Oakley incident leads to bomb threat, robbery and police pursuit

A bomb threat sent Summit County deputies racing to Chateau Health & Wellness in Oakley, then a separate armed robbery call pulled the same response into a fast-moving pursuit on SR-32.

Just after 9 a.m. on June 4, Oklahoma City police relayed a tip that a woman was headed to Chateau Health & Wellness, 400 W. 4200 N. in Oakley, with a bomb in her vehicle. Deputies moved immediately toward the facility, treating the report as a potential explosives threat in a small town where any warning at a business can ripple quickly through nearby streets and workplaces.

About 15 minutes later, dispatch received another 911 call, this time from an employee at Ken’s Kash. The clerk said a woman had walked into the store with a knife, demanded money and could not open the register. The clerk later described the suspect as having “short shaggy hair and a purple shirt” and carrying a three-inch blade. The robbery report widened the response from a possible bomb threat to an active public-safety incident involving a weapons complaint at a local business.

The suspect left Ken’s Kash in a 1999 white limousine, and the case quickly became a countywide pursuit. A Summit County Sheriff’s Office deputy later spotted the limousine and tried to stop it, but the driver fled. The chase ran for about five miles before Utah Highway Patrol deployed spike strips and brought the vehicle to a stop. The arrest on SR-32 reflected how quickly a call that began with one interstate tip can pull in multiple agencies when a suspect moves from one location to another.

Roslin Tarley Castell was jailed after the incident and faces charges including aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, failure to stop at the command of police, providing false information to police, threat of violence, and failure to comply with duties at a vehicle accident. The broader sequence also included a pedestrian being struck by the limousine and an intentional backing into another vehicle, adding to the hazards faced by people along the route.

For Oakley, the incident was not just a crime scene but a test of response speed and coordination. Deputies, dispatchers and Utah Highway Patrol worked through a rapidly changing situation, first at a health center and then at a convenience store and along the highway, before the limousine was finally immobilized.