Quick thinking by Roosevelt City Police put an end to a dangerous car chase
on Sunday
evening. According to Roosevelt Police Chief Rick Harrison, an off duty Duchesne County Sheriff’s deputy was approached at about
7:00pm
on Saturday
by a man in Stewart’s Marketplace that stated his 1997 Mazda truck was being stolen from the parking lot. “The deputy notified Roosevelt Police who found the vehicle southbound on State Street near 800 South,” shares the Chief. “The driver, 32-year-old Zipporah Apporas, did not yield to the officer’s emergency lights and continued south on State Street.” Spikes were deployed but the effort to stop the fleeing vehicle was unsuccessful. When officers were notified that children were playing by the road in the direction the vehicles were headed it was decided that officers would use a police vehicle to force Apporas to stop. “The stolen vehicle was stopped with no injuries to the suspect or the officers,” shares Chief Harrison. Apporas was arrested and charged with vehicle theft as well as multiple traffic violations. Last October, Apporas was cited for an incident in which she dropped off her disabled son at Smith’s in Vernal and left. She was later found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle, drunk. Vernal City Police cited her for child abuse, public intoxication, interfering with an investigation and resisting arrest.
