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Davis County Jail employees demanded action against four sexual harassers and the two supervisors who failed to act on the violations, according to a county human resources department investigation.

Three bomb threats. Three Thursdays. Yup, it wasn’t too hard to figure out who did it. 

Whether you are a judge, bailiff or someone with a court date, the evacuations and canceled hearings create obstacles and headaches for many involved.

In January, Gregory Jerome Brown pleaded guilty to robbing banks in California, Nevada and Southern Utah.

In March, a jury found Jacob Rich Streeper, 38, guilty of 13 felony charges, including of multiple counts of rape of a child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, and sodomy on a child — all first-degree felonies — among others.

Newly obtained records from Utah’s sheriff’s offices show seven people died in county jails in 2017. That’s down more than two-thirds from the 25 deaths in 2016.

The case began when a Layton Police officer was working undercover and found an IP address sharing child porn on a peer-to-peer network, according to a probable cause statement.

Ogden Police said Friday morning that both threats are under investigation, and they could not disclose if the two incidents are connected or if the same person issued the threats.

Bud Willey of Kaysville has been fighting Layton City over two property deals, saying his land was taken without proper compensation. 

Charges have been filed against a West Haven couple accused of failing to file proper income taxes between 2013 and 2016.