Police issue an arrest warrant for a Uintah County man for evading and several warrants
- Travis Uresk
- Jul 5
- 4 min read
by Travis Uresk
7-5-25
| Lapoint, Ut. | June 12th, – June 17th, 2025 |
On June 12, 2025, UHP Trooper Carson was patrolling 8500 East in the Lapoint area when he noticed a white Ford truck that he had stopped before involving DUI and drugs and knew that Richard Potter was a habitual drug user.
At the intersection of 8500 East and 7500 North, the truck took an unusual amount of time to enter the intersection and then continued East on 7500 North. The trooper thought this was suspicious because very few people drive this route toward Lapoint.
The trooper got behind the vehicle and saw that it had an equipment violation, so he activated his emergency overhead lights.
The truck turned North onto 8500 East and attempted to pull over, but the shoulder was poor, so it returned to the roadway and continued North. Trooper Carson stated he thought the driver was looking for a better spot to pull over.
Back at 7500 North and 8500 East, the truck turned left and then continued West. The vehicle would travel between 35 and 50 mph. When the suspect would hit bumps in the road, the truck would "death wobble" very aggressively.
At 7500 East and 7500 North, the vehicle turned northbound and continued driving. The vehicle turned West on 8500 North, and at the bend in the road near 6700 East and 8500 North, the truck drove onto a dirt road, and the trooper terminated the pursuit.
While following up on the registered owner of the Ford truck, AP&P Agent Ercanbrack told Trooper Carson that Potter is on probation and is out of the area attending drug rehabilitation.
AP&P agents made contact with Potter, and he informed them that he had given no one permission to drive his truck, which was supposed to be parked in Whiterocks at a family member's house. He stated during his initial arrest. He gave the keys to Aleice Collins, another known habitual drug user.
Trooper Carson is also familiar with Collins, as she was recently involved in several contacts by the Utah Highway Patrol and Uintah County Sheriff's Office.
During her contact with UHP, they reached out to her about her abandoned vehicle on SR-121. She stated she would move the vehicle the following day, but on the following day, she was arrested by the UHP for a DUI. During this contact, she stated that her friend, 30-year-old Brandon Ray Brock, was driving her vehicle when it broke down and he abandoned it on the highway.
Trooper Carson looked at a driver's license photo of Brock and immediately confirmed he was the driver of the evading Ford truck. Brandon is also known to law enforcement as a known habitual drug user and has a suspended driver's license for failure to appear.
It was also learned Brandon had six warrants for his arrest, that he had absconded from his probation with AP&P, and also had a history of fleeing from law enforcement.
The trooper went to Collins's house in Ballard. Collins came from the rear of the house, yelling at the officer to leave, and ran inside the residence.
On June 16, 2025, BIA Officer White contacted Trooper Carson and informed him that a farmer had found the suspected white truck stuck in a swamp.
The trooper arrived and searched through the abandoned truck, finding multiple pieces of paperwork belonging to Kessley Larose. Officer White stated that the individual lived in the vicinity.
A tow truck was unable to remove the truck from the swamp, so it was left there for the time being.
The officers drove to the individual's home, and when they arrived, they saw Brandon Brock quickly walk from the house to a vehicle appearing as if he was trying to hide from the police behind a car door.
Brandon was asked to come over to speak with the officer and was asked about him fleeing from the trooper. Brock denied he was the one in the truck and stated he was with a friend on the day in question. Brandon's stories would change back and forth between where he was and where he was staying.
The officers then spoke with Larose, and he stated that the truck was at his house, but it had disappeared one day. He said the truck had been missing for about a week and didn't know who had taken it.
Larose stated that Brandon had been to his house a few times in the last little while, and he stated Brandon's vehicle had mechanical issues, possibly a bad transmission. Trooper Carson noted that the truck he was chasing appeared as if the transmission could have been blown.
Due to the location of the encounter, Trooper Carson was unable to make an arrest at this time. Brock left the residence driving a green/gray Nissan SUV with Utah plates T652AM.
On June 17, 2025, Aliece Collins was interviewed at the Uintah County jail by Trooper Carson.
Collins told the trooper when Potter was arrested, she took the truck to Larose's house and hadn't seen it since. She said Brandon owned the vehicle, but she registered it in her name as a favor.
Later that same day, the towing company successfully removed the truck from the swamp. It was inventoried, photographed, and impounded for evading and abandonment.
An arrest warrant was issued on July 2, 2025, for Brandon Brock. If you know his whereabouts, please call law enforcement at any of the phone numbers below.
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