Around 1:56 p.m. on Friday [June 18, 2021], deputies were called to the 9800 block of Rubicon Drive because of a bomb threat. The person who called EPSO said that her son had threatened to hurt her with a homemade bomb, multiple weapons, and ammunition. When she called, the person who made the report was not at home and didn’t know where her son was.
After arriving at the residence, deputies conducted additional research and determined that the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, was on the 6300 block of Pilgrimage Road (which is approximately 1 mile away from the address on Rubicon Drive). After being contacted by our deputies over the phone, the suspect refused to comply with their demands to turn himself in. …
Around 5:46 in the afternoon, the EPSO Crisis Negotiations Unit was successful in getting the suspect to comply with directives that were given to him. When he left the house through the front door, the police were waiting for him outside. After searching both residences, the Regional Explosives Unit came up empty-handed in their search for explosives.
Aldrich was booked into the El Paso County Jail on the following charges:
– 2 counts of Felony Menacing
– 3 counts of First-Degree Kidnapping
[That was only 17 months ago. How was Aldrich out of jail after those charges? Was he out on bail, and if so, how much? The disposition of this earlier case will likely be a focal point of discussion over the next days and weeks in Colorado. In the meantime, pray for the victims and their families. — Ed]
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