amount of marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms, a Washington County couple arrested during the traffic stop appeared for sentencing. In April, Kay Billie Sorrels, 43, appeared at 5th District Court in St. George for sentencing after pleading guilty to multiple charges.
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1 week ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers
Months after a suspicious travel story led to the recovery of a distributable amount of marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms, a Washington County couple arrested during the traffic stop appeared for sentencing. On April 14, 43-year-old Kay Billie Sorrels appeared at 5th District Court in St. George for sentencing on multiple charges. Sorrels was sentenced on a second-degree felony charge of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance that was reduced to a third-degree felony.
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1 week ago | 
ksl.com | Cody Blowers
ST. GEORGE — Authorities have arrested a St. George man accused of fatally shooting a man last week in Colorado City, Arizona. The victim has been identified as Travis Lee Cooke, a Colorado City resident in his 50s, who died at the scene after being found with multiple gunshot wounds. James Elroy Nielsen, 27, has been identified as the suspect who shot the man to death, Lt. Mark Gower, with the Colorado City-Hildale Police Departmen, told St. George News during an interview on Wednesday.
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1 week ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers
A 29-year-old man is in jail following a felony stop near Convention Center Drive where he was allegedly found with a juvenile reported as a kidnap victim. Eugenio Fabian Hernando-Ramirez, of St. George, was arrested less than an hour after the initial police report.
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1 week ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers
An Emory County inmate was released and returned to Washington County to answer forgery and theft charges filed in connection with two fraudulent checks cashed in St. George. On Thursday, Carson Colton Burton, 25, of Phoenix, Arizona, was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility, facing second-degree felony theft and two counts of forgery, each a third-degree felony, according to charging documents filed with the court.
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1 week ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers
Three people were arrested Saturday after repeatedly stealing merchandise from a big-box retailer in St. George, police say. The suspects, Kevin Downey, 27, and Raymond Geraldo Malachowski, 36, both of Mesquite, Nevada, and 36-year-old Veronica Amber Munoz, of Bunkerville, Nevada, were arrested Saturday after police received a call shortly after 7:30 p.m. about an attempted theft at Target on River Road in St. George.
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2 weeks ago | 
cedarcityutah.com | Cody Blowers
Authorities have arrested a St. George man accused of fatally shooting a Colorado City, Arizona, man last week. The victim has been identified as Travis Lee Cooke, a Colorado City resident in his 50s, who died at the scene after being found with multiple gunshot wounds. James Elroy Nielsen, 27, has been identified as the suspect who shot the man to death, Lt. Mark Gower with the Colorado City-Hildale City Police Department told St. George News during an interview on Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers
Authorities have arrested a St. George man accused of fatally shooting a Colorado City, Arizona, man last week. The victim has been identified as Travis Lee Cooke, a Colorado City resident in his 50s, who died at the scene after being found with multiple gunshot wounds. James Elroy Nielsen, 27, has been identified as the suspect who shot the man to death, Lt. Mark Gower with the Colorado City-Hildale City Police Department told St. George News during an interview on Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers
An Ivins man is back in jail after allegedly bilking a Provo business out of more than $7,500, one of several fraud and theft cases recently filed against the defendant. On April 15, Matthew Liutai Tanuvasa, 32, was arrested by the Saratoga Springs Police Department and booked into the Utah County Jail on multiple charges filed at 4th District Court in Provo.
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2 weeks ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | Cody Blowers
A pedestrian was struck and seriously injured while moving through a crosswalk in St. George on Saturday. The incident was reported shortly after 10 p.m., when officers responded to the intersection of Bluff Street and 500 North Street, where a crash had occurred involving a black Volkswagen Jetta and a pedestrian. St. George Police Officer Tiffany Mitchell told St. George News that a man in his 50s was crossing 500 North Street on a red light.
