CRIME, POLICE + COURTS
Two officers reportedly assaulted at Taylorsville party, three arrests made
Oct 10, 2022, 11:00 AM | Updated: Dec 29, 2022, 11:24 am
A Taylorsville police sign is pictured in Taylorsville on Monday, June 6, 2022. (Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)
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Update 5:12 p.m.
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Late Monday afternoon, Taylorsville Police announced three arrests in connection to a weekend party in which two police officers claim to have been attacked after attempting to shut down the party.
Police say Sebastian Gonzalez, 49, Juanito Luis Castro Rodriguez, 21, and Jesenia Gonzalez, 24, have all been taken into custody in connection to the weekend incident.
Sebastian Gonzalez has been booked into Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of riot, which is a third-degree felony. He is also facing five other misdemeanors charges.
Rodriguez and Jesenia Gonzalez have also been booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigating of riot. Both have also been booked for investigating of interference of arresting officer.
Our previous reporting
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Police are investigating an incident where two officers said they were attacked when attempting to break up a party over the weekend. Taylorsville Police said the party was shut down and two people have been arrested so far.
Police responded three times to noise complaints from neighbors about a party in Taylorsville at 5349 Royal Autumn Circle on Saturday night. Officers initially asked the partygoers to end the party by 10 p.m.
On their third time responding to complaints, officers went to shut it down themselves. Police said that’s when things got violent and partygoers cornered two officers.
Taylorsville Police Sgt. Ryan Carver said the officers sent out a 10-33, a code meaning an officer was in trouble. Carver said almost every agency in Salt Lake County responded to the call.
“It was enough to stop a party with 60-plus people in its tracks,” Carver said about the response to the call for help.
One of the officers got the brunt of the assault Carver said, and received cuts and bruises.
Police arrested two people in connection to the assault but are still investigating others.
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