Fugitive flees from southern Utah police at 135 mph, will get caught with medicine

MONTICELLO — A South Dakota man needed in one other state on drug-related crimes is now dealing with fees in Utah after allegedly fleeing from police at over 100 mph and being caught with extra medicine.

Sebastian Robert Falkenberg, 25, of Sioux Falls, was charged April 16 in Utah’s seventh District Courtroom with over a dozen crimes, together with drug possession with intent to distribute, a second-degree felony; possession of a weapon by a restricted individual and failing to cease on the command of police, third-degree felonies; and going 135 mph in a 55-mph zone, an infraction. A preliminary listening to is scheduled for Monday.

In accordance with charging paperwork, Falkenberg was noticed on April 11 dashing on Predominant Avenue in Monticello.

“The officer tried a visitors cease. The suspect automobile sped up and handed automobiles on a double yellow. A chase ensued the place the suspect automobile was going over 135 mph,” the costs state.

The officer stopped chasing the automobile for security causes because it continued to flee down Freeway 191. A Blanding police officer was in a position to efficiently spike a minimum of one of many fleeing automotive’s tires a short while later. However Falkenberg saved driving, in response to the costs.

“Officers overlooked the automobile and we couldn’t find it after spiking the suspect automobile. We have been in a position to get a plate from the automobile and the plate was registered to a unique automobile. …We have been in a position to verify he put another person’s plates on the automobile,” a police reserving affidavit states.

The subsequent day, police obtained a tip from a retailer in Bluff {that a} man was there fixing “flat tires,” the affidavit states.

Police discovered Falkenberg, who “resisted arrest,” in response to the affidavit. He was finally taken into custody. In his automobile, officers discovered marijuana and cocaine and practically $27,000 money, the affidavit states.

In accordance with police, Falkenberg has a no bail warrant for his arrest in one other state.

In 2022, Falkenberg and one other man have been arrested in Nebraska for allegedly possessing medicine, as the 2 have been touring again to South Dakota from Colorado.