Articles labeled: Salt Lake City

Well if you want to be as good as Tony Hawk, you have to start young.

A 38-year-old man allegedly damaged a police car after he was arrested over the weekend for dropping his 2-year-old boy into a half pipe at a Salt Lake City skate park.

Salt Lake City police arrested the man after witnesses reported the incident at the Fairmont Park skate area.

The man had a strong odor of alcohol and would not listen to police commands, according to an affidavit filed with the Salt Lake County Jail.

A 7-year-old Salt Lake City girl was murdered on Sunday in a drive-by shooting and police have arrested 4 suspects.

Frank Benavidez, 20, was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County jail and suspicion of first-degree homicide. The juveniles — Gabriel Magallon, 17; Mae Johnson, 16; and Tiona Vigial, 16 — also are in custody, suspected of first-degree homicide.

The Salt Lake City Police Department identified the victim as Maria Del Carmen Menchaca. Family friend Elva Reynaga said the girl was a second-grader at Riley Elementary.

Investigators also have recovered a gun linked to the shooting, according to Salt Lake City police spokeswoman Jordan Smith. The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office is scheduled to screen the case Wednesday.

Two girls were riding an ATV when it plunged over a cliff. One girl died, and the other was seriously injured.

Two girls were on a four-wheeler when it fell off a 30-foot cliff into Pleasant Creek in Sanpete County Saturday. Both of the girls became trapped underneath the vehicle when it fell into the water. One of the girls was able to free herself, and was later taken to the Sanpate Valley Hospital in serious condition. The other girl, 17, was washed down the stream and did not survive the accident, according to Sanpete County Sheriff’s deputies. Her body reportedly was found Sunday.

We’re going to be even more thankful for our pleasant, non-psycho neighbors — because while they may mow the lawn a bit too early on a Sunday morning, we don’t think they would ever kill our children. How chilling that this was probably someone they saw every day.

The neighbor of a girl found dead Tuesday night in a bathtub inside his apartment admitted to authorities that he killed her before trying to hide her body, according to Utah police.

Esar Met, 21, lived in a row-house style unit at the same complex where 7-year-old Hser Nay Moo disappeared from Monday afternoon. Met was arrested this morning after he admitted to attempting to hold the child “by force” and she died, according to a Salt Lake County statement. Met also told authorities he tried to conceal the body and other evidence from the crime scene, according to the statement.

WARNING! The abuse described below is extremely graphic and highly disturbing…The staff at Minor Topics is rendered speechless by this senseless act of violence and abuse against a baby.

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The toddler’s injuries weren’t consistent with how the couple said the girl hurt herself, said Jaroscak, who called the case among the “most devastating” he’s seen.

Charging documents state that doctors at Primary Children’s Medical Center - where the toddler was sent because of her extensive injuries - examined the girl and found chemical burns on the toddler’s face, hands and eyes. The burns on the girl’s eyes caused severe corneal damage that could result in her losing her vision, according to the documents.

The girl also suffered hemorrhages in both eyes and at least 50 cuts on her hands. Doctors discovered seven broken bones in her left hand and five in her right, which they believe were caused by “violent squeezing or blows directly to the hands,” the documents state.

Patches of her hair were missing as were two teeth, injuries which doctors’ said were consistent with blunt force trauma.

Roberts told detectives that she and Crispin, her live-in boyfriend, used a syringe to reduce swelling in the toddler’s hands on Monday.