SALT LAKE CITY — After a car crashed into a church building on Sunday night, the driver is now facing DUI and domestic violence property damage charges. Further, KSL obtained court documents that show the man had been a consistent threat to public safety since at least 2022.

Gabriel Manuel Gutierrez, 20, was arrested Sunday night after police said he drove his car into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building on 3120 W. 4700 South in West Valley City. A probable cause statement showed Gutierrez was driving a car with his ex-girlfriend sitting in the passenger seat. The arresting officer spoke with both of them.

“They’d gotten into an argument over them texting other people and there was a grappling over phones in the car,” the officer wrote.

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