Sunday 7 August 2022 08:46 PM Utah man, 46, is arrested for stealing excavator and tearing nearby grocery ... trends now

Sunday 7 August 2022 08:46 PM Utah man, 46, is arrested for stealing excavator and tearing nearby grocery ... trends now
Sunday 7 August 2022 08:46 PM Utah man, 46, is arrested for stealing excavator and tearing nearby grocery ... trends now

Sunday 7 August 2022 08:46 PM Utah man, 46, is arrested for stealing excavator and tearing nearby grocery ... trends now

Just stop digging! Utah man, 46, is arrested 'after he stole excavator from building site then ripped supermarket parking lot apart by tearing-up water pipes and fiber optic cables' Omar Ortega, 46, was booked on charges of felony theft and criminal mischief He stole an excavator that was left running by a construction site before driving to a Smith grocery store that was a mile away He was then 'randomly digging up the ground' at the store's parking lot, creating a massive and muddy trench Utility workers inspected the total amount of damage, thought to be in excess of $40,000 and ruled out a gas leak 

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A man in Utah was arrested on Saturday for stealing an excavator from a building site before driving it to a supermarket nearby and tearing up its parking lot apart, ripping water pipes and fiber optic cables. 

Omar Ortega, 46, was booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on charges of felony theft and felony criminal mischief after the incident took place around noon.

His motive for stealing the machinery and driving to a Smith grocery store on 828 South 900 West remain unclear. 

Footage shared by Salt Lake Police shows a massive and muddy trench dug in the grocery store's parking lot. 

The damaged Ortega is so-far

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