Missionaries From Ely, Nevada & Riverton Utah Killed In Crash: KSUB News Summary

Two missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are dead after a multi-vehicle collision in Beulah, North Dakota. A church spokesperson says 20-year-old Elder Robert "Tommy" Gardner of Riverton and 20-year-old Elder Jacob Aaron Kesler of Ely, Nevada, were traveling in a Volkswagen when it collided with the rear-end of a semi-truck on the highway. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says traffic including the semi-truck was stopped prior to the collision due to crews working to put out a vehicle fire. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. The two missionaries were connected with the North Dakota Bismarck Mission. Kesler began his service in July 2022 and Gardner began in November of that year. The investigation is ongoing.

California Man Charged In Infant Death In Custody In Utah

The father of a missing baby in Los Angeles County is being charged with his murder. Three-week-old Baki Dewees was last seen with father last month in Palmdale. Yusuf Dewees, is now charged with three counts: murder, assault on a child causing death and child abuse under circumstance or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death. The 24-year-old is in custody in Ogden, Utah. The baby has not been found. But police think the infant was killed on May second or third. Los Angeles prosecutors want the suspect held on two-million dollars bail when he's returned to L-A.

Accused Drug Trafficer Heads To Federal Court

A 21-year-old Magna man is facing federal drug trafficking charges following an FBI investigation. Prosecutors say Francisco Javier Quintero-Obeso is a foreign national living in Utah. He was in federal court on Monday following his indictment by a federal grand jury on May 29th in connection with multiple drug-related crimes involving methamphetamine and fentanyl pills. He is charged with possession with intent to distribute. His trial is set for August 5th. At the time of his arrest, agents at his home seized 37-hundred grams of meth and ten-thousand fentanyl pills.

Black Bear Spotted In Capitol District Tree

Salt Lake City police are asking people and their pets to continue to avoid a street in the Capitol Hill district after a young black bear was sighted in a tree early today. Officers and specialists from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources closed off Reed Avenue near Warm Springs Park after reports came in around 7:30 a.m. that a bear was observed in a giant cottonwood. Police say they located the bear and wildlife authorities began strategizing how to safely tranquilize the animal before it might be transported out of the city. The bear is in a neighborhood that is near the base of Ensign Peak where the city meets the mountains.