{"id":1314351,"date":"2019-09-06T18:40:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T00:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=987176"},"modified":"2019-09-06T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T00:40:41","slug":"crime-briefs-man-with-meth-answers-the-door-when-officers-knock-good-deed-at-kum-go-leads-to-officer-being-threatened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/crime-briefs-man-with-meth-answers-the-door-when-officers-knock-good-deed-at-kum-go-leads-to-officer-being-threatened\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Briefs: Man with meth answers the door when officers knock; good deed at Kum & Go leads to officer being threatened"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OFFICERS KNOCK, MAN ANSWERS WITH METH<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

At approximately 11:12 a.m. Aug. 31, officers with the Rifle Police Department attempted to locate a male with a previous warrant.<\/p>\n

According to the arrest affidavit, the 56-year-old male had a warrant out of Rifle Municipal Court for failure to comply.<\/p>\n

When officers arrived at the subject\u2019s residence and knocked on the door, the male answered but \u201ctried to close the door\u201d after being informed of the warrant for his arrest.<\/p>\n

One officer blocked the door, stepped inside the residence and placed the male\u2019s hands behind his back according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

After putting the male in handcuffs and removing belongings from his right side, an officer asked if he \u201chad anything else\u201d to which the subject replied \u201cNope.\u201d<\/p>\n

After searching the male\u2019s left side, officers discovered a small container with \u201ca clear crystal substance\u201d in the subject\u2019s front left pocket.<\/p>\n

The man was taken into custody at the Rifle Police Department and placed in a holding cell as the clear crystal substance was weighed and tested.<\/p>\n

According to the arrest affidavit the 6-gram substance tested \u201cpresumptive positive for methamphetamine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The subject was then transported to the Garfield County Jail without further incident where he was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n

MENACING AT THE KUM & GO<\/strong><\/p>\n

An officer with the New Castle Police Department was assisting people experiencing car trouble in August.<\/p>\n

According to the affidavit, the officer was \u201ccrouching on the front end of the vehicle\u2019s driver side tire which was parked on the west side of the Kum & Go building\u201d around 10:39 p.m. Aug. 23.<\/p>\n

Three people informed the officer a male had walked on the other side of the vehicle and gestured with both hands \u201cthe usage of a handgun, pointed at [the officer].\u201d<\/p>\n

The male said in Spanish to the three people, \u201cI am going to shoot that cop,\u201d according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

The three reporting people stated the male who made the threatening gesture continued to walk past them and into the convenience store.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe citizens told me they all believed he had a gun by the gesture he made and by what he said,\u201d the officer stated in the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Additionally, \u201cThe citizens proceeded to take cover behind a Red Box machine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon confronting the 43-year-old suspect, he allegedly told the officer \u201cYou\u2019re always messing with me, why don\u2019t you leave me alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The male continued to try and walk away but was detained by the officer.<\/p>\n

After reviewing Kum & Go footage capturing the event, the subject was transported to the Garfield County Jail where he was charged with menacing and disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OFFICERS KNOCK, MAN ANSWERS WITH METH At approximately 11:12 a.m. Aug. 31, officers with the Rifle Police Department attempted to locate a male with a previous warrant. According to the arrest affidavit, the 56-year-old male had a warrant out of Rifle Municipal Court for failure to comply. When officers arrived at the subject\u2019s residence and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 01:45:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}