{"id":1316516,"date":"2019-11-07T10:38:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=990610"},"modified":"2019-11-07T10:38:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:38:50","slug":"man-who-ran-from-aspen-cop-leaves-38-grams-of-cocaine-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/man-who-ran-from-aspen-cop-leaves-38-grams-of-cocaine-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who ran from Aspen cop leaves 38 grams of cocaine behind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 38 grams of cocaine and other items found inside a Denver man\u2019s van after he ran away from an Aspen police officer in September indicate he is a drug dealer, a prosecutor said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Cole Sharpe, 30, was charged Wednesday with unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing or sale of illegal drugs, as well as misdemeanor resisting arrest, according to court records.<\/p>\n

In addition to the 38.6 gram baggie of white powder that tested positive for cocaine, Aspen police found 38.6 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, a digital scale and small plastic baggies inside the 1990 GMC van, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in Pitkin County District Court.<\/p>\n

In court Wednesday, prosecutor Don Nottingham said the evidence gathered so far shows Sharpe is a drug dealer. Sharpe\u2019s lawyer, Georgina Melbye, declined to comment on the allegation.<\/p>\n

Sharpe first came to the attention of Aspen Police Officer Dan Davis on Sept. 12 just before midnight when he noticed a van idling with a light on inside in the 800 block of East Cooper Avenue, according to his report. Shades covering the front window made the officer \u201csuspicious that perhaps something nefarious was going on,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n

Davis approached the van on foot and Sharpe stepped out. When he opened the door, the officer saw another man sitting at a table with lines of white powder on it. Sharpe, who was \u201cnoticeably shaking\u201d said he was showing off his new van his two friends, the report states.<\/p>\n

When Sharpe handed Davis his identification, \u201chis hand was shaking uncontrollably\u201d and he was sweating, though Sharpe said his hand shakes because of an injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told Sharpe \u2026 it looked like they were doing cocaine,\u201d Davis said, according to his report. \u201cSharpe replied, \u2018Yes sir.\u2019 I told Sharpe to put his hands on the van and as he moved to the van, he took off running.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of chasing him, Davis yelled that he still had Sharpe\u2019s identification, but he \u201ccontinued his sprint toward Original Street, turned left and disappeared into the night,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n

The other two men in the van were arrested for cocaine possession.<\/p>\n

District Judge Chris Seldin on Wednesday lowered Sharpe\u2019s bond from $50,000 to $10,000.<\/p>\n

jauslander@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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

More than 38 grams of cocaine and other items found inside a Denver man\u2019s van after he ran away from an Aspen police officer in September indicate he is a drug dealer, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Cole Sharpe, 30, was charged Wednesday with unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing or sale of illegal drugs, as well as […]<\/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":["post-1316516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 14:15:32","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\/1316516","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=1316516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1316516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1316516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}