MIDVALE — A Utah man has pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm at another driver in a road rage confrontation in Midvale.
Ivan Philip Vakauta, 36, was initially charged in March with aggravated assault, a third-degree felony, plus three counts of threat of violence, with a road rage enhancement, a class A misdemeanor. On Dec. 15, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of threatening with a weapon during a fight, a class A misdemeanor, as part of a plea deal.
On Jan. 11, a driver told police that a Toyota Tundra changed lanes in front of him on I-15 near 6000 South and that driver slammed on his brakes. The driver said he changed lanes to get away from the Toyota, but then the same thing happened again, according to charging documents…