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Box Elder County sheriff on leave amid investigation into crash that seriously injured motorcyclist

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Box Elder County Sheriff Kevin Potter is on administrative leave after being involved in what county officials called a motor vehicle incident, earlier this week. The incident occurred on October 27 in Weber County and is under investigation by the Ogden City Police Department and Weber Metro CRASH Team, officials said.

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