SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The man who terrorized his neighbors in Sugar House for years, assaulted police officers, and tried to kill his elderly father has been denied parole.
Maurice Raffoul was sent to prison in September 2024 following multiple 2News Investigations, which exposed his death threats to others and unpredictable, violent behavior.
2News Chief Investigative Reporter Wendy Halloran first exposed the problem in 2023 and has covered it extensively since. Raffoul was arrested by Adult Probation and Parole following the first 2News Investigation in November 2023 and incarcerated at the Salt Lake County Jail without bail. Since then, 2News Investigates has filed more than twenty reports on Raffoul’s vile, profanity-laced tirades both in person and over the phone.
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Additionally, 2News Investigates found that Raffoul victimized countless people in Louisiana, where he used to live from right here in Salt Lake City. Recorded messages obtained by 2News Investigates from the Lafayette, Louisiana police department revealed he threatened to kill the doctor who had him committed, blow up Lafayette General Medical Center, and kill police officers there, yet he was never held accountable for any of it…