US Edition'Diesel Brothers' Star Arrested After Failing to Pay $843K in Fines
David Sparks was arrested for contempt after failing to pay $844,000 in fines for repeatedly violating the Clean Air Act by tampering with diesel truck emissions.
- On October 7, 2025, David 'Heavy D' Sparks was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail after a federal bench warrant for contempt tied to a 2017 Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment lawsuit.
- A U.S. District Court for Utah Judge Robert Shelby ordered Sparks in contempt on Oct. 2 for repeated violations, with prior contempt and unpaid-fee orders in June 2024 and January 2025.
- UPHE alleges Sparks and Diesel Brothers co-defendants willfully violated the Clean Air Act more than 400 times, and court testing showed a truck emitted 21 times more particulate matter without a diesel particulate filter.
- District Judge Robert Shelby ordered U.S. Marshals to detain Sparks until he complies, with a hearing set for October 7, and Cole Cannon said 'Mr. Sparks was not arrested for a crime.'
- The case underscores regional air-quality and public-health concerns raised by UPHE, as diesel exhaust accounts for half of mobile-source pollution on the Wasatch Front and Sparks has 4.47 million YouTube subscribers.
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David "Heavy D" Sparks, one half of the "Diesel Brothers", is in custody after an arrest in Salt Lake City. A federal judge issued an arrest warrant because the YouTube influencer, with 4.47 million subscribers, has been ignoring fines for years. (Continue reading)
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