Press Release

In the early evening hours on 2-5-22, Helper City Police Officer’s, Lakota Clark, Sgt. Sean
Draper, and Christopher Shaw, performed a traffic stop on a maroon 1998 Acura passenger
vehicle, which was illegally stopped in the middle of the roadway in downtown Helper, Utah.
Upon further investigation of both the vehicle and the female driver of the car, the officer’s
discovered the vehicle to be stolen out of the Denver, Colorado area. The driver of the vehicle,
identified as 24-year-old Alyssa Marie Welch, was initially found to have 4 active statewide
warrants for her arrest. A subsequent search of the vehicle and Ms. Welch’s person, following
her arrest, uncovered a substantial amount of suspected Heroin and Cocaine, along with drug
paraphernalia items. Ms. Welch was taken into custody and booked into the Carbon County Jail
for drug related charges, along with possessing a stolen vehicle and the warrants for her arrest.
Arrangements were made for the owner of the stolen vehicle to respond to Utah in order to take
possession of his car. This investigation is still on-going, and further charges may be pending.