Tagged with "Crime"
FBI says most wanted fugitive could be hiding among Mormons
MR says: Scary Jason Derek Brown craved attention. He sure has had it the last eight years. In 2004, police allege, he shot armored-car guard Robert Keith Palomares in the head, killing him, outside a movie theater in the Phoenix suburb of Ahwatukee, then fled on a bicycle with $56,000 in cash. He and his...
Utah man faked cancer, got LDS ward-sponsored Disneyland trip
MR says: Seriously?! Police say a South Jordan man faked terminal cancer and got a family trip to Disneyland out of the deal. Court documents show 46-year-old Jeffrey Averett was charged with felony communications fraud on...
Calif. LDS meetinghouse vandalized, 10K in damage
MR says: Police say the drunken man suspected of doing $10,000 to $12,000 in damage didn't do this as a hate crime. A Mormon church was broken into and vandalized early Sunday morning by a young man after an evening of heavy drinking and fistfights, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff's officials....
Slain border agent was recently called to Mormon ward bishopric
Border Patrol agent Nicholas J. Ivie was called to serve in his LDS Church ward bishopric less than two months ago and Sunday was leading church services as second counselor in his Arizona ward. Two days later the former Provo resident was being mourned by family and friends and a nation still...
Arson at LDS church in Washington
MR says: Apparently this is not the first time the building has been vandalized. Fire crews said a small blaze at a Mormon church Tuesday afternoon was intentionally set. Spokane Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said a sign hanging on the back of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at...
BYU Police Beat, the web series
MR says: If you're a fan of reading the ridiculous BYU Police Beat, good news, there's now a web series. Many a student has chuckled over the usually humorous, and sometimes bizarre, stories in the BYU Police Beat over the years. But for a few students, the Police Beat is more than just a collection of...
Mother sues youth leader, LDS Church, over son’s drowning
MR says: This is a sad situation for everyone involved. A Colorado mother alleges The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of its youth leaders are responsible for her son’s drowning during a boat outing at Quail Creek State Park last summer. Tory Jones, 17, was living in Hurricane with...
Pretend Mormons
MR says: Did you know people used to pretend to be missionaries and live off the charity of ward? Here's a little church history for you that you've probably never heard of. Apparently in the early years, at least, of the Church in Britain, men claiming to be Mormons, even claiming to be Mormon missionaries,...
LDS missionaries said driver crashed while flipping them off
MR says: We're happy the driver is perfectly fine, but we have to admit that sometimes karma has a sense of humor. The car was driving northbound when it reportedly crashed around 8:40 p.m. Scott Brezenski and Myles Anderton, two missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said that the...
Former LDS Church employee, leader charged with child sex abuse
MR says: Why does this sort of thing have to happen? So, so sad. A Centerville man was charged Friday with sexually abusing two children, crimes enhanced because he was in a "position of trust" for the children. Timothy William Bothell, 43, was arrested Thursday and is facing two first-degree felony...
LDS missionaries kidnapped in Russia 15 years ago reunite to tell faith-filled story
MR says: Two former Mormon missionaries who were kidnapped together in Russia reunite ahead of production on a movie about their experience. It has been almost 15 years since Andrew Propst and Travis Tuttle were kidnapped and held for ransom in the outskirts of a town in southwestern Russia, where they were...
Indexing program changes lives at Idaho women's prison
MR says: An indexing program at the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center has been helping women feel a sense of purpose and worth as they serve. Women in an Idaho state prison have been given the chance to help others who are in a very different place — a spiritual one. For almost 20 years, the...
Arson determined for LDS church fire in Arizona
MR says: This is so sad. Last week's fire that destroyed a 50-year-old LDS meetinghouse in Tolleson, Ariz., has been determined to be the work of an arsonist, according to local police officials. "Right now the only people that know where and how the fire was started are the (Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms...
Vandals tear up LDS church, tens of thousands in damage
MR says: This is awful. Cedar City Police are asking the public to provide information related to vandalism over the weekend at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse at 2015 N. Wedgewood Lane. The vandalism caused tens of thousands of dollars with of damage at some point Saturday...
VIDEO: Voices of Courage
MR says: A great promo piece from BYU's Women's Services about stepping up and preventing abuse. We certainly aren't immune in our culture.
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