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SALT LAKE CITY -- A man wanted in connection with several burglaries across Salt Lake and Davis Counties, including a smash-and-grab at Millcreek Bicycles, has been arrested.
Friday evening, Unified police officers along with the West Valley Police Department's street crimes unit arrested 48-year-old Scott Sorensen for investigation of a rash of crimes across valley.
Officers wearing street clothes had followed Sorensen to the parking lot at Salt Lake Community College, 4600 South Redwood Road. Sorensen had gotten out of his vehicle and police were inspecting his vehicle, which was stolen, when he returned.
Sorensen reached into his coat pocket, which immediately prompted the officers to draw their weapons, force him to the ground and place him in handcuffs, said UPD Lt. Shane Manwaring.
Inside his pocket, officers found a loaded gun with a bullet in the barrel, said Manwaring. The gun was stolen.
Detectives believe Sorensen is responsible for driving a vehicle through the glass doors of Millcreek Bicycles, 3969 S. Wasatch Drive, on Jan. 28 and taking a bike. A total of three bicycle shops were burglarized that night. The car used in the smash-and-grab was stolen.
Manwaring said Sorensen was also believed to have been involved in a chase with UPD officers last weekend. The passenger was arrested but the driver, believed to be Sorensen escaped. Inside the vehicle, which was also stolen, were stolen cell phones, jewelry, meth and drug paraphernalia, Manwaring said.
After Sorensen was arrested Friday, investigators from UPD, Bountiful police and Murray police all interviewed him for cases in their area, and detectives from West Jordan police and Cottonwood Heights police were in the process of interviewing him about crimes in their jurisdictions, Manwaring said.
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