CRIME

Police pursuit crosses state lines after possible domestic violence incident

Sep 25, 2024, 9:30 PM | Updated: Sep 27, 2024, 3:45 pm

WENDOVER — Two are in custody after police said a possible domestic violence incident turned into a pursuit when the driver fled officers Wednesday.

Lt. Panthelakis with the West Wendover Police Department said that officers received information about a “rolling” domestic violence situation, with a potentially injured woman.

According to Sgt. Clint Fawson, with the Utah Highway Patrol, officers located the vehicle on Interstate 80, which was traveling eastbound near West Wendover.

When officers attempted to stop the driver, he fled onto I-80, according to Panthelakis.

WWPD officers started a pursuit that reportedly lasted 40 miles, reaching speeds up to 120 miles per hour.

Panthelakis reported the driver fled into Utah at approximately 5 p.m., and then Utah Highway Patrol took over the chase.

Police successfully spiked the vehicle’s tires twice, according to Fawson, then used a pit maneuver once speeds got low enough. The vehicle reportedly caught fire, and both occupants of the vehicle got out when flames started engulfing the car at approximately 7 p.m.

Fawson said that medical personnel checked both people, and there were no reported injuries from the pursuit.

According to arresting documents, 29-year-old Timmiann Marie Hill and a man who was driving the car were taken into police custody. Police reported that Hill owned the car and had been living inside it for over a year.

According to police, the car had several pill bottles, a pipe with burn marks and several tourniquets, which suggested drug use inside the car.

Hill was booked into the Tooele County Jail on a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Contributing: Michael Houck, KSL TV


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