Salt Lake Police examine a scene in Salt Lake Metropolis on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. A California man is dealing with felony fees after being arrested and accused of going over 100 mph throughout a central Utah chase with police. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
A California man is dealing with a number of fees after police say he led officers on a chase going over 100 mph on I-15 earlier than his tires had been spiked.
Takahisa Watanabe, 32, of Albany, California, was charged Monday in 4th District Court docket with failing to cease for police, a third-degree felony; and two infractions for failing to remain in his lane of journey and for going 104 mph in an 80 mph zone.
Watanabe was noticed Thursday by a Utah Freeway Patrol trooper going 94 mph on I-15 in Juab County. The trooper tried to drag Watanabe over however he sped as much as 104 mph, in response to charging paperwork.
"He drove erratically and swerved out and in of his lane of journey. After roughly 14 miles, officers deployed spikes. Watanabe tried to maneuver across the spikes however officers efficiently spiked his tires," the costs state.
Watanabe continued driving and received off the freeway in Nephi, going round an officer who tried to dam the off-ramp.
When the automobile got here to a cease, officers from Nephi police, the Juab County Sheriff's Workplace and UHP held Watanabe and his two passengers at gunpoint "till a ample variety of officers arrived and positioned them beneath arrest," the costs state.
Watanabe's two passengers had been ultimately launched. Whereas being booked into the Juab County Jail, a trooper heard Watanabe say, "I ought to have stopped," in response to a police reserving affidavit.