AGGRAVATED RE-ENTRY ARREST -- Orem Gang Task Force officers spotted a group of known gang members congregating Friday night, June 6, in the Smith's grocery store parking lot at 45 S. State. They contacted the group and begin checking them for warrants and other violations of law. An Immigrations & Custom Enforcement (ICE) agent working with the task force identified 19-year-old Jose Ramirez-Lopez, of Springville, as being already once deported from the US and back illegally. Ramirez-Lopez was arrested on an Aggravated Re-entry hold for ICE and booked into the Utah County jail. Officers also identified a 15-year-old American Fork boy wanted on a juvenile court pickup order. He was taken to the Slate Canyon Juvenile Detention Facility.

CAR VS. HOUSE ACCIDENT -- A 16-year-old Orem youth was speeding in his white passenger car down a hill in a residential neighborhood at 95 N. 1140 West Thursday , June 5, at 1 p.m. and ran off the road and into the home at that location.

Three children and two adult women were in the home at that time of the accident. Fortunately, no one was in the downstairs room the car tried to get into. However, two children were seated on a couch watching television right above the point where the car struck the home and were thrown from the couch by the force of the impact. No one inside the home reported any injuries.

The teenage boy driving the car was not injured, but his 16-year-old female passenger was taken by paramedics to the hospital for treatment of cuts and abrasions. The driver was misdemeanor cited for Reckless Driving. The boy told officers initially that the vehicle brakes failed, but an inspection of his car at the City Shops indicated the brakes were in proper working order.

AUTO BURGLARS APPREHENDED -- A man called police Friday, June 5, at 3:20 a.m. to report two suspects inside his truck parked in front of his home. The victim indicated that he'd run out of his house and scared the thieves away. Officers found the two suspects still in the neighborhood within minutes and a foot pursuit took place through several yards of homes in the neighborhood before the two suspects were cornered in the area of 1200 N. 800 East and taken into custody. Officers arrested 20-year-old Tarl Larry Lopshire (Springville) and 22-year-old Ryan Michael Leavitt (Provo). The two men had a vehicle parked in the neighborhood that they weren't able to return to after police responded to the area and were trying to hide out until the coast was clear.

The two men were booked into the Utah County jail for burglary of a residence, criminal mischief, failure to stop at the command of a police officer, criminal trespass, and six counts of auto burglary,

AGGRAVATED RE-ENTRY -- Officers stopped a mini van Tuesday night at about 9. It was occupied by four Hispanic males in the Larsen's Gas Station parking lot on 400 North. There was an open container of alcohol found inside the van that everyone said Oscar was drinking. Oscar gave officers the name of Oscar Fernandez, but further checking showed that Oscar was really suspected gang member Oscar Fernandez Godoy, 28, of Orem. Godoy has already been deported by ICE officials once before and had illegally returned to the states, making him an aggravated re-entry. ICE officials were contacted and they placed an immigration hold on Godoy. Godoy was booked into the Utah County jail on the immigration hold and for false personal information to a police officer.

MARIJUANA ARREST -- Officer Phil Anderson stopped a black Dodge truck early Wednesday morning, June 3, on the State Street, Orem-Provo border for a traffic violation. When Officer Anderson got up to the drivers window, he noticed the unmistakable odor of burnt marijuana. There were several people inside the truck.

The 19-year-old driver appeared extremely nervous; his hands were shaking and his voice quivered as he spoke. Officer Anderson asked the suspect to step out of the truck and speak with him outside. When Officer Anderson mentioned the smell of marijuana, that only added to the suspect's now uncontrolled shaking. It was so bad that Officer Anderson asked the suspect if he'd like to sit down for a minute. As they moved to the curb, the suspect fainted dead away.

Paramedics were called for and checked the suspect, who had regained consciousness with the officer's help. The suspect admitted that he was overly nervous because he had marijuana in the car and didn't want to get in more trouble. He had apparently moved here from Arizona, where he had had drug troubles, and had a panic attack as he dealt with Officer Anderson. The suspect surrendered a small amount of marijuana and two glass pipes to Officer Anderson. He was given a misdemeanor citation and allowed to go home with the help of his friends.