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A 17-year-old girl undressing in a gym tanning booth screamed when she spotted a phone taking video of her, Utah police told news outlets.

The person holding the phone through a gap between the wall and floor at VASA Fitness in Riverton pulled it away, according to an affidavit, KSTU reported.

Soon after, the girl spotted the phone a second time and yelled, again causing it to be pulled away Feb. 5, the Gephardt Daily reported. She finished tanning and left the gym.

She later told a friend and her mother about the incident, the outlet reported.

Justan Grover, 36, was arrested on charges of voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor after the girl’s dad called police, KSTU reported.

Gym security video reviewed by police showed Grover entering the tanning booth area with his phone out twice during the time when the incidents occurred, Gephardt Daily reported.

“We strongly condemn the act of filming individuals in private areas of our gyms,” VASA Fitness said in a statement to KUTV. “We have zero tolerance for violations of this policy and are taking necessary steps to address and prevent future occurrences which includes assisting law enforcement with their investigations.”

Riverton is about a 20-mile drive south from Salt Lake City.

Officers responding to reports of a dead woman discovered a decomposing body inside a shed at an apartment complex, Utah police and news outlets reported.

Officers found the body at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, the Provo Police Department said in a news release. They arrested Arthuro Carrion, 53, on a charge of murder.

When officers arrived, they found Carrion standing outside the apartment complex, police told KTVX. He gave officers a key to a locked shed behind the complex, police and KUTV reported.

Asked by officers what they’d find inside, Carrion replied “a dead body,” police told KTVX.

“When the shed was opened, the smell of decomposition was plain,” a probable cause affidavit said, according to KUTV. “Several bags were opened. A black bag was opened, and a forearm of a human body was seen inside.”

The affidavit said the body may be Carrion’s missing girlfriend, the station reported.

Police said in the release that the body will be sent to the medical examiner’s office for identification.

Provo is about a 45-mile drive southeast from Salt Lake City.

A Connecticut teacher died during an apparent ski accident over the weekend in Utah.

Daniel Negrelli, 53, of Canton is believed to have struck a tree while skiing at the Solitude Mountain Resort in Brighton, Utah, according to the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake.

Negrelli, a teacher at the A.I. Prince Technical School in Hartford, was found unresponsive at the base of a tree on a ski slope on Saturday around 1:15 p.m., police said. The skiers who found him notified authorities.

Emergency responders tried life-saving efforts but were unsuccessful.

According to police, Negrelli was wearing all the appropriate ski wear, including a helmet. Detectives are still investigating, but police said it appears as though Negrelli struck a tree.

“We are heartbroken by the passing of Dan Negrelli, a beloved member of our school community,” the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System said in a statement. “He was an exceptional educator and a cherished mentor, colleague and friend.”

“Dan made a lasting impact both in and out of the classroom, touching the lives of students and staff in countless ways,” school officials continued. “This is a tremendous loss for our school, and our thoughts are with his family, friends, and all who knew him.”

School officials said grief counselors would be available to students and staff.

Originally Published: February 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM EST

SALT LAKE CITY — The Vancouver Canucks were badly outshot, and after taking the lead in the second period, squandered it in the third to drop a regulation result against a divisional opponent.

If that sounds familiar, it probably should. The Canucks’ 2-1 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Sunday evening felt almost like a carbon copy of what we witnessed against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.

The club was put behind the eight ball by a trio of first-period penalties as the blue line struggled to play disciplined hockey. The Canucks managed to take the lead on a Jake DeBrusk power-play goal. And then ultimately the mass of shots, shot attempts and quality looks the Canucks surrendered to their opponent became overwhelming.

So it was Saturday, and so it was Sunday when Utah stormed back to win in regulation.

The loss breathes real life into a Utah side that — despite trailing Vancouver significantly — looms as one of the biggest threats to Vancouver’s claim to the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. It’s a troubling one, too, given how familiar the script felt and how persistent this club’s primary issues — and especially its inability to consistently threaten offensively — appear to be.

Here are three takeaways from Vancouver’s loss Sunday night in Salt Lake City.

Another undisciplined game from the blue line

After stunting their momentum Saturday night in Las Vegas with a three-penalty first period, the Canucks did it again in Utah.

First Tyler Myers hung a knee on Utah forward Jack McBain and was assessed a two-minute minor for interference. Myers argued the call, but it was a fair penalty, if slightly harsh.

Then Marcus Pettersson was called for holding, a no-brainer penalty, and honestly a good one. Logan Cooley had gotten lost in front of Vancouver’s net, and without Pettersson’s manually obstructing Nick Schmaltz on the half-boards, the Canucks likely would have surrendered the first goal.

Finally, Marcus played the puck with a stick he didn’t appear to realize had broken. The minor penalty for playing the puck with a broken stick isn’t one we see all that often, but that’s par for the course for the Canucks this weekend, who managed to take some creative and improbable penalties across this back-to-back set.

Though Vancouver’s penalty killers bailed out the defence again Sunday night, all the time Vancouver spent short-handed sapped their momentum early on in the game and helped Utah build up a tremendous edge in shots and scoring chances.

Even if the flurry of power-play sequences helped Arturs Šilovs build some confidence in his first NHL start since late November — and Šilovs was solid Sunday night — this isn’t a good recipe for Vancouver.

And in fact, it was a key penalty taken late in the third period (a holding call against Derek Forbort) that resulted in the game-winning Dylan Guenther goal with the man advantage. Forbort’s penalty made it seven consecutive penalties for which Vancouver’s blueliners were directly responsible, and honestly, they could’ve ended the game short-handed, too, if Filip Hronek hadn’t got away with an errant stick with just under two minutes to play.

Though the Canucks’ defensive zone coverage was mostly very good Sunday night, their defence has to find a way to limit the power-play opportunities they’re handing out to the opposition. If this keeps up, it’s going to undermine the good structural defensive work this team is putting in at the moment.

Filip Chytil once again excelled in driving the puck up the ice against Utah. (Alex Goodlett / Getty Images)

The good and the bad of Filip Chytil

Across Vancouver’s two games on this trip so far, Filip Chytil has been the Canucks’ most impressive and most maddening individual contributor.

Chytil’s speed and ability to drive through the neutral zone are the clear strength of his game, and his transitional dynamism has brought something the Vancouver lineup has sorely missed throughout this season. As a puck carrier, Chytil has already become — by far — the most impactful forward the Canucks have going from a driving perspective.

On this trip, however, Chytil has struggled somewhat to convert his collection of thrilling rush opportunities into productive scoring chances. When he’s skated himself into shooting situations, he’s often missed the net, sometimes by a wide margin. When he’s attempted to make plays as a passer with speed, he’s been just off from really connecting on a dangerous scoring chance.

Defensively, meanwhile, it’s clear Chytil has immediately earned Rick Tocchet’s trust. He was Vancouver’s preferred option Sunday night, for example, to match up against the Clayton Keller line. It wasn’t a matchup Vancouver won, territorially speaking, but given how heavily the ice was slanted in Utah’s favour throughout the evening, it wasn’t as if it was this matchup that proved to be Vancouver’s problem.

In a couple of key moments, however, some of his coverage was lacking. He was slow off of a key second-period draw to release to Cooley. Cooley got loose and was able to deflect a John Marino shot past Šilovs to level the score at 1.

Generally speaking, Chytil’s added a lot to the Vancouver lineup since arriving. His speed and size have been welcome, and he’s driving play offensively while earning Tocchet’s trust in his own end of the rink. There’s another level for him to get to, however: one that involves making better shot-selection decisions and slightly better defensive reads.

Victor Mancini makes his debut

The Canucks tweaked their lines Sunday with Carson Soucy drawing out of the lineup and young defenceman Victor Mancini drawing in. This marked Mancini’s Canucks debut after the 22-year-old defenceman was acquired from the New York Rangers as the third part of the J.T. Miller trade.

Though Mancini was somewhat sheltered, didn’t record a defensive-zone start and almost never saw the ice against the Keller-led Utah top line, he was used pretty heavily at five-on-five in this contest — in fact, he led all Canucks blueliners in five-on-five ice time heading into the third period.

Overall, Mancini’s traits — solid mobility, size and overall defensive reliability — played up and were evident. He looked like a safe, credible third-pair option, and you could see the upside. Even on a night in which the Canucks barely played with the puck, Mancini at least helped them prevent Utah from generating much in terms of quality looks.

It was, without question, a solid first impression. He at least gives the Canucks an option intriguing enough that the club should try to get a longer look at what he can provide over the balance of this season.

(Top photo of Nils Höglander and Olli Määttä: Alex Goodlett / Getty Images)

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes showed off his new ‘do during his daughter’s birthday party. Patrick, 29, and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, hosted a celebratory Bluey-themed gathering on Saturday, February 22, in honor of daughter Sterling turning 4 years old. “The annual boys pic,” Brittany, also 29, wrote via Instagram Stories, uploading a snapshot