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Salt Lake City, Utah – Calvin Perry, 53, of Sandy, Utah, was sentenced today to 12 months’ home detention, four years’ probation, and ordered by the court to pay $130,901 in restitution after defrauding the Social Security Administration (SSA) for at least six years.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today charging a Salt Lake County man with multiple violent crimes after he allegedly shot another man inside a vehicle after an argument.

Salt Lake City, Utah – A foreign national living in Utah, who is also a felon, was ordered by the court to remain in custody after a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City indicted him for multiple federal crimes. 

Salt Lake City, Utah – The final defendant who pleaded guilty to an odometer fraud scheme was sentenced today to time served, one year of supervised release, and ordered by the court to pay restitution.

Salt Lake City, Utah – A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to multiple federal crimes after he admitted to engaging in a check fraud scheme to defraud several federally insured financial institutions in the District of Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned a superseding indictment August 21, 2024, charging a Salt Lake County man with stalking. The man was arrested on April 4, 2024, via a federal complaint after he was accused of making repeated threatening phone calls to the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office and other Salt Lake County government offices.

Saint George, Utah – Ryan Palmer, 56, of Sanpete County, was sentenced today to over four years’ imprisonment, a term of five years’ supervised release, and ordered by the court to pay $1,216,884.49 in restitution after he admitted to bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Palmer took over $1.2 million from trusting farmers who were deceived into thinking he would help them buy and sell farm equipment.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A federal jury convicted Richard Villanueva Mitchell, 53, of Midvale, Utah, today for bankruptcy crimes he committed in 2017. After a three day trial, Mitchell was found guilty of bankruptcy fraud, false bankruptcy declaration, and bribery in bankruptcy.

Salt Lake City, Utah – A Utah woman who attempted to commit murder-for-hire by using the dark web was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment today after she engaged in a murder for hire scheme.

Salt Lake City, Utah – A Utah restaurant owner who obtained over $1.88 million by defrauding the COVID-19 Relief program was sentenced today to 12 months’ and one day imprisonment.

Salt Lake City, Utah – A Utah man who attempted to steal a car while it was parked at a Home Depot in Salt Lake City, threw the driver into a tree, and attempted to outrun law enforcement was sentenced to 63 months’ imprisonment.

Salt Lake City, Utah – A federal grand jury returned an indictment this week charging a noncustodial mother, her sister and others with kidnapping after allegedly taking a child from Utah to live at a religious compound in Missouri.