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Officers reported finding 9 pounds of unmarked marijuana products accessible to children in the house, leading to child-endangerment and other charges.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":4.08},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":4.08}],"activity":["smuggling"],"setting":["home"],"case_stage":"charged","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1]},"tags":["ogden","utah","edibles"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The article gives no separate date for the arrest, saying only that it happened last week relative to its 14 January 2025 publication, so the publication date is used as the incident date.","Only one opened source could be used; no second account or agency statement was opened to corroborate the arrest.","No court outcome, custody status or sentence beyond the listed charges was reported.","No details of any firearm allegedly purchased or seized were published.","It is unclear whether the reported 9-pound total includes the gummy allegedly given to the child."],"sources":[{"title":"Cyberbacker CEO arrested for giving marijuana to 8-year-old son","url":"https://www.housingwire.com/articles/cyberbacker-ceo-arrested-son-weed-candy/","publisher":"HousingWire","date":"2025-01-14","archived":null}]},{"id":"salt-lake-jordan-river-trail-14-arrests-2023","code":"CET-D3MAZ8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/salt-lake-jordan-river-trail-14-arrests-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/D3MAZ8/","date":"2023-12-21","added_at":"2026-11-09T06:22:46.963664Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/ut","country_name":"Utah, United States","place":"Jordan River Trail near 1200 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah","coordinates":[40.7716,-111.9287],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"14 arrested on the Jordan River Trail; one held on a marijuana or spice charge","summary":"Salt Lake City police arrested 14 people in two December 2023 operations along the Jordan River Trail near 1200 West North Temple, and one of them was booked on a charge of possessing marijuana or spice. The department said the operations targeted drug dealers on the trail, while the items it announced seizing were fentanyl pills, about $400 and drug paraphernalia.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":14,"released":1,"cash":{"amount":400,"currency":"USD"}},"details":{"agencies":["Salt Lake City Police Department"],"agency_types":["police"],"activity":["possession","sale"],"setting":["street"],"charges":["possession of a controlled substance (marijuana or spice)"],"case_stage":"charged","period":{"start":"2023-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","end":"2023-12-21T00:00:00.000Z"},"date_precision":"exact","region":"Utah"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[2],"details.agencies":[2],"details.agency_types":[2],"details.case_stage":[2],"details.charges":[2],"details.period":[2],"details.setting":[2],"figures.arrested":[2],"figures.cash":[2],"figures.released":[2]},"tags":["salt-lake-city","jordan-river-trail","utah","possession","pioneer-patrol"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The charge is for possession of a substance described as marijuana or spice, and no cannabis quantity is given, so no cannabis weight is recorded.","KUTV and the SLCPD release are not independent accounts, since the article reproduces the department's statement.","The booking list says only 'marijuana or spice', so a synthetic cannabinoid cannot be ruled out for that count.","No court outcome is reported for any of the 14 people arrested or the one cited.","The cannabis component is a single possession charge inside an operation focused on fentanyl dealing and paraphernalia; no separate cannabis seizure was announced."],"sources":[{"title":"14 people arrested along Jordan River Trail during drug enforcement effort in Salt Lake City","url":"https://kutv.com/news/local/14-people-arrested-along-jordan-river-trail-during-drug-enforcement-effort-in-salt-lake-city-drugs-fentanyl","publisher":"KUTV","date":"2023-12-22","archived":null},{"title":"SLCPD Pioneer Patrol Division Arrest 14 People, Seize Fentanyl During Drug Operations","url":"https://police.slc.gov/2023/12/22/slcpd-pioneer-patrol-division-arrest-14-people-seize-fentanyl-during-drug-operations/","publisher":"Salt Lake City Police Department","date":"2023-12-22","archived":null}]},{"id":"juab-county-nephi-drug-arrests-marijuana-2023","code":"CET-Z0TX92","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/juab-county-nephi-drug-arrests-marijuana-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/Z0TX92/","date":"2023-07-21","added_at":"2026-11-11T17:25:26.987942Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/ut","country_name":"Utah, United States","place":"Nephi, Juab County, Utah","coordinates":[39.70917,-111.83139],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["prosecution"],"title":"3 arrested in Juab County drug investigation; 1 booked for marijuana possession","summary":"Police in Juab County, Utah, arrested three people during a July 2023 drug investigation and later added attempted murder allegations to their booking sheets. 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He was held on five felonies including possession with intent to distribute.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"cash":{"amount":70000,"currency":"USD"}},"details":{"agencies":["West Jordan Police Department"],"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"oil"},{"product":"edibles"},{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["possession","sale","money"],"setting":["home"],"charges":["possession with intent to distribute","money laundering","restricted person in possession of a weapon"],"case_stage":"charged","date_precision":"publication","region":"Utah"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.charges":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.cash":[1],"figures.charged":[1]},"tags":["west-jordan","utah","thc-vapes","edibles","stash-house"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://kutv.com/news/local/west-jordan-police-arrest-man-described-as-main-drug-distributor-anthony-studham-10000-thc-vape-cartidges-70000-cash-15-guns-magic-mushrooms","media_url":"https://kutv.com/resources/media2/16x9/full/800/center/80/ae8b9ac3-8418-4d8a-a1ef-c7b6be8af401-large16x9_westjordanpolice.jpg","publisher":"KUTV","caption":"Still from the KUTV video report on the West Jordan Police Department arrest, using an image titled 'west jordan police.jpg'. 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President Trump granted him a full pardon on 22 December 2020.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":1,"prison":"55 years (released after about 12 years; pardoned in 2020)"},"details":{"agency_types":["police","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["sale"],"setting":["home","prison"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["prison"],"date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2,3,4,5,6],"details.agency_types":[1,2,3,4,5,6],"details.case_stage":[1,2,3,4,5],"details.date_precision":[4,5,6,8],"details.products":[1,2,3,4,5,6],"details.sentence_types":[1,2,3,4,5,6],"details.setting":[1,2,3,4,5,6],"figures.prison":[1,2,3,4,5,6]},"tags":["mandatory-minimum","firearms","music","salt-lake-city"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The records behind the 2016 sentence reduction were sealed, so its exact legal mechanism is reported here only through the lawyers and the judge involved.","The opened sources state no seized cannabis weight, so none is recorded.","Appeals, the commutation campaign and the later release are separate events left out here.","No photograph of the 2004 sales or the sentencing with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"United States v. 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All four were released at the scene, and prosecutors dropped the marijuana charges against the three football players in January 2020.","status":"verified","figures":{},"details":{"agencies":["Logan City Police Department"],"agency_types":["police"],"activity":["possession","use"],"setting":["home"],"charges":["possession of a controlled substance, marijuana or spice, a class B misdemeanor"],"force":["none-reported"],"date_precision":"exact","region":"Utah"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[3],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.charges":[1],"details.force":[2],"details.setting":[2]},"tags":["logan","utah","marijuana-possession","college-athletes","citation"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://kutv.com/news/local/3-usu-football-players-charged","media_url":"https://kutv.com/resources/media2/16x9/full/1174/center/80/a47dc3c7-a644-4477-a399-3a99fe006329-large16x9_USUfootballplayerscharged.JPG","publisher":"KUTV","caption":"Composite of Utah State quarterback Jordan Love, wide receiver Sean Carter and running back Gerold Bright published with the report on their marijuana possession charges. 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Officers said the gang used Snapchat to distribute the product, and a sergeant cited its possible reach into schools.","status":"verified","figures":{},"details":{},"data_sources":{},"tags":["west-jordan","utah","thc-vapes","snapchat","gang"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://kutv.com/news/local/police-thc-cartridges-seized-in-west-jordan-drug-bust-very-concerning","media_url":"https://kutv.com/resources/media/cd95e5aa-4ebb-46ba-92d0-96dccd9fa2be-jumbo16x9_WJdrugbust01.jpg?1546659922458","publisher":"KUTV","caption":"Lead image from the KUTV story on the West Jordan bust, captioned as showing the 'major drug bust in West Jordan' and credited to West Jordan police."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The article gives no separate date beyond 'on Friday'; 4 January 2019 is its publication date, and the bust is treated as taking place that day.","The number of cartridges is given only as 'hundreds', with no exact count, no weight and no value estimate, so no cannabis weight is recorded.","The article does not say whether anyone was arrested, detained or charged, or what became of the investigation.","It does not describe where in West Jordan the bust took place or what premises were searched.","The page shows a KUTV image gallery of pictures credited to West Jordan police, but no caption states which part of the seizure each picture depicts; only the lead image address could be confirmed.","No other outlet or police statement reporting this 2019 bust could be found to confirm or add detail to KUTV's account."],"sources":[{"title":"Police: THC cartridges seized in West Jordan drug bust very concerning","url":"https://kutv.com/news/local/police-thc-cartridges-seized-in-west-jordan-drug-bust-very-concerning","publisher":"KUTV","date":"2019-01-04","archived":null}]},{"id":"ogden-stewart-raid-officer-killed-2012","code":"CET-1JZJK6","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/ogden-stewart-raid-officer-killed-2012/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1JZJK6/","date":"2012-01-05","added_at":"2026-11-03T09:36:01.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"us/ut","country_name":"Utah, United States","place":"3268 Jackson Avenue, Ogden, Utah","coordinates":[41.223,-111.974],"precision":"locality","type":"death","also":["raid"],"title":"Officer killed serving a warrant on an Ogden home cannabis grow","summary":"Weber-Morgan strike-force agent Jared Francom died on 5 January 2012 after a shootout at a 12-plant home grow in Ogden, Utah, raided the night before; 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no court finding on that point is in the opened sources.","Stewart faced one count of aggravated murder, eight counts of attempted aggravated murder and one cultivation count; no trial outcome is in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Who Started That Deadly Shootout in Ogden?","url":"https://reason.com/2012/02/29/who-started-the-deadly-shootout-in-ogden/","publisher":"Reason","date":"2012-02-29","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260312053021/https://reason.com/2012/02/29/who-started-the-deadly-shootout-in-ogden/"},{"title":"Utah Man Accused of Killing Officer Sues Insurer","url":"https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2013/01/15/220941.htm","publisher":"Claims Journal","date":"2013-01-15","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20221208101707/https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2013/01/15/220941.htm"}]},{"id":"washington-county-pine-valley-grow-2004","code":"CET-T34H85","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/washington-county-pine-valley-grow-2004/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T34H85/","date":"2004-10-08","added_at":"2026-11-11T07:34:40.942Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/ut","country_name":"Utah, United States","place":"Near Pine Valley, Dixie National Forest, Washington County","coordinates":[37.391,-113.514],"precision":"district","type":"raid","also":["arrest","eradication"],"title":"Largest southern Utah grow seized near Pine Valley, four arrested","summary":"Washington County drug agents seized the largest cannabis grow in southern Utah's history on 8 October 2004, a Pine Valley site in the Dixie National Forest holding more than 1,500 plants plus hundreds more drying and 50 pounds processed. 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