By Bob Mims
The Salt Lake Tribune
LOGAN, Utah — Kyle B. Lindsay, who resigned as Logan’s fire chief last week, has been formally charged with felony counts of burglary, possession of a controlled substance and obtaining a prescription drug under false pretenses.
The Cache County Attorney’s Office said the charges were filed Tuesday afternoon by prosecutors in 1st District Court. Lindsay, 41, remains free on bail.
Lindsay resigned Aug. 5, the same day that police in neighboring Smithfield announced they were completing a criminal investigation involving the Logan fire chief.
He had been on the job less than two months, having replaced Fire Chief Mark Meaker on June 15. Meaker had announced his retirement in March.
Lindsay, formerly of Blackfoot, Idaho, came to Logan’s top fire executive post from a job as a flight paramedic with Air Idaho/Omniflight. Prior to that, he had worked from 1995 to 2008 as a lieutenant and paramedic with the Blackfoot Fire Department. He also had served as a Bingham County coroner from 2002 to 2010.
Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Peterson was sworn in as interim fire chief after Lindsay stepped down.
Details of the case against Lindsay were unavailable Tuesday because a probable cause statement had yet to be filed, according to the Cache County Attorney’s Office.
Smithfield Police Chief Richard St. Sauveur did not immediately return a call seeking more information on the allegations.
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