CRIME & SAFETY

A two-vehicle accident that took place Wednesday evening, May 24, on Highway 135 sent three people to the Gunnison Valley Hospital, but no one was critically injured. According to Crested Butte Fire Protection District EMS and fire chief Rob Weisbaum, both cars suffered heavy damage but, he said, “We are grateful that the three patients involved were not seriously injured. All three patients were transported to GVH for further medical evaluation.”

Authorities recovered so much stolen property from an Olathe home last week that the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office needed a U-Haul to collect everything. According to the Montrose Daily Press, Gunnison County is the lead investigating agency for the cache of items reportedly stolen in Cimarron. Last Tuesday, Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office deputies served a search warrant at the Hickory Road address in Olathe, with assistance from the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office. Gunnison deputies located suspect Branden Distel, a road crew involved in U.S. 50 construction, and arrested him on suspicion of burgling homes in Cimarron earlier this year. Several items — including generators, a hot water heater, firearms and 14 sets of big game horns — had been taken from two homes in Cimarron.