Access denied — no foolin’
A Clear Creek sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to a home on April 1 where a couple reportedly arrived home to find a man trying to pry open the front door with a screwdriver.
After what must have been an awkward moment, he told the couple he was just trying to use their computer.
But it turns out there were some strained family relations between the computer guru and the couple. The deputy confirmed that the door frame had been tampered with, leading to a search of the suspect’s home.
The suspect was charged with second-degree burglary and was placed in the Clear Creek County Jail, where computer access is extremely limited.
Dude, where’s my car?
A blue 1984 hatchback with temporary plates was clocked by a sheriff’s deputy going more than 20 mph over the limit on westbound Interstate 70 near mile marker 245 on April 3.
The vehicle exited I-70 and stopped in the middle of an intersection.
As the officer approached, the driver put it in drive and pulled into a nearby parking lot.
When the deputy approached the vehicle a second time, he found two men inside.
The deputy mentioned the excessive speed and asked for the typical traffic-stop accoutrements: license, registration and proof of insurance.
Feeling helpful, the passenger informed the deputy that the driver did not speak English, nor did he have the requested items.
It only went downhill from there. In fact, the car didn’t belong to the driver, either, and he didn’t know the full name of the man who owned the car.
The temporary plate for the 1984 hatchback came back registered to a 2011 BMW sedan.
Something was clearly amiss, and the driver was arrested for lacking the appropriate documents, displaying fictitious plates and speeding.