A Salt Lake man convicted of carjacking was sentenced to life in prison Friday because his two prior convictions for robbery brought him under the federal "three-strikes" provision.
Thomas Ray Gurule, 54, received the mandatory life sentence Friday from U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell.
Gurule was convicted of a 2003 carjacking in which he wielded a knife and forced a 19-year-old Salt Lake County woman to drive him from Sandy to downtown Salt Lake City.
Patriotic tradition
The 78-year-old and his wife, LaRae, placed 322 flags donated by the American Legion on veterans' graves.
Promontory Point fire
Crews on Friday continued to battle a 4,000-acre fire on the west side of Promontory Point.
abused as a child graduates
In 1997, Amanda endured three months in the hospital after her mother’s boyfriend abused her. On graduation night, she was no different from any other teenager.
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