Garfield County police report
Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado
Editor’s note: The Garfield County Sheriff’s Department reports the following incidents and arrests. Summonses or arrests merely indicate an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless found guilty in court.
Vicious dog: The sheriff’s animal control officer was notified on Aug. 14 about a dog bite that occurred on Aug. 12. David Charles Bernhardt, 62, of Carbondale, was cited for a loose dog, an unlicensed dog and harboring a vicious animal.
Theft: A woman reported on Aug. 15 that the pool balls were stolen from her apartment complex club house on Battlement Mesa.
Vehicle fire: Deputies responded to a vehicle on fire in Glenwood Canyon at 10:46 p.m. on Aug. 15. The Glenwood Springs Fire Department also responded and put out the fire. The vehicle was severely damaged but no one was injured.
Menacing: Deputies were called to East Tamarack Circle on Battlement Mesa at 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 16 on a report of a juvenile menacing others. The juvenile male was booked on a charge of menacing.
Theft: A deputy took a report of yard signs stolen from a residence in the 11000 mile of County Road 320 south of Rifle on Aug. 16.
Vicious dog: Deputies responded to a report of a man who suffered a dog bite at 12:26 a.m. on Aug. 17 on a county road near Silt. Sarah Kathryn Oliver, 68, of Silt, was cited for harboring a vicious dog and the animal was placed in quarantine.
Warrant arrest: Deputies stopped a car on eastbound Highway 82 about 5.5 miles outside Glenwood Springs at 2:34 a.m. Aug. 18 for speeding, and discovered the driver had a warrant for his arrest. Raul Morales-Tena, 29, of Glenwood Springs, was arrested on the warrant, as well as suspicion for speeding and having an invalid driver’s license, and was booked at the county jail.
Warrant arrest: Angel Rose Arguetta, 21, of Glenwood Springs, turned herself in on a warrant at the sheriff’s office at 11:36 a.m. Aug. 18.

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