Joseph Dan Adams, a 26-year-old White male, was working a special DUI enforcement shift for the Lehi Police Department on the night of August 3, 2001. At approximately 11:00 p.m., he conducted a traffic stop of a suspected drunk driver at 2100 North 1200 West. The driver, later identified as Arturo Javier Scott Welch, failed several field sobriety tests, prompting Adams to attempt an arrest.
As Officer Adams was in the process of handcuffing the suspect, having secured one of his wrists,
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