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American Fork man says he rammed school bus to escape from Satan. He tested positive for drugs.

A man was taken into custody after he rammed a school bus with his pickup truck and forced another driver to take him to the LDS temple in American Fork — because “Satan” was “chasing him.”

According to Pleasant Grove police, Brant Jay Diediker, 40, of American Fork, tested positive for THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) in a field urinalysis. Diediker was booked into the Utah County Jail for investigation of 21 counts of aggravated assault, third-degree felonies; three counts of aggravated robbery, first degree felonies; and five misdemeanor drug, traffic and damaging jail property charges.

According to court documents, on Wednesday at about 3 p.