Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
A 15-count federal indictment unsealed Monday charges Millcreek resident Christopher Lee Washington, 53, with distributing fentanyl that allegedly caused another person's death. He and four co-defendants face conspiracy charges tied to an organized drug-trafficking operation in Salt Lake County.
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A 16-year-old boy died Aug. 19 after falling several hundred feet while rock scrambling at Devil's Castle in Little Cottonwood Canyon; the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office detailed the multi-agency response and Search and Rescue warned about exposed terrain on the popular route.
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Intermountain Medical Center in Murray confirmed Tuesday that normal operations have fully resumed after a Secure Campus Response on Monday diverted ambulances and cancelled appointments following the fatal Kearns church shooting, restoring emergency routing for Millcreek-area residents.
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A fatal shooting at a Kearns funeral triggered a 50-minute secure protocol at three Granite School District schools on Monday, Aug. 17, less than a week into the new school year. Here's how the district's safety system works for all GSD families.
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Intermountain Medical Center in Murray diverted ambulances and locked down its campus for more than three hours Monday afternoon after Kearns shooting victims were transported there, disrupting emergency medical routing across the south Salt Lake Valley.
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An adult male driver was killed Wednesday when his SUV veered off the road and rolled over near 3900 South and 1300 East in Millcreek, the second fatal crash on that stretch of road in less than three weeks.
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A stronger monsoon system is raising flash flood risk for Millcreek Canyon hikers and Wasatch Front residents through Friday, Aug. 14, with peak storm chances arriving Thursday.
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Millcreek city officials removed an unauthorized Flock automated license plate reader from city property near Millcreek Common after discovering no one authorized its installation, and are now auditing every Flock camera in the city.
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A man was stabbed and hospitalized in serious condition after an altercation near 3300 South and 2300 East in Millcreek on the night of Monday, Aug. 10; no suspect has been identified.
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An illegal drone grounded firefighting planes over Utah's Cottonwood Fire for about an hour in late June, highlighting a growing threat to the same air support Millcreek relied on during three recent Parleys Canyon corridor fires.
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A glitch in Summit County's emergency alert system sent false evacuation orders to Millcreek and Salt Lake County residents Sunday afternoon; officials confirmed no local evacuation was needed and blamed the error on the IPAWS system misfiring during a legitimate alert for the Rocky Canyon Fire.
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Millcreek opened registration for its Fall 2026 CERT training on Aug. 6, giving residents a way to build emergency skills as Utah's second-worst wildfire season on record brings repeated grass fires to the Parleys Canyon corridor.
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A grass fire broke out Aug. 4 between Tanner Park and I-215 in Millcreek, the third fire in the wind-prone corridor in less than a month, raising concerns about recurring wildfire risk during Utah's record 2026 fire season.
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