SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — A suspect was taken into custody Thursday afternoon following a dramatic and dangerous attempt to flee from a traffic stop, which involved stealing a truck and crashing into multiple police vehicles. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, the incident unfolded around State Street at Coatsville Avenue when an officer attempted to pull over a black pickup truck that had been reported stolen. The driver, later identified as the suspect, attempted to evade the officer by ramming the stolen truck into a patrol vehicle in a nearby parking lot. The suspect then accelerated into a second…
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Anika Celeste Thorpe was sentenced today in Third District Court for her involvement in the 2020 murder of Linda Nemelka, a woman tragically killed during a botched carjacking as she left a friend’s house. Thorpe, 33, will serve one to fifteen years in prison for manslaughter and one to fifteen years for robbery. These sentences will run concurrently, but consecutive to the sentences Thorpe is already serving for prior convictions. Thorpe entered a plea deal with the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, bringing closure to a five-year-long investigation. Deputy District Attorney Vince Meister outlined…

