Apr 20, 2021
34-year-old Joshua Karpe saw an idle Frito Lay truck in a gas station in Oklahoma City and decided to boost it, taking it on a 100 mile, multiple-city chase.
The chase was over an hour long and involved four different law enforcement agencies: the Oklahoma City Police Department, the Enid Police Department, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Garfield County Sheriff s Office.
Captain Jeff Spruill of the Oklahoma City Police Department had this to say: I would love to know the motivation of stealing a truck that s very, very easy to spot and doesn t go very fast. What do you think you re going to do with a truck like that?
An inmate at the Garfield County Jail was found dead in his cell Sunday morning.
Oscar Canas, 19, was found unresponsive shortly after 5 a.m., according to a news release from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.
“The discovery was made during normal breakfast service. Steps were immediately taken by the deputies on duty to revive Mr. Canas. Glenwood Fire was notified and their EMTs arrived shortly thereafter,” the release states.
When all attempts to revive Canas failed the Garfield County Coroner was notified, the release states.
Canas had been an inmate at the Garfield County Jail for 201 days.
He was booked in jail on the charge of violating a restraining order, according to information provided with the news release.
Garfield County expects to receive $226,979 in National Forest Reserve payments for the year 2020 money this year that will go to local public schools and emergency management services.
The annual allocation to Garfield County represents an increase of $2,717 from the prior year, according to a county press release.
Also referred to as the Secure Rural Schools Act, the federal revenue-sharing program is funded by leases and timber receipts from national forests located within the counties.
According to the release, the fund is designed to benefit local public schools and public county roads that run through national forests. The money can also go toward emergency services, such as search and rescue, law enforcement and fire services.
COVID In Colorado: Quarantine Measures In Place In Garfield County After Outbreak At Jail
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(CBS4) – After a recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Garfield County Jail, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office says it has taken extensive steps in order to limit the spread. Last week four detention staff members and 17 inmates tested positive.
All sheriff’s office staff members as well as all inmates received rapid COVID tests two different times this week. Other county office employees who may have been exposed were also tested.
One detention deputy and two more inmates wound up testing positive.
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A major wreck Monday night near Dotsero involving five vehicles, including two semi-trailer trucks, was caused by a car heading in the wrong direction on Interstate 70, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman said.
Around 5:10 p.m. Monday, a 46-year-old Lafayette woman was driving a Lexus sport utility vehicle heading westbound in the eastbound lanes just west of Dotsero when she struck the driver’s side of a pickup truck head-on.
“The Lexus spun out and rolled four-and-a-half times,” CSP spokesman Trooper Josh Lewis said. “The remaining three vehicles ended up having damage from the debris.”
The wreckage closed down the eastbound lanes of I-170 east of Glenwood Springs until 9:55 p.m. Motorists were asked to wait or take alternate routes until the scene was cleared.