BOX ELDER COUNTY, Utah — A 2028 trial date has been scheduled for the man accused of killing two Tremonton-Garland police officers last year.
Ryan Michael Bate, 33, faces the death penalty on two counts of aggravated murder, a capital offense, along with more than a dozen other charges. 1st District Judge Spencer D. Walsh set the two-and-a-half-month jury trial Tuesday, ordering Bate to stand trial in the deaths of Tremonton-Garland police Officer Eric Estrada, 32, and Sgt. Lee Sorensen, 56.
The trial will begin May 15, 2028, and continue through Aug. 4, 2028. In the meantime, Bate will appear in court Jan. 22, 2027, for a pretrial scheduling conference…