ARREST --- A man suspected of attacking a stranger in an Orem IHOP parking lot in September was arrested Wednesday. Salt Lake City resident Sergio Weffer is accused of approaching a couple in from of the IHOP, saying, "I'm sorry," and stabbing the man multiple times with scissors. An off-duty police officer from Chicago intervened and ordered Weffer to drop the scissors and then shot him when Weffer did not comply. Weffer has been hospitalized since the Sept. 13 incident and was released Wednesday. He was then booked into the Utah County Jail on an aggravated assault charge and $50,000 bail.

CAR BURGLARIES -- Orem police apprehended a man suspected of burglarizing several cars Thursday morning after he crashed his car into a tree and took off on foot. According to Orem Police Lt. Doug Edwards, a witness at the Countrywood Condominium complex at 1300 S. 1200 West reported two men who appeared to be looking into vehicles with flashlights. An officer arriving on the scene spotted the suspect in a car, and the suspect drove quickly around a corner. As the officer rounded a corner, he spotted the still-running car crashed into a tree. Other officers in the area apprehended the suspect as he was trying to climba fence. 25-year-old Christopher Joel Johnson, of Eureka, was arrested for burglary of a vehicle, possession of burglary tools, interference with arrest, no insurance, reckless driving, driving on a denied drivers license and leaving the scene of an accident.