SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Police say a man sought in a knife attack that critically wounded his girlfriend in Nevada was arrested in Utah after a half-hour vehicle chase and a standoff that prompted officers to use tear gas and a dog to apprehend him.
Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke tells the Salt Lake Tribune (https://bit.ly/2kb58DG ) that 35-year-old Ronny Wesley Withers apparently cut himself on the neck and arms before he was pulled from a van and taken into custody late Thursday in Taylorsville.
Withers was hospitalized pending transfer to the Salt Lake County jail, a court appearance and extradition to Nevada.
Withers is sought by authorities in North Las Vegas in a Tuesday evening attack on a 28-year-old woman who told police that Withers broke her car window, pepper-sprayed her and stabbed her in the neck.
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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, https://www.sltrib.com
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