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A man accused of taking an officer’s stun gun during a physical altercation with police at a hotel made his initial appearance in 1st District Court on Wednesday. Russell Duane South, 33, faces one third-degree count of disarming a police officer and five additional misdemeanors alleged to have happened on April 13. An affidavit filed with the court state Logan City Police officers responded to a report of a burglary at a hotel in Logan. South allegedly kicked in a hotel door and entered a room occupied by a single female; he was subsequently found by officers laying on the bed in the ro...

A man accused of sexually abusing two children pleaded guilty to amended charges in 1st District Court on Wednesday. Lee Earl Poorte, 62, pleaded guilty to five counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a child and five counts of second-degree forcible sexual abuse. Initially charged with 10 first-degree felonies and 10 second-degree felonies, the remaining charges against Poorte were dismissed as part of a plea agreement. Documents filed with the court state the incidents began in January 2016 and continued over 18 months. × Advertisement Cache County prosecutor Dane Murray told the court Poo...

A 74-year-old man accused of sexually abusing children was set to appear for a preliminary hearing during his 1st District Court appearance on Wednesday. Roberto Gustavo Ponce faces 10 counts of first-degree aggravated sexual abuse of a child for incidents alleged to have happened around Jan. 1. During his appearance in court via video call from the Cache County Jail, Ponce’s defense counsel asked the court for a preliminary hearing to determine probable cause for the charges leveled against him. The hearing is slated for April 21. × Advertisement An affidavit filed with the court alleg...

Utah middle school teacher arrested, accused of assaulting students Pat Reavy © Kristin Murphy, Deseret News A science teacher at a Cache County middle school was arrested Thursday and accused of assaulting students. A Cache County middle school teacher has been arrested and accused of assaulting several students. Scott D. Meeker, 51, of Wellsville, was booked into the Cache County Jail on Thursday for investigation of child abuse, aggravated assault and three counts of assault. Meeker is a seventh grade science teacher at Spring Creek Middle School, 350 W. 100 North in Pr...

Wayne Bachmann, 70, was ordered to be held in the Cache County Jail after missing several 1st District Court appearances, having multiple warrants issued for his arrest and refusing to answer the court’s questions on Monday. Bachmann faces one third-degree count of failing to stop at command of police and six misdemeanors and infractions alleged to have happened in September 2019. Documents filed with the court state Cache County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull Bachmann over while operating a vehicle that hadn’t been registered for six years. Deputies wrote they had prior ...