Posted on 04/03/2026 5:41:33 PM PDT by simpson96
MILLCREEK — A Midvale woman was arrested Thursday and accused of cutting the brake lines of a vehicle belonging to a couple who have a stalking injunction against her.
Toria Raye Stein, 32, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Thursday and charged Friday in 3rd District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony, and two counts of stalking, a second-degree felony.
The victim couple lives in the Mount Aire community in Parleys Canyon. The wife told police that in late February, "she got into her Honda CRV, finding the brake pedal was not working and went straight to the floorboard," a police booking affidavit states.
Fortunately, the vehicle was not being driven. When the woman and her husband had their brakes checked, they "discovered both front brake lines had been intentionally cut," according to the affidavit.
The couple suspected Stein — a woman who has had "incidents" with the husband since 2020 and who the couple currently have a stalking injunction against — was responsible for cutting the brakes, the affidavit states.
Stein is an ex-girlfriend of the husband whom he dated from 2018 to April 2020, according to charging documents.
"During their relationship, Stein displayed intense jealousy and emotional outbursts which caused him to break up with her," the charges state. After breaking up with her, Stein allegedly went to the man's business every other day for two weeks looking for him.
"Stein also attempted to contact (the man) at home there times by walking the four miles from the gate at Mount Aire to his cabin doorstep, including once after dark. During all these confrontations, Stein was agitated, yelling and emotional," the court documents allege.
After the couple discovered the brake lines were cut, detectives looked at Stein's phone data and learned she was in the Mount Aire community during the time the couple believes the brakes were cut, according to the arrest report. They also obtained a warrant for her internet search history and reported finding searches for, "Where are the brake lines on a car?" and "Did someone cut my brake line?"
"Toria also visited YouTube about a tutorial on how to find car brake lines. On Feb. 8, 2026, Toria searched: 'Is brake fluid flammable?'" the affidavit says.
Stein was arrested Thursday at her home in Midvale.
“Stein is an ex-girlfriend of the husband whom he dated from 2018 to April 2020, according to charging documents.”
He was dating the ex-girlfriend’s husband? Kinky.
You kids are on a roll!
“she got into her Honda CRV, finding the brake pedal was not working and went straight to the floorboard,”
I’m surprised that a sedan wasn’t involved.
After all, in the immortal words of Neil Sedanka,
“Braking up is hard to do.”
He truly got some mileage out of these themes.
Calendar Girl, Little Devil...
“They say beware, but I don’t care..”
One huge gap in the story is, how did they get their Honda to the garage to have it checked out?
(the rimshot is just assumed here)
I think the perp needs more than a check up, sounds like she needs new plugs, points,and condenser, followed by a timing job.
“A Midvale woman was arrested Thursday and accused of cutting the brake lines of a vehicle belonging to a couple who have a stalking injunction against her.” She might be 3 degrees left of top dead center.
I noticed that missing link in the chain as well.
On the one hand, they must have had it towed.
OTOH, there really was nothing stopping them from driving.
Literally. Apart from some random abutment, or getting t-boned rolling through a red light. 🚦
Sounds like that judge should serve the rest of the life sentence.
ooooooweeee
Good one.
I salute you for your taste and sophistication about fine cinema. George Peppard was from Michigan and graduated from Dearborn High School. Things have changed lately.
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