An all-day manhunt ended Friday within the arrest of a person suspected of stealing a pickup truck and weapons from a property in rural Moffat County, police mentioned.
Valentin Velez, 43, was discovered close to a county street with a loaded firearm, a “distribution quantity” of suspected fentanyl and drug paraphernalia, in accordance with a Moffat County sheriff’s information launch.
He was arrested on suspicion of illegal distribution of fentanyl, second-degree housebreaking, theft, two counts of motorized vehicle theft, possession of a weapon by a earlier offender, illegal carrying of a hid weapon, second-degree legal trespass, obstruction of a peace officer and violation of a safety order.
Deputies first responded to a burglary-in-progress report at a property close to Moffat County roads 3 and 106 at about 10:15 a.m. A pickup reported stolen from the property was noticed later within the day on County Street 7 close to Cedar Mountain however eluded deputies.
A witness advised deputies that the truck drove up the mountain, which is in a rugged space managed by the federal Bureau of Land Administration.
Space residents have been advised to shelter in place, and a workforce that included Craig police and regulation enforcement officers from the BLM and Colorado Parks and Wildlife arrange an incident command submit in Cedar Mountain’s decrease car parking zone.
Officers discovered the truck and stolen weapons after a search however didn’t find Velez, whom they continued to seek for all through the day.
Shortly after 8 p.m., deputies responding to a report of a suspicious man strolling south on County Street 7 discovered Velez and arrested him after a short foot chase, throughout which they deployed Tasers.
Anybody with details about the case is inspired to contact regulation enforcement at 970-824-6501.
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