Man Apologizes to Salt Lake City Marathon for Emailing Bomb Threat

(SALT LAKE CITY) -- A man who is facing criminal charges for an apparent bomb threat joke he emailed to the Salt Lake City Marathon, apologized in a second email obtained by the Salt Lake City Tribune.

On April 17, two days after the Boston Marathon bombings, 59-year-old George Hodgson Zinn sent an email to the marketing director of the marathon asking "…if you needed anybody to help place bombs near the finish line on Saturday???," according to court documents.

Zinn was charged with threat of terrorism in a 3rd district court.

Zinn sent an email to the Marathon and to the Tribune on Monday to apologize for his comments.

"When the nation is so vulnerable and so edgy, it was entirely out of line to forward that comment to you," Zinn wrote. “I want you to be assured that I have no terrorist or criminal tendencies toward your program or toward the citizens of Salt Lake City in any way."

Zinn says he regrets sending what he described as “flippant and irresponsible comments."

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Salt Lake City Named Best City for Recent Graduates

(SALT LAKE CITY) -- Salt Lake City is the best city for recent college graduates, according to an analysis by the personal finance magazine Kiplinger.

The analysis examined employment rates, average starting salary and apartment rent, along with the share of the city’s population in their twenties. Salt Lake City scored well on all fronts.

Salt Lake City’s unemployment rate of 5 percent is well below the national average of 8.1 percent. There are several reputable employers in the area, such as Delta Airlines, the University of Utah and Adobe, which plans to add over 1,000 new jobs.

An average recent graduate in Salt Lake City earns $41,300 a year, and many don’t need to spend a lot on living expenses. Salt Lake City has below-average living costs, as average rent for an apartment is $770 per month, 1.5 percent below the national average.

Over 15 percent of the city’s population of 1.1 million people are in their twenties.

Ann Arbor, Mich., Boulder, Colo., Houston, and Anchorage, Alaska round out Kiplinger’s top five.

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Police Hospitalize Naked Belligerent Man in Provo Canyon

(PROVO, Utah) -- Police hospitalized a man after he was found naked and belligerent in Provo Canyon, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports.

The 26-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was first seen by around 6:15 a.m. on Sunday near the Squaw Peak Overlook. When police responded, the man attacked them.

He was subdued with a Taser, though not without some difficultly. The first officer’s Taser malfunctioned, leading to a brief physical fight, and a second officers Taser worked properly, but still didn’t fully subdue the man.

Police were able to get him into an ambulance, where paramedics medicated him to make him calm down.

Officials don’t yet know why the man was so aggressive and naked. Initial toxicology screens came up negative. He has not been charged with anything yet.

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Middle Schooler Arrested After Teacher Finds Hit List

(HEBER CITY, Utah) -- A middle school student was arrested earlier this week after his teacher discovered a list of students he wanted to kill.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the boy's teacher noticed that the boy was "acting funny and had a paper in his hand." When the teacher saw the note was titled "People I want to kill," she brought him to the principal's office and police were called, according to the Tribune.

The boy is being held in a juvenile detention facility on suspicion of six counts of harassment and six counts of threatening a life.

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Elderly Woman Says Car Left with Hospital Attendant Was Stolen

(SALT LAKE CITY) -- An elderly woman who left her car with a hospital attendant said her car was stolen Tuesday afternoon.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Jeanette Casazza, 77, gave the keys to her car to a parking attendant at LDS Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. After her scheduled doctor's appointment, she gave her ticket to the attendant, only to find out that her car was gone.

Casazza's daughter told the Tribune that her mother waited for an hour before hospital security informed her that it was her responsibility to call the police.

The theft was apparently caught on surveillance cameras, however, no arrests have been made.

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