A Magna man who stole a car in Stansbury Park and later led police on a high-speed chase pled guilty in 3rd District Court Tuesday.

Jason Val Stout, 21, was arrested July 22 near Vernon after stealing a 1993 Nissan Sentra from Stansbury Park and helping two juvenile accomplices make a getaway from another stolen vehicle that had blown a tire during a high-speed chase with Tooele County Sheriff’s deputies.

The initial chase began after a call came into dispatch reporting cars racing around Stansbury Park during the night. Officers began pursuing a small pickup and a 1993 Honda Civic south on SR-36 until the pickup pulled over.

Officers later learned the driver of the pickup was chasing a car he believed to be involved in the theft of his Nissan Sentra. The man, who was in town from California visiting his brother, heard his vehicle roar to life during the night and ran to the driveway to find it gone.

While officers obtained information from the California man, other officers continued the pursuit of the Civic, which was stolen from Layton. The chase reached speeds of over 100 mph before the Civic got a flat tire a couple miles north of the Faust Road junction. As an officer approached the vehicle, the Sentra — driven by Stout — came speeding up the road and parked alongside the Civic long enough for the two juveniles to exit the Civic and get into the Sentra.

Police were later able to spike the road ahead of the Sentra near Vernon. As the vehicle swerved to miss the spikes, it went off the roadway. The three occupants then fled from the vehicle on foot.

Stout was later found hiding in an outbuilding on a Vernon property. The female juvenile was found lying in a field, and the male juvenile was taken into custody after a rancher reported a teen requesting to use his phone.

Stout was booked into the Tooele County Jail on charges of second-degree felony theft by receiving stolen property, third-degree felony failure to stop at the command of police, third-degree felony aggravated assault and failure to stop at the command of police, reckless driving and speeding — all misdemeanors.

As part of a plea deal with the prosecution, however, Stout plead guilty to theft by receiving stolen property and failure to stop at the command of police — both third-degree felonies. All other charges were dismissed.

The juvenile cases are being handled in juvenile court.

Stout will appear for sentencing on Oct. 28.

Jamie Belnap: jamieb@tooeletranscript.com