SALT LAKE CITY — David Sparks of TV show Diesel Brothers and YouTube channel HeavyDSparks was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Tuesday amid legal issues stemming from his alleged failure to pay plaintiffs in a 2021 case .

Court documents from Oct. 2 show defendants, including Sparks, Joshua Stuart, Diesel Power Gear LLC and B&W Auto LLC, were found jointly liable to pay Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment over violations to the Clean Air Act .

The initial suit alleged that the Diesel Brothers “knowingly remov(ed) federally-required pollution control equipment on diesel vehicles,” and manufactured, sold and installed after-market exhaust systems. The court ruled against the Diesel Brothers, and they were ordered to pay $843,602.23 in penalties in 2021.

But Sparks and

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