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Miami Herald
02-06-2025
- Miami Herald
Officer stalked his ex after breakup using 10 different numbers, UT police say
An officer is accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend using 10 phone numbers after she ended their relationship, Utah police told news outlets. The former girlfriend told Sandy City officers she broke up with Todd Douglas Goodsell of the Salt Lake City Police Department in November but he continued trying to contact her, police told KSTU. He tried contacting her 52 times after she asked him to stop, police told KUTV. 'There is clear and convincing evidence that [Goodsell] is a danger to the victim. This case involves stalking of a former partner where [Goodsell] refused to cease contacting the alleged victim after she requested several times to stop,' the charging documents obtained by KUTV read. The woman told officers she moved and changed her number along with her email address, police told KSL. He also tried getting ahold of her through Instagram and Venmo and would make a new account after she'd block him, police told KSTU. Goodsell started working as a patrol officer in 2019 and was put on paid administrative leave, Salt Lake City Police Department spokesman Brent Weisberg told the outlet. Although the woman said Goodsell was never violent, officers told KUTV 'stalking can increase the risk of intimate partner homicide by three times.' Goodsell, 40, was arrested on May 23 and charged with stalking a 'current or former cohabitant,' officers told KSL. Sandy City is about a 20-mile drive southeast from Salt Lake City.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
Utah man allegedly used phony cartel threats to hold pregnant girlfriend and family hostage for months: report
A Utah man is accused of holding his pregnant girlfriend and her family hostage in their home for six months under the lie that "cartel" members were pursuing them. Dominic Garcia, 23, was arrested Saturday and booked on 28 charges, most of them felonies. Among them were seven each of kidnapping and assault, according to The Associated Press. Six Ohio Suspects Accused Of Torturing Man In Weeklong Hotel Kidnapping: 'Extremely Disturbing' The situation reportedly began when one of the alleged captives called the police, claiming they were being held against their will and that they "weren't able to take it any longer," according to KSTU, a Salt Lake City-based FOX affiliate. Upon arriving at the home, police found the family holding Garcia at gunpoint, and he was promptly taken into custody. Garcia reportedly moved in with the family in December. Shortly afterward, he allegedly claimed his own family had ties to a cartel, and that his new housemates had to do as he told them to remain in the cartel's good graces. Read On The Fox News App "Over time, Garcia created an atmosphere of fear and control, falsely creating affiliations with a dangerous cartel," said Sgt. Aymee Race of the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake. Utah Cold Case Solved 40 Years After 18-Year-old Woman's Murder Thanks To Dna Sample, Police Say "He claimed 'his people' were watching and any defiance could result in their deaths," she continued. Garcia reportedly began carrying a handgun around the house, repeatedly telling family members that the cartel would kill them if they did not do as he told them. Garcia is also accused of forcing his alleged victims out of the home for a month under the pretense that his family had made a bad deal with the cartel and needed to flee. Upon their return, a family member texted a friend to explain where they had gone, KSTU reports. Upon seeing the text, Garcia allegedly lashed out, later claiming he'd brought one of the hostages "into the company" and that he'd kill them if they went astray. Family members also accuse Garcia of checking their phones and confronting them over messages he didn't approve of and limiting who could leave the home and for how long. He is also said to have run a "boot camp"-like operation that entailed working out five times a day, taking ice baths and facial submersion to the point where family members were left unable to breathe. Garcia, who as of Monday was being held without bail, "said that he continued this lie for several months because he did not know how to stop it in fear that they would not like him," the police affidavit reads. Sgt. Race declined to provide any additional comment on the case when reached by Fox News Digital. The Associated Press and KSTU contributed to this article source: Utah man allegedly used phony cartel threats to hold pregnant girlfriend and family hostage for months: report
Fox News
21-05-2025
- Fox News
Utah man allegedly used phony cartel threats to hold pregnant girlfriend and family hostage for months: report
A Utah man is accused of holding his pregnant girlfriend and her family hostage in their home for six months under the lie that "cartel" members were pursuing them. Dominic Garcia, 23, was arrested Saturday and booked on 28 charges, most of them felonies. Among them were seven each of kidnapping and assault, according to The Associated Press. The situation reportedly began when one of the alleged captives called the police, claiming they were being held against their will and that they "weren't able to take it any longer," according to KSTU, a Salt Lake City-based FOX affiliate. Upon arriving at the home, police found the family holding Garcia at gunpoint, and he was promptly taken into custody. Garcia reportedly moved in with the family in December. Shortly afterward, he allegedly claimed his own family had ties to a cartel, and that his new housemates had to do as he told them to remain in the cartel's good graces. "Over time, Garcia created an atmosphere of fear and control, falsely creating affiliations with a dangerous cartel," said Sgt. Aymee Race of the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake. "He claimed 'his people' were watching and any defiance could result in their deaths," she continued. Garcia reportedly began carrying a handgun around the house, repeatedly telling family members that the cartel would kill them if they did not do as he told them. Garcia is also accused of forcing his alleged victims out of the home for a month under the pretense that his family had made a bad deal with the cartel and needed to flee. Upon their return, a family member texted a friend to explain where they had gone, KSTU reports. Upon seeing the text, Garcia allegedly lashed out, later claiming he'd brought one of the hostages "into the company" and that he'd kill them if they went astray. Family members also accuse Garcia of checking their phones and confronting them over messages he didn't approve of and limiting who could leave the home and for how long. He is also said to have run a "boot camp"-like operation that entailed working out five times a day, taking ice baths and facial submersion to the point where family members were left unable to breathe. Garcia, who as of Monday was being held without bail, "said that he continued this lie for several months because he did not know how to stop it in fear that they would not like him," the police affidavit reads. Sgt. Race declined to provide any additional comment on the case when reached by Fox News Digital.
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Miami Herald
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Two US cities find loophole around Pride and Juneteenth flag bans. What to know
Two progressive U.S. cities in red states found a new way around state laws banning Pride and Juneteenth flags from being flown on government property. The cities simply incorporated the flags' designs into official city flags so the flags can legally be flown on city property. In Idaho, Boise's city council approved two new flags Tuesday, May 6, the Idaho Statesman reported. One of the flags is the rainbow LGBTQ+ Pride flag and the other is the National Donate Life Month banner. 'The Legislature earlier this year banned most flags from flying on government property, but left an exception for 'the official flag of a governmental entity,'' the outlet reported. Five council members voted in favor of the move 'saying that everyone was welcome and safe in Boise,' while one voted no, saying 'she felt the city had to uphold the law and that constituents didn't want the change,' the outlet reported. In Utah, Salt Lake City took a similar measure, adopting the LGBTQ+ Pride flag, the transgender pride flag and the Juneteenth flag as official city flags with the city's logo of a Sego Lily in the upper lefthand corner on the flags, KSTU reported. The unanimous move brings the city under code with the H.B. 77 flag bill, which went into effect Wednesday, May 7, KTVX reported. The law restricts certain flags from flying on government property besides the U.S. flag, the Utah state flag, 'flags of other countries, states, or cities,' college and university flags, military flags, Native American tribe flags, the National League of Families POW/MIA flag, Olympic flags and public school flags, the outlet reported. The official flags adopted by the city were named to reflect the causes behind them, the outlet reported. 'The Sego Celebration Flag, representing the history of Juneteenth and the City's Black and African American residents; The Sego Belonging Flag, representing the City's LGBTQIA residents and broader acceptance of this community; and The Sego Visibility Flag, representing the City's transgender residents and a commitment to seeing and celebrating their lives,' the outlet reported.
Miami Herald
05-05-2025
- Climate
- Miami Herald
Green fireball spotted over western skies. ‘Never seen anything quite like this'
Hundreds of people reported seeing a fireball over several western U.S. states, especially over Utah, where it was exceptionally large, bright and green. Reports poured into the American Meteor Society from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and even Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, May 3 and into Sunday, May 4. Videos attached to the May 4 event report show the bright fireball shooting through the sky over Salt Lake City and Deaver, Wyoming. 'Traveling northbound on I-15 in Salt Lake City, UT, we were lucky enough to witness and capture on our dashcam this beautiful green fireball,' a caption on the video says. The other video, taken from a backyard camera in Wyoming, shows the fireball explode in the distance. Other reports don't provide video, but comments paint a vivid picture of what the fiery object looked like. 'I've never seen anything quite like this,' someone wrote from Jackson, Wyoming. 'It was like a firework falling down from the sky!' 'I've seen shooting stars before but nothing like this. The intensity of the brightness was so much stronger,' another person from Jackson said. 'It's a clear night with perfect air quality.' 'Flash at the end of the extremely bright trail looked like an explosion,' they added. 'It was so fast and bright, I initially thought it was a plane crashing,' someone said from Garland, Utah. 'It looked massive in the sky, probably about the circumference of a quarter held at arms length,' someone said in Kaysville, Utah. 'It was also extremely fast, not just 'falling' but 'shooting'. So cool!!!!!' It may have been part of the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which peaks in early May each year, according to NASA. Aquarid meteors are known for their high speed, the agency said. As for the green hue? It could have been nickel, 'a very common metal to find in objects that are natural from space,' Jason Trump, NASA solar system ambassador told KSTU.
