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Midvale woman charged with cutting couple's brake lines, stalking ex-boyfriend
KSL ^ | 4/3/2026 | Pat Reavy

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.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: crime; midvale; millcreek; mountaire; parleyscanyon; saltlake; saltlakecounty; toriarayestein; utah; utahwoman

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1 posted on 04/03/2026 5:41:33 PM PDT by simpson96
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I had a bad stalker, they can be very crazy and impossible to get rid of.


2 posted on 04/03/2026 5:43:31 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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3 posted on 04/03/2026 5:46:17 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: simpson96; SunkenCiv; Rennes Templar; The Spirit Of Allegiance; Larry Lucido

Although “Stein was arrested Thursday at her home in Midvale”, the situation is still fluid.


4 posted on 04/03/2026 5:48:02 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: simpson96

make up with her, take her to acapulco, lose her while swimming....resume


5 posted on 04/03/2026 5:55:56 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: simpson96

There is a way to cut brake lines that will ‘have an impact’ and there’s a way to cut brake lines to make a person look like an idiot. Being woman named Stein, I guess she had no choice but to go with Option 2.


6 posted on 04/03/2026 6:07:08 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: Ezekiel; SunkenCiv; SaveFerris; gundog; Kenny Bania

She is a bad “braker-upper.”


7 posted on 04/03/2026 6:12:18 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: simpson96

I think we need to add “girls named Toria Raye” to the Danger Zone of the Hot/Crazy Matrix.


8 posted on 04/03/2026 6:17:27 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: simpson96

Good opening gambit for a TV series episode.

In the obscure George Peppard movie PJ he slowed his sabotaged downhill accelerating car by using the slow shift selection and then scraping the side of the car against the long, rocky wall until hitting foliage headon. Gayle Hunnicut as the passenger was shaken up but still subject to being consoled by Peppard’s strong arms around her.

Old title was New Face in Hell but studio didn’t like it. also didn’t like a group of gay bar thugs trying to torture Peppard to death. Caused the delay of vhs and dvd for years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZK1b2k0-Zo


9 posted on 04/03/2026 6:18:13 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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10 posted on 04/03/2026 6:22:18 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: simpson96

I bet she’s crazy in bed


11 posted on 04/03/2026 6:31:04 PM PDT by Az Joe (Iran is the Great Satan - Destroy it)
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To: frank ballenger

I side-swipped a mountain so I’d slow her down by rubbin’ her side
And when the sparks started flyin’, man, it looked like the Fourth of July
I finally got her stopped, but mister, I’m a-gonna confess
That’s the last run I’m makin’ in a rig called the Nitro Express


12 posted on 04/03/2026 6:44:00 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: simpson96

“Cast a Dark Shadow”, 1955, Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood

https://youtu.be/yTNKeKM1-Mg?si=ChaexBnqkrHVvsgB&t=4680


13 posted on 04/03/2026 10:19:14 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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14 posted on 04/03/2026 10:36:22 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The quickest and easiest way to untold riches is to be elected to national office.)
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To: ansel12
I had a bad stalker, they can be very crazy and impossible to get rid of.
Don't be so paranoid! Prolly due only to indigestion.

Must be those bran muffins you recently stopped having for breakfast!

[signed] A Concerned Friend

/humor

Regards,

15 posted on 04/04/2026 1:19:46 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: frank ballenger
In the obscure George Peppard movie PJ he [...]

So you're also a connoisseur of obscure George Peppard movies, like me?

Regards,

16 posted on 04/04/2026 1:24:05 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: simpson96

It’s Utah. Plea deal in 3,2,1............

A dude was just sentenced for rape 10 years after being charged. Expect he will be on the streets soon.


17 posted on 04/04/2026 2:12:50 AM PDT by utax
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To: ansel12
My neighbor had a crazy stalker too for a year that was unfortunately a co-worker he had dated briefly.. Injunctions against her were ignored, car vandalized, broke into his home, and even harassed him and his girlfriend in church.

It didn't end well for her or him. He was originally sentenced to life in prison. But due to the judge refusing to allow exculpatory evidence during the trial, the state Supreme Court ordered a new trial. His sentence was reduced to 8 years with time served.

18 posted on 04/04/2026 2:36:11 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Ezekiel; Larry Lucido

The perp auto get some prison time!


19 posted on 04/04/2026 5:32:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: ShadowAce

LOL, one of my all-time favorites!

Not germane, but another fave:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/4a/7c/954a7ccce3f9754c6babcab0cfd9c345.jpg


20 posted on 04/04/2026 5:36:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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