Convicted killer accused of hitting two Unified officers faces federal weapons cost

SOUTH SALT LAKE — A needed fugitive beforehand convicted for killing a person, who was arrested over the weekend after allegedly injuring two officers in South Salt Lake whereas attempting to flee, is going through a federal weapons cost.

Tyson Yellowbear, 39, was arrested Saturday for investigation of tried homicide and aggravated assault focusing on legislation enforcement.

Officers from the Metro Gang Unit have been out that evening in search of Yellowbear, who was needed on a federal warrant. Based on court docket information, a federal grand jury indicted Yellowbear on Might 22 with being a felon in possession of a gun in an alleged incident on April 11. The indictment was then sealed as officers seemed for Yellowbear to arrest him. The indictment was unsealed on Tuesday.

Saturday afternoon, officers from the gang unit have been within the space of 250 E. Helm Avenue after they noticed Yellowbear and watched as he acquired right into a truck in a parking zone, based on a police reserving affidavit. Police tried to make use of a spike strip to deflate Yellowbear’s tires to forestall him from getting away, the affidavit states.

However as an officer was making an attempt to deploy the system, Yellowbear allegedly steered towards him and accelerated and hit the officer, “inflicting him to be thrown over the hood and throughout the road. The sufferer officer was hit with such pressure that it broke the connector to his police radio and knocked the pistol magazines out of his ballistic vest,” based on the affidavit.

The officer was taken to a neighborhood hospital to be handled for undisclosed accidents. Unified police on Wednesday stated the officer has since been launched and is “doing properly.”

Yellowbear continued to flee after hitting the primary officer, driving into oncoming visitors in an try and get away. A second officer “rammed” Yellowbear’s automobile together with his patrol automobile to cease him, the affidavit states. That officer “sustained severe injures which would require surgical procedure” because of the collision, based on the affidavit. Police say the surgical procedure is minor, nonetheless, and will probably be carried out at a later date. The second officer was additionally launched from the hospital on Saturday.

After the collision with the second officer, Yellowbear acquired out of his automobile and tried to run away however was in the end taken into custody after combating with police, the affidavit states.

Amongst Yellowbear’s prior crimes, he was convicted of felony murder by assault and aggravated assault, each third-degree felonies, for the 2006 taking pictures demise of 1 man and demanding accidents of a second man at a celebration in South Salt Lake. He initially was charged with homicide, a first-degree felony, and tried homicide however pleaded responsible to the lesser prices.

Yellowbear first arrived on the Utah State Jail in June of 2007. He was paroled on Nov. 26, 2013. However a warrant was issued for his arrest in February of 2014 after he dedicated a number of parole violations. He was arrested in March of 2014 following one other confrontation with the Metro Gang Unit.

Most lately in third District Courtroom, Yellowbear was charged in January with housebreaking, a second-degree felony, on the accusation of breaking right into a Salt Lake Metropolis home whereas armed, based on charging paperwork. He was launched from custody to pretrial providers in February, court docket information state. However a warrant was issued for his arrest quickly after he allegedly did not adjust to the principles of his launch, based on court docket information.

The warrant remained excellent till April 12 when he was taken into custody once more. However by his subsequent listening to on Might 14, he had already been launched from jail and failed to indicate as much as court docket, based on court docket information.