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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A University of Utah student-athlete has been charged with several felony counts in connection with an alleged sexual assault that took place in November 2024. Berk Bugarikj, 21, a tennis player and scholarship student from Skopje, Macedonia, was formally charged Tuesday in Salt Lake County with three counts of first-degree felony rape, two counts of first-degree forcible sodomy, and one count of first-degree object rape, according to court documents. The charges stem from an incident reported by a woman who told police she was assaulted by Bugarikj on or about November 16, 2024. According to a…

Salt Lake City, UT — Two men were arrested this week in connection with a large drug trafficking organization operating in Utah, law enforcement officials announced. Fabian Covarrubias-Labrador, 36, and Edgar Oliver Aguilar-Galaviz, 19, face charges including possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, a first-degree felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor, according to an affidavit released by the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Task Force had been investigating the trafficking ring, which primarily operated in Salt Lake and Utah counties, since March 2025. The investigation…