‘Diesel Brothers’ star arrested for failure to pay $851K in fines for removing emissions control devices

A star of the TV reality show “Diesel Brothers” was recently arrested in Utah for failure to pay a large fine issued following a civil lawsuit alleging violations of the Clean Air Act.

On October 7, 2025, David “Heavy D” Sparks was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail after a bench warrant was issued for contempt, according to a report from ABC4.

The warrant for Sparks was issued in connection to a lawsuit filed in 2017 by the group Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE). The lawsuit accused Sparks, Diesel Brothers co-star David “Diesel Dave” Kiley, and others of “deliberately and systematically destroying pollution control equipment on diesel trucks in violation of the Clean Air Act.”…

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