Woman sentenced 10 years to life in prison for deadly party-turned-kidnapping

  • Mary Akopyan received 10 years to life in prison for aggravated kidnapping at a deadly 2021 party.
  • She and her boyfriend held guests hostage and assaulted a teenage girl over stolen alcohol.
  • Her boyfriend was sentenced to 30 years to life for murder and kidnapping charges.

SALT LAKE CITY — A woman who held guests against their will at a Sugar House party in 2021 that turned deadly was given 10 years to life in prison Tuesday.

Mary Akopyan, 39, pleaded guilty to aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony, in September for holding partygoers hostage and helping violently assault a teenage girl.

On Aug. 28, 2021, Akopyan and her boyfriend, Levon Garo Meguerditchian, 42, held a party at his home at 609 E. Wilmington Avenue. About 4 a.m., some party guests stole a bottle of alcohol and ran from the house…

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