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MILLCREEK — A Midvale woman was arrested Thursday and accused of cutting the brake lines of a vehicle belonging to a couple who have a stalking injunction against her. Toria Raye Stein, 32, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Thursday and charged Friday in 3rd District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony, and two counts of stalking, a second-degree felony. The victim couple lives in the Mount Aire community in Parleys Canyon. The wife told police that in late February, "she got into her Honda CRV, finding the brake pedal was not working and went straight to...

On March 22, two boys, 13-year-old Joshua Federov and his 11-year-old friend, were attacked by a man with a knife outside of Dollar Tree in Mill Creek, Washington, located about 20 miles Northeast of Seattle, after they called the man an "NPC," an insult originating from video game parlance meaning "non-playable character." Local news reports the 11-year-old, who wants to remain unidentified, was stabbed by the suspect in his lung, which collapsed, and his liver. He was first treated at Providence Regional Medical Center and then moved to Harborview Medical Center's ICU for three days. The boy survived his injuries...

MILLCREEK — A Starbucks customer shot a man who was allegedly attacking one of the clerks Thursday morning in Millcreek, police said. Police were called to reports of a man being aggressive with customers and employees at a 7-Eleven near 3900 South and 900 East just after 6 a.m. before he went to a Starbucks across the street, according to Unified police detective Ken Hansen. The man, who is in his late 30s, physically attacked a female Starbucks clerks when he arrived at the store, Hansen said. A customer in the Starbucks pulled out a gun and shot the attacker...