Two individuals are in custody following a high-speed pursuit that ended with a crashed and engulfed stolen vehicle in Larimer County, a perilous event that unfolded early Thursday morning, details the county sheriff’s office. The drama was initiated when a deputy located a silver 2015 Subaru Forrester, previously hijacked at gunpoint in Weld County, at a Berthoud gas station.
Taking flight instead of compliance, the suspects accelerated the chase to a dangerous tempo, flouting the orders to stop and reaching speeds surging to 100 mph while navigating Berthoud Parkway, the suspects seemed desperate, a semblance of desperation that only intensified as law enforcement closed in. It was near Highway 402, as the vehicle slackened, that deputies administered the decisive Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT), an intervention that sent the Forrester crashing into a curb and against a tree, the impact immediate and the following flames swift, according toLarimer County Sheriff’s Office.
The immediate aftermath found the Forrester ablaze and the law enforcement extracting the duo, as well as seizing a rifle from the driver’s grip, the suspects, identified as Michael Howell-McGlynn and Kristine Elisabeth Romero, were subsequently whisked to the hospital by Thompson Valley EMS, treated and then shuttled to the confines of Larimer County Jail. “This driver s reckless behavior shows a disturbing disregard for the safety of others,” Sheriff John Feyen remarked, as perLarimer County Sheriff’s Office, on the endangerment brought forth by the incident, pledging ensuing vigilance from his deputies.
Howell-McGlynn’s charges span from Vehicular Eluding resulting in bodily harm to Obstructing a Peace Officer, as well as Reckless Driving, his bond stipulated at $50,000, Romero faces a Conspiracy charge to go with a separate Boulder County felony warrant for assaulting a peace officer, her collective bond soaring to $5,125. The coverage of Highway 402 did not escape disruptions as Loveland Fire Rescue Authority addressed the vehicle’s inferno, the investigation is ongoing at the scene, and the involvement of the Loveland Police Department made it a multi-agency response.
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