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LA VERKIN, Washington County — A Washington County deputy was injured after a physical altercation with a man stopped for allegedly stealing a vehicle in La Verkin, Utah police said.
On Saturday, Feb. 20, just before 7 p.m., La Verkin Police were alerted that a vehicle was stolen in the area of 400 N. 100 East when a man identified as Ryan Pittman took $200 in cash and a vehicle he was unauthorized to use from a family member. He fled the scene in said vehicle, according to Chief Benjamin Lee of the La Verkin Police Department.
A Springdale Police Department officer spotted a vehicle matching the description traveling through Rockville but was unable to stop the driver before it returned to La Verkin, Lee said.
A Washington County deputy then spotted Pittman driving the vehicle in question when Pittman returned it to the original residence in La Verkin. The deputy attempted to apprehend Pittman and a physical altercation ensued, injuring the acting deputy, authorities said. He was taken to an area hospital.
Pittman was arrested and booked into the Purgatory Jail on charges of theft, theft of a vehicle, aggravated assault on a police officer, disorderly conduct and reckless driving.
