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SLCPD Arrest Man with Suspended License Following Crash, Foot Chase in Glendale

SALT LAKE CITY — Officers with the Salt Lake City Police Department have arrested a 22-year-old man who crashed his truck into two parked cars and continued driving before he crashed through a fence and into a yard.

This investigation started at 5:47 a.m. on Sunday March 31, 2024, when SLC911 received information about a traffic crash near 1152 South 900 West.

Officers believe the driver, identified as Jose Igancio Ramirez-Morales, crashed into a parked Acura while driving southbound on 900 West. The crash pushed the Acura into a neighbor’s yard.

Ramirez-Morales turned around in the middle of the road and started driving northbound when he crashed into a parked SUV.

A neighbor heard the initial crash, got into his car, and started following Ramirez-Morales who continued driving northbound.

Ramirez-Morales crashed through a fence and landed in a neighbor’s yard a few feet from the second crash.

He is accused of getting out of the car and running away.

Officers arrived in the area and started looking for Ramirez-Morales.

Two officers spotted Ramirez-Morales in a yard and started chasing after him.

Ramirez-Morales refused to stop and resisted arrest. Officers safely took him into custody.

After arresting Ramirez-Morales, officers learned Ramirez-Morales’ had a suspended driver’s license. Officers also found evidence of alcohol inside his car.

The two parked cars were empty at the time of the crash.

Officers booked Ramirez-Morales into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on charges of failing to stop at the command of a police officer, interfering with an arresting officer, failing to comply with the duties of a driver after a crash resulting in property damage, being a restricted driver – alcohol, operating a vehicle without the required interlock device, having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle, and driving on a suspended license.

Several photos from the scene are being released.

Media may use these photos with credit to the Salt Lake City Police Department.

Charges are only allegations, and every arrested person is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The Salt Lake City Police Department is not the custodian of record for jail booking photos. Utah Code 17-22-30 mostly prohibits the release of jail booking photos. Generally, a jail booking photo can only be released by the custodian of record after a conviction or when law enforcement determines the person is a fugitive or an imminent threat to a person or public safety. In Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office is the custodian of record for jail booking photos.

Photo: A white truck crashed into the yard of a home in the Glendale neighborhood (SLCPD photo, March 31, 2024).

Photo: A white truck crashed into the yard of a home in the Glendale neighborhood (SLCPD photo, March 31, 2024).

Photo: A white SUV with rear-end damage after being hit on 900 West (SLCPD photo, March 31, 2024).

Photo: A black Acura with significant front-end damage after being hit on 900 West (SLCPD photo, March 31, 2024).

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