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SALT LAKE CITY A West Jordan man accused of intentionally running over an employee of a smoke shop twice is facing a first-degree felony attempted murder charge.
Kelly Vaughn Burge, 23, was also charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, and obstructing justice, a second-degree felony.
On Dec. 21, Burge entered Smokey’s Discount Cigarettes, 1597 W. 9000 South, and tried to steal items in the store, according to charging documents. He grabbed some items behind the counter and ran, but when he got to his car, “he realized the cashier was right behind him,” the charges state,
WEST JORDAN A man wanted for allegedly running over a smoke shop employee multiple times in West Jordan has been arrested.
Kelly Vaughn Burge, 23, was arrested for investigation of attempted murder, aggravated robbery, obstructing justice, and leaving the scene of an accident.
On Dec. 21, an employee at Smokey s Discount Cigarettes, 1597 W. 9000 South, tried to stop a man who had stolen something from the store, according to West Jordan police. When the clerk confronted the man in the parking lot, he was hit by his fleeing car. Zachary Leroy Don Allen was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and was still recovering as of Tuesday, according to West Jordan police.
Utah man arrested for repeatedly running over store clerk with his car
The clerk confronted the suspect after he allegedly shoplifted from a smoke shop.
(Photo courtesy of the West Jordan Police Department) Police believe this man repeatedly ran over a store clerk with his car.
| Jan. 6, 2021, 5:19 p.m.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly shoplifting from a West Jordan store and then repeatedly and intentionally running over a store clerk who confronted him in the parking lot.
According to police, security video from inside Smokey’s Discount Cigarettes at 1597 W. 9000 South on Dec. 21 shows the suspect exit the business, pursued by the clerk. Additional security video from a nearby business shows the suspect get in a car and drive over the clerk “multiple times.”