Ahead of the New Year’s Eve holiday, Snowmass Village Police Chief Brian Olson is urging visitors and locals alike to be aware of the weather and use public transportation to avoid vehicular incidents.
Snowmass Village police arrested a local woman Tuesday night on charges related to multiple offenses of vehicle trespassing and theft that span more than a year, Snowmass Village Police Chief Brian Olson confirmed Wednesday.
June Gordon, a 53-year-old Snowmass Village resident, faces charges of 15 counts of Class 5 felony criminal trespass and 26 counts of Class 6 felony attempted criminal trespass, as well as charges of Class 5 felony theft and petty theft, according to a statement of fact and arrest warrant filed April 20. Her bond is set at $2,500.
Police say Gordon repeatedly entered and attempted to enter vehicles parked near Town Park on Brush Creek Road and vehicles parked on Upper Woodbridge Road, according to reports of several incidents dating back to Jan. 13, 2020. She pulled up to the sites and exited her vehicle sometimes with the lights on and the doors still open and “rifled through unlocked cars parked nearby,” Olson wrote in a report.
The Basalt Police Department was stretched thin over the past 10 days filling all patrol shifts after 75 percent of its officers were in quarantine for possible exposure to COVID-19.
Only one officer has tested positive for the virus but others had to take precautions because of possible exposure, Police Chief Greg Knot said Monday.
“We had one officer test positive for COVID,” he said. “Four other officers were deemed to be in close contact with him at work.”
The problem arose Friday, Jan. 8, when there was crossover time between officers finishing the weekday shift and those reporting for weekend shifts. The officers were in the police station in Basalt at the same time for about one hour. An officer became ill the next day and tested positive for COVID-19.