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Felicia Martinez

Category: Person
Description: A Public Affairs Specialist for the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah.
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Article Index

DateArticleDetails
4 May 2023Multiple Men Indicted in Utah for Firearm Offenses, Including Allegedly Attempting to Smuggle 34 Guns into Mexico
In the District of Utah, Javier Catalan Bahena and Erasmo Martinez arranged for drivers in Salt Lake City, Utah, to transport speaker boxes full of firearms to Mexico.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
22 May 2023Minnesota Man Sentenced to a 300 Months Prison Sentence Following Shooting with Utah Law Enforcement Officers
Unhandcuffed, James Howard Klein slid to the driver’s side of the deputy’s vehicle and took off at a high rate of speed until losing control and disabling the vehicle at the next exit.
Press Release (text & photo)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Interstate Highway System
8 September 2023Salt Lake City Man Indicted for Carjacking After Allegedly Attacking a Woman with a Child in the Vehicle
The victim left the vehicle running with the driver’s door open while she checked the tire pressure.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
18 October 2023Two California Men Accused of Supplying Meth from Mexico to Utah
15 pounds of the narcotic located during a traffic stop.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
2 November 2023Utah Resident Sentenced to 45 Years for Murder
After the driver refused, Brandon Redfoot pulled out a firearm, later identified as a KelTec Sub-2000 9mm folding rifle and threatened the driver to turn around by firing the gun inside the vehicle.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
8 November 2023Salt Lake City Man Allegedly Robs Two Banks, Takes Uber Home After the First Robbery
The Uber driver informed law enforcement that he picked up a passenger, around the time of the bank robbery, at a games store in South Salt Lake.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Uber
14 February 2024Salt Lake City Man Accused of Carjacking a U.S. Postal Service Truck and Causing Multiple Car Accidents is Arrested and Charged
According to the complaint, the U.S. Postal Inspectors and postal employees tracked the stolen mail truck using GPS technology.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
15 February 2024Utah Woman Accused of Assaulting Multiple Federal Officers is Indicted
As alleged in court documents, Melissa Lynn Trotter placed the vehicle in reverse and forcibly tried to back out of the parking space.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
22 March 2024Utah Auto Shop Owner Accused of Drug and Gun Crimes Indicted
Pursuant to the search of the 5 Speed Auto repair shop in Murray, agents seized approximately 948 blue tablets with “A-51” and “M-30” stamped on them.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
Topics: Muayad Kareem, 5 Speed Auto
19 April 2024Salt Lake County Residents Allegedly Behind the Shooting of a Woman During an Attempted Carjacking Face Federal Charges
Surveillance footage from the area showed the victim walking towards her vehicle when Siamelie Nick Mila exited a black Audi, driven by Christiansen, and approached the victim.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
17 July 2024Convicted Felon Accused of Committing a Drive-By Shooting in Salt Lake County is Facing Federal Charges
Detectives attempted to stop Cody Charles Burningham, but he fled, driving through residential areas at a high rate of speed. After detectives were able to spike the tires of the vehicle, he took off on foot.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
22 July 2024Sandy Woman Sentenced to 15 Months’ Imprisonment After Assaulting Federal Officers
According to court documents and statements made at the change of plea hearing, Trotter violently assaulted several members of the United States Marshals Service Violent Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team with her vehicle outside a CVS in West Valley City.
Press Release (text & photos)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
9 August 2024Utah Man that Attempted to Steal a Vehicle and Assaulted the Driver is Sentenced to Federal Prison
According to court documents and statements made at the change of plea hearing, Kay Elder approached the 57-year-old victim parked at Home Depot on January 3, 2024, and began yelling at the man to get out of the car and give him the key.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah
22 May 2025Southern Utah Man Arrested and Charged after Allegedly Damaging an ICE Transit Van
Defendant allegedly caused over $2,900 worth of damages to a government vehicle.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
Byline: Felicia Martinez
Dateline: St. George, Utah




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