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Police following lead in Sandy home robbery case

SANDY — Police are questioning a man they believe has information in the recent Sandy home burglary where an 11-year-old girl was threatened with a gun.

Police arrested Daniel Sloan Bonito in Murray over the weekend on charges of allegedly being drunk, disorderly and violating his parole. Bonito is a former ex-convict and a registered sex offender. He was sent back to prison, but now police want to know if he was involved in both a Sandy home invasion case and an armed robbery of the Merc convenience store in Cottonwood Heights earlier this month.

“Hopefully someone’s going to recognize him, contact our detectives and we’ll follow up,” says Cottonwood Heights Police Sgt. Gary Young referring to the store robbery. “Just one person, just one tip is all we need.”

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Police follow leads after girl confronts intruder

SANDY – A day after an 11-year-old Sandy girl faced an armed intruder in her home, police are following up on several possible leads.

The girl was home alone at around 3 p.m. Friday when she says she walked into her kitchen for a snack and saw the back door open and an armed dark-skinned man in the corner of her kitchen. She says she tried to grab her cell phone to call police, but the man confronted her, pointed a gun in her face and told her not to tell anyone.

The girl was able to get away and to a neighbor’s house where they called 911:

“Tell me exactly what happened,” questioned the 911 dispatcher.

“I was inside my house, on the couch watching tv,” the girl said.

“And he went into your house.”

“Uh huh.”

Pair rescued from Lone Peak Canyon Saturday morning

Two people were safely rescued from Lone Peak Canyon early Saturday morning.

A 20-year-old man and 21-year-old woman became lost at around 9:30 p.m. Friday on their way down from a hike down from the canyon.

The couple used a cell phone to call a family member who then contacted police.

The Unified Police Dept. used a helicopter to search for the two. They were found safe at around 1 a.m. Saturday.

Sandy bank robbery suspect caught in Nev.

WEST WENDOVER, Nev. – The suspect in a Sandy bank robbery was found and arrested in West Wendover early Saturday morning.

Police say 36-year-old Ryan Michael Grubbs allegedly walked into the Key Bank on 8625 South Highland Drive on Wednesday afternoon and handed a note to the teller asking for money. The teller complied, and the suspect left.

With the help of some tips, officers with the Sandy Police Dept., West Wendover Police Dept. and the US Marshals JCAT team were able to locate Grubbs at a West Wendover business at around 2 a.m. Saturday where he was taken into custody without incident.

Grubbs was booked into the Elko County Jail with robbery charges and a bail at $500,000.

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Girl, 11, confronts armed intruder in her home

SANDY — Police here are looking for a man they said burglarized a home and held an 11-year-old girl at gunpoint.

Police said the girl was watching television about 2:30 p.m. Friday at her home near 9200 S. and 2300 East, when she went into the kitchen to get a snack. She saw the back door open and saw a man inside her home.

“The male suspect approached her,” said Sandy Police Sgt. Jon Arnold. “She reached for her cell phone which was on the table. He knocked her hand away from the phone and put a small black handgun to her chest and told her not to call the police or talk to anyone.”

The girl’s mother, Kim Jensen, told FOX 13 her daughter ran from the house.

“Thank goodness she had the intuition to just run,” Jensen said. “Had she not done that, I don’t know that she would be safe right now. Who knows what could have happened.”

Planned UDOT closures, restrictions this weekend

The Utah Dept. of Transportation has scheduled lane restrictions and closures in Salt Lake County and throughout Utah.

In Salt Lake City, eastbound I-80 will be closed at I-215 from midnight Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday for concrete repair. Several on- and off-ramps in the downtown area will also be closed:

  • 500 South to southbound I-15
  • 500 South to westbound I-80
  • northbound I-15 to 600 South
  • southbound I-15 to westbound I-80
  • eastbound I-80 to 600 South
  • eastbound I-80 to southbound I-15
  • eastbound I-80 to northbound I-15
     

On I-215, there will be nightly lane restrictions between Parley’s Canyon and 6200 South. Additionally, there will be ramp closures at California Ave., SR-201 and Union Park Ave. for pavement repairs and barrier work.

Quilters’ show hits South Towne Expo Center

SANDY – Quilters, embroiderers and sewers headed to the South Towne Expo Center for the Home Machine Quilting Show.

The exhibition includes instruction, a quilt competition, displays, auction and more.

For more information, visit www.hmqs.org.