UPDATED: Cedar City Police arrest man after police, city and county vehicles found with slashed tires

The Cedar City Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying all persons who slashed the tires of several city, police and county vehicles, Cedar City, Utah | Photo by Alysha Lundgren, St. George News

ST. GEORGE — The Cedar City Police Department is offering a reward to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of any person involved in the slashing of tires that occurred Wednesday night or Thursday early morning.

Update 4:20 p.m. Police have apprehended a suspect.

The Cedar City Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying all persons who slashed the tires of several city, police and county vehicles, Cedar City, Utah | Photo by Alysha Lundgren, St. George News

According to a press release issued by the Police Department, sometime during Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, several vehicle tires were destroyed in the parking structure located behind the Police Department. 

Officers found several vehicles including police, city and county vehicles that were parked in the parking structure with tires that were “slashed.” 

“This is devastating to our community in these times when equipment or supplies are hard to get,” the news release states. “This type of incident significantly impacts budgets and resources where these vehicles are out of service until repaired.”  

It is unknown the timeframe these vehicles can be repaired as this depends on tire availability, the statement adds.

Cedar City Police released the following statement after arresting a suspect Thursday afternoon:

During this investigation, we received a tip regarding a suspect. The suspect was identified as Isaac Halstead, a 28-year-old-male. Officers detained Mr. Halstead for questioning. After the interview, officers were attempting to arrest Mr. Halstead, he resisted their efforts and assaulted officers. Officers were able to safely take Mr. Halstead into custody.

Mr. Halstead was booked in the Iron County Jail for a second-degree felony criminal mischief due to the estimated damage of around $12,000 and four counts of assault by a prisoner.

Earlier today, Officers located property that was abandoned at the library. This property was found to belong to Mr. Halstead that contained two loaded firearms. Mr. Halstead was also charged for possessing a firearm by a restricted person which is unrelated to this case.

We are very appreciative of the tip that we received that identified Mr. Halstead as the suspect.

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