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(Ivins, UT) -- The Washington County Sheriff's Office says they responded to a report of a possible burglary at a construction yard south of Ivins off Anasazi Road. As deputies were responding, employees of the company located some stolen property near the yard where a 36 year old male was laying on the ground, deceased, under suspicious circumstances...

(St. George, UT)  --  A 76-year-old St. George man is facing charges of sexually abusing a teenage boy and giving him gifts.  Terry Carlsen was arraigned yesterday on two felonies and a misdemeanor.  The teen told authorities Carlsen bought him a four-wheeler after he said he was interested in them, and then would try to inappropriately touch him.  The teen's father...

(St. George, UT) -- Washington County reported that longtime sheriff Cory Pulsipher passed away Thursday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Statement from Washington County: It is with deep sadness that we share the news that our beloved former-Washington County Sheriff, Cory Pulsipher, has passed away after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer ...

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office investigated an accident in the Warner Valley area Friday. Search and rescue teams found a body near a pickup truck that reportedly crashed off a cliff the day before. Several calls were made to emergency dispatch reporting the vehicle they saw in a remote area of Warner Valley east of the Southern Parkway off Warner Valley Road. W ...

On November 18, 2019 detectives with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office booked 29 year old Kristoffer Jones, an inmate at the Purgatory Correctional Facility, on two counts of Criminal Solicitation for Murder. The arrest is the culmination of an investigation spanning several months.  ...

Sheriff’s deputies said they arrested the woman behind the wheel in high-speed chase near the town of Diamond Valley, but they are still looking for her passenger. On Saturday, a deputy with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office tried to pull over an Oldsmobile Alero on SR-18 near Central, Ut., according...

Authorities are investigating the death of a 33-year-old woman who went missing during a camping trip near Little Creek Mountain. The Washington County Sheriff's office said Sarah Frances Cox Yasuda died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound...