Jeff Thomson, #14023

Deputy Davis County Attorney

P. O. Box 618
800 West State Street
Farmington UT 84025
Telephone: (801) 451-4300
Fax: (801) 451-4328
jthomson@co.davis.ut.us
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF DAVIS, STATE OF UTAH

THE STATE OF UTAH NO BAIL

Plaintiff,
vs. INFORMATION
ROSS ALAN LETHAM
DOB: 10/13/1987 CASE #
ADDRESS: 395 W 1500 S #3
Woods Cross, UT 84087

Defendant.

The undersigned prosecutor states on information and belief that the defendant, either

directly or as a party, at County of Davis, State of Utah, committed the crime(s) of:

HOMICIDE BY ASSAULT, a Third Degree Felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann.

§ 76-5-209, as follows: That the above named defendant, on or about March 5, 2019, did, under

circumstances not amounting to aggravated murder, murder, or manslaughter, cause the death of

another while intentionally or knowingly attempting, with unlawful force or violence, to do

bodily injury to another.

This Information is based on evidence obtained from witness David Owens.

PROBABLE CAUSE STATEMENT: The undersigned prosecutor is a Deputy

Davis County Attorney and has received information from the investigating officer, David

Owens of the Woods Cross Police Department, and the information herein is based upon such
personal observations and investigation of said officer.

On March 5, 2019, Ross Letham came out of the room he was staying at in the

Intown Suites because a victim was on the phone and talking loudly. Letham didn't like this and

punched the victim, knocking him out and to the ground. As a result of the punch, the victim

died at the hospital, never regaining conciousness. Witnesses identified Letham as the assailant

(even though he fled the scene before the police arrived).

Letham was on felony probation to Judge Kay in case no. 161701848. Under JRI,

however, he was terminated from probation early, in 2018. Interestingly, in October 2018, a

month later, Letham was arrested and was charged for a felony evasion, reckless endangerment,

and DUI. He is assigned to Judge Edwards. The case number is 181702364. Thus, the

foregoing homicide offense was committed while on bail pending a felony charge before Judge

Edwards. As such, and given his history of evasion from law enforcement in this case and in that

case, a no bail hold is requested; he is felony on felony, poses a risk of flight, and is a danger to

the community, having caused the death of another over something as trivial as someone else’s

talking on the phone about something unrelated to him.

Authorized March 11, 2019

for presentment and filing:

TROY S. RAWLINGS
Davis County Attorney

By /s/ Jeff Thomson

Deputy Davis County Attorney