- Three individuals were arrested in Salina after a high-speed chase on I-70.
- Bryson Tweten, Delaney Blackman and Sienne Vigil were booked for investigation of drug-related charges.
- Police allegedly found cocaine and fentanyl in the car after stopping it with spikes.
SALINA — Three people were arrested Saturday and accused of leading police on a pair of chases with speeds reaching 110 mph and also being in possession of drugs.
Bryson Miles Tweten, 20, Delaney Lynn Blackman, 18, and Sienne Hope Vigil, 19, were each arrested for investigation of drug-related charges.
Tweten, of Clifton, Colorado, was charged Monday in 6th District Court with two counts of failing to stop for police and unlawful use of a bank card, third-degree felonies; two counts of drug possession, a class A misdemeanor; possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor; and driving on a revoked license, a class C misdemeanor. After he was charged, investigators learned that the car he was driving was reported stolen out of Rifle, Colorado, and he is now being held in Utah for investigation of motor vehicle theft in addition to his formal charges.
The investigation began about 4 p.m. Saturday when an Audi approached a Salina police officer on I-70, and the officer's radar "displayed a speed of 110 mph," according to a police booking affidavit. The car slowed down as it approached the officer. But when he attempted to pull the Audi over, the driver sped up again, and the officer lost sight of the vehicle.
"I accelerated to a speed of 106 mph, and the black passenger car continued to pull away from me. I continued to pursue the vehicle west on I-70," the arresting officer wrote.
About 40 minutes later, police received a call from an auto repair shop in Salina stating that someone driving an Audi with temporary Colorado license plates was illegally trying to use a bank card, the affidavit states. As an officer was responding to the store, the Audi passed him near 500 S. State.
"I watched the black Audi pass several vehicles in the continuous left-turn lane at a very high rate of speed. I pursued the vehicle up the eastbound on-ramp of I-70. I observed the black Audi continuing to evade me on I-70. My speed was 106 mph, and the black Audi continued to pull away from me," the arresting officer wrote in the affidavit.
Emery County sheriff's deputies later spotted the fleeing vehicle and set up spikes at multiple locations, according to the affidavit. The car was stopped after deputies successfully spiked the Audi's tires.
"Inside the vehicle, a plastic bag containing a white powder substance that is consistent with cocaine was located. Also located in the vehicle was a blue pill that is consistent with fentanyl, a spoon, and a knife with a white powder substance that is consistent with cocaine," the affidavit states. "All occupants of the black Audi visibly appeared to be under the influence of narcotics."
Tweten allegedly claimed the car belonged to one of his passengers who picked him up in Grand Junction, Colorado, the affidavit says.
"I asked Bryson why he failed to stop for me both times I attempted to stop him. Bryson stated that he did not know why he didn't pull over for me," the officer wrote in the affidavit.
Police say Tweten was on probation out of Colorado at the time of his arrest in Utah.
