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No deaths on Utah’s highways this weekend, that’s the good news. Utah Highway Patrol did have a busy weekend working their part of a statewide sweep to prevent tragedy on our highways. UHP reported they made 54 DUI arrests. Here are the numbers: 2,946 Traffic Stops 1.982 Speedin... Read More ... Read More ...

A 21-year-old man is facing charges after a crash in Provo Canyon that killed his passenger.  The Utah County Sheriff's Office says Victor Alencastro was arrested early Sunday after he lost control of his car on Squaw Peak Road.  A passenger in the vehicle was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected, causing his death.  Ale ...

A crash reported yesterday afternoon left two motorcycle riders with severed limbs and sent a driver to jail for felony DUI. A vehicle driven by 23-year-old Dylen Pletsch of Las Vegas, was heading south on Old Highway 91 at mile marker 2 near the Utah-Arizona border when it struck the motorcycle, which was heading north and carrying two occupants ...

Prosecutors in have filed additional charges again former Mantua Police Chief Shane Zilles. Court documents filed in Rich County indicate that Zilles forged drug prescriptions for himself at least five times between November of last year and February 14th...

The former police chief of a town in Cache County is facing multiple charges after being arrested twice since the beginning of February. Shane Zilles was arrested on February 6th on suspicion of DUI and driving on a suspended or revoked license...

A Washington County man is accused of driving drunk and then smoking marijuana in front of the officer who pulled him over. Police say William Mecham was initially stopped for a broken headlight, but the officer smelled alcohol and noticed he was slurring his words...

The Utah Highway Patrol says nearly three-dozen drivers were arrested for DUI on New Year's Eve and the first few hours of New Year's Day. Most of the 33 arrests were in Salt County, where 18 people were charged. The UHP count is three times higher than the number of arrests reported last New Year's Eve, and does not include any arrests made by local police...

This Halloween season, the Utah Highway Patrol is asking everyone to leave the dangerous driving for the witches on brooms and commit to sober driving Halloween night and every night. To help make sure everyone makes it home safely, law enforcement officers throughout the state will be working over 230 extra shifts to deter, detect and remove impaired drivers from Utah’s roads, according to UHP. U

Drivers in Southern Utah can expect to see a huge increase in DUI enforcement heading into Labor Day weekend. ABC4 News went on a ride-a-long with Utah Highway Patrol troopers who said they’ll be paying special attention to certain areas along Interstate 15, including near Cedar City where several recent DUI crashes took place. S...

A man is dead after being shot by a West Valley City police officer during an altercation as he was being booked for DUI. Police spokesperson Roxeanne Vainuku says investigators are still looking into the shooting, including body camera footage from officers who were there...