According to KUTV, a 28-year-old man wanted on multiple felony warrants was taken into custody in Millard County after allegedly hitting speeds over 130 miles per hour while fleeing Utah Highway Patrol troopers on Interstate 15, abandoning his car near Scipio and running on foot before officers caught up with him.
According to court documents cited by KMYU, a trooper first spotted Jaden A. Tomas traveling northbound on I-15 near Yuba State Park, already going 102 miles per hour and accelerating. Tomas then turned around to head southbound on the interstate, with his speed eventually topping 130 mph as he allegedly evaded officers. That reported top speed blows past even Utah's generous highway limits — the posted speed on rural stretches of I-15 through Millard and Juab counties sits at 80 mph, among the highest in the country, according to GPS Speedometer.
Pursuit Called Off as Tomas Bails Near Scipio
The chase stretched across the Juab-Millard county line before troopers broke it off. Court documents say Utah Highway Patrol stopped pursuing Tomas after he exited the interstate at Scipio, a small town roughly 12 to 18 miles south of Yuba State Park along I-15, per travel-guide mapping cited by Expedia. The Cornell Legal Information Institute lists Utah Administrative Code R728-503-9 as a termination-of-pursuit rule.
That handoff didn't end the search. Millard County deputies located Tomas's car abandoned in Scipio, and he was found running on foot near I-15 before law enforcement took him into custody without further incident, as reported by KUTV and stated in the court documents. Utah Administrative Code R728-503-8 covers interjurisdictional pursuits, according to the Utah Office of Administrative Rules.
Machete, THC Vape and Open Containers Found in Car
Arrest documents say officers searching Tomas's abandoned vehicle found several open containers of alcohol, a THC vape, and a large machete inside, as noted by KUTV. Troopers also reportedly found that Tomas had multiple felony warrants out for his arrest issued by Adult Probation and Parole. Those warrants only get issued after a parole agent formally establishes probable cause of specific supervision violations under Utah Administrative Code R671-510, per the Utah Office of Administrative Rules.
Tomas, 28, was booked into Juab County Jail facing felony failure to stop at the command of police, along with misdemeanor reckless endangerment, reckless driving, dangerous weapon conduct, driving on a suspended or revoked license, drug possession, and having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle, KUTV reported at KUTV. Failing to respond to an officer's signal to stop is an offense in Utah, according to the Utah State Legislature. Separately, Utah treats driving faster than 105 mph as grounds for a reckless driving charge regardless of general road conditions, per the same GPS Speedometer analysis and Utah Legislature.
A Previous Utah Pursuit
Hoodline previously covered an 80-mph Parowan pursuit in 2021.
It remains unclear what specific supervision violations triggered the Adult Probation and Parole warrants that Tomas was allegedly fleeing, and whether any additional charges will stem from the machete found in his car. For now, Tomas remains booked in Juab County Jail on the string of charges stemming from the pursuit.
