Southern Colorado along Interstate 25 is not densely populated and the local county sheriff's offices aren't large and life is probably fairly quiet for Colorado State Troopers in this area. But yesterday and today they have shown criminals that they can't hide by coming to this part of the state.
The big headlines came today when Walsenburg and Huerfano County deputies captured the "Dougherty Gang," two brothers and a sister pursued from Florida to Georgia and on to Colorado. They were spotted in Colorado Springs, then in Canon City, and today a CSP Trooper saw their car in a gas station in Colorado City. To learn more about this great capture, check out this story from the Denver Post.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_18653096
(I hope you can find these stories. I am having trouble getting the links to work in this blog.)
Then read this story from the Denver Channel 9 web site.
http://www.9news.com/dontmiss/212835/630/Dougherty-Gang-arrested-in-Colo-after-shootout-
Not only was it a bad day to drive south on I-25 for these fugitives, it was bad for the many motorists and truckers trying to navigate the same highway. It was closed for hours. When we finished our laundry late this morning, we planned to drive to the north end of town where the trio was captured. The line of trucks and cars going south on the main drag through town must have been about a mile long. We later heard and saw that the interstate was closed.
Yesterday the CSP, with the help of Pueblo and Huerfano and Las Animas County Sheriff's deputies, arrested two people who had stolen a car in Pueblo County. The high-speed chase began in Pueblo County, sped through Huerfano and ended south of Trinidad. The two suspects ran from their car and were pursued by officers and eventually a canine unit. You can read a little about that event in this story from the Denver Channel 7 web site.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28818914/detail.html
All in all, it has been a good couple of days for law enforcement in Southern Colorado. All of this action passed only three miles east of where we are camped. It makes us feel proud of Colorado law enforcement--and a little safer from the bad guys.
sounds ta me like you are close to the bad guys. git out them firearms ma and watch thit front door. can't be too sure these days.
ReplyDeleteI am sure these days will be recalled for years to come among the local folk lore. Years ago, their was a notorious bandit in these parts that kidnapped one of my neighours before he was finally apprehended north of here. That and the shootout in the local general store decades ago are still a subject of conversation.
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