Salt Lake City Weekly | Stephen Dark

No Vagrancy?new

In Salt Lake City's budget no-tell motels, hustling to survive is the name of the game.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Stephen Dark | 02-22-2016 | Features

Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell Under Investigationnew

Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell may have broken the law by commissioning an "informal" audit that was aimed at derailing a child abuse investigation on behalf of a friend's daughter.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Stephen Dark | 02-22-2013 | Politics

Mormon Celebrity Meltdownnew

A drug-fueled journey through the Mormon film business.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Stephen Dark | 12-14-2011 | Features

Tags: Mormons, Features, LDS Films, Michael Birkeland

Attorney Aaron Tarin Fights For Undocumented Immigrantsnew

Aaron Tarin believes Hispanics coming to Utah are following God’s plan. In The Book of Mormon it is prophesied that close to the second coming of Jesus Christ, the people of Lamanite descent, whom Tarin interprets as being primarily Hispanics, would experience a spiritual and physical gathering in the Americas.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Stephen Dark | 01-12-2010 | Immigration

Tags: Aaron Tarin, The Book of Mormon, LDS, immigrants, Utah, Hispanics

What Future Awaits Polygamy's Children?new

As FLDS children in Texas begin returning to their parents, ex-sect member Kathleen Mackert asks what future awaits polygamy's children.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Stephen Dark | 06-05-2008 | Culture

Tags: polygamy, FLDS, lifestyles, Kathleen Mackert

The Face of Child Pornnew

Gina Zhdilkov thought her family was safe from the child porn that ruined her childhood. Then the FBI investigated her husband.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Stephen Dark | 04-25-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: pornography, FBI, child porn, Gina Zhdilkov, crime & justice

Conman.com: Robert Paisola and His Online Version of Three Card Montenew

With a rap sheet including convictions for insurance fraud and possession of kiddie porn, Robert Paisola finds it tough to land real work. So he's created a special new hustle: a game of endlessly multiplying websites and his own form of electronic extortion against those who try to shut him down.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Stephen Dark | 05-23-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Arizona, Texas, fraud, Utah, child pornography, Robert Paisola