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GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Hot springs and cold weather don’t mix when you’re naked.
On Tuesday, Dec. 2 at around 3:30 in the morning, Glenwood Springs police were dispatched to the Hot Springs Pool for a report of a security guard chasing after a nude man who allegedly trespassed at the pool.
“We were able to pick him out of the crowd,” Glenwood Springs police chief Terry Wilson joked.
According to the police report, Shawn L. Costello, 29, of Glenwood Springs was chased by the pool guard as he ran west down 6th Street.
When police arrived at the I-70 Amoco, they began looking under cars and behind trees for Costello, when one of the officers reportedly caught a whiff of booze on Costello’s breath.
“He was the only nude man hiding under a van still wet from the pool,” Wilson said.
According to Accuweather records, it was about 20 degrees Fahrenheit that night.
Costello was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and taken to Garfield County Jail.
Wilson guessed that eight to 10 people get caught trespassing at the pool each year.
“It’s not uncommon that they don’t have a swimsuit while they’re there, but it is uncommon that they leave the area in that condition,” Wilson said.
Contact Greg Massé: 945-8515, ext. 511
gmasse@postindependent.com
On Tuesday, Dec. 2 at around 3:30 in the morning, Glenwood Springs police were dispatched to the Hot Springs Pool for a report of a security guard chasing after a nude man who allegedly trespassed at the pool.
“We were able to pick him out of the crowd,” Glenwood Springs police chief Terry Wilson joked.
According to the police report, Shawn L. Costello, 29, of Glenwood Springs was chased by the pool guard as he ran west down 6th Street.
When police arrived at the I-70 Amoco, they began looking under cars and behind trees for Costello, when one of the officers reportedly caught a whiff of booze on Costello’s breath.
“He was the only nude man hiding under a van still wet from the pool,” Wilson said.
According to Accuweather records, it was about 20 degrees Fahrenheit that night.
Costello was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and taken to Garfield County Jail.
Wilson guessed that eight to 10 people get caught trespassing at the pool each year.
“It’s not uncommon that they don’t have a swimsuit while they’re there, but it is uncommon that they leave the area in that condition,” Wilson said.
Contact Greg Massé: 945-8515, ext. 511
gmasse@postindependent.com
