GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — A driver with Sunshine Rides was arrested and terminated Wednesday after he assaulted a KKCO worker.
KKCO is a TV station primarily based out of Grand Junction.
Round 2:20 p.m., the Grand Junction Police Division responded to an assault in progress on the 2500 block of Blichmann Avenue. Officers realized the suspect — 39-year-old Patrick Egan — allegedly tackled and choked the sufferer.
A number of folks intervened and restrained the suspect till regulation enforcement arrived, in response to the police division. The sufferer was evaluated on the scene.
This incident allegedly occurred when the sufferer was driving from Delta to Grand Junction and Egan started following him in one other automobile. Close to U.S. Freeway 6 and 50 and 25 Highway, Egan reportedly requested the sufferer for his ID and if he was an American citizen.
Egan then allegedly adopted the sufferer to KKCO.
Egan was transported to the Mesa County Detention Facility the place he was charged with bias-motivated crimes, second-degree assault and harassment.
The GJPD didn’t give the precise location of the incident or whether or not the suspect was with Sunshine Rides. Nevertheless, WesternSlopeNow was on the scene on the time of the arrest and confirmed the suspect was with Sunshine Rides.
Sunshine Rides Operations Supervisor Eddie Calderon mentioned in a press release to FOX31’s Nexstar companion station KREX:
“As an organization, we’re deeply disenchanted within the driver answerable for his conduct. We remorse any hurt that was accomplished. The driving force violated firm coverage, and his contract has been terminated.”
The police division mentioned it believes that is an remoted incident with no ongoing menace to the neighborhood.
“The Grand Junction Police Division urges anybody who feels they’re in peril, in any scenario, to contact 911 instantly,” GJPD mentioned within the press launch.
