A nightlong standoff with a burglary suspect ended with a tactical entry and an arrest near McKinnon in southern Sweetwater County Thursday morning.
In a preliminary release issued on Thursday afternoon, Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell said county detectives had been working since March 23 with Uinta County investigators, who were following up a string of burglaries in the Bridger Valley area.
Investigators working leads traced some of the stolen property to an isolated mobile home at the base of Cedar Mountain about six miles north of McKinnon.
A search warrant was obtained for the mobile home, but the resident, Glen Alexander, 46, barricaded himself inside Wednesday evening and refused to answer the door.
Haskell said his agency’s Tactical Response Team was activated and at around 7:15 AM Thursday morning, Corporal Tony Niemiec used explosives on a door of the residence to effect entry. Distractive explosive devices, called “flash-bangs,” were also deployed, and an entry team comprised of Sergeant Jason Love and Deputy Sheriffs Cody Henley and Cody Ruiz entered the mobile home and arrested Alexander, who was transported to the Uinta County Jail in Evanston, charged with multiple counts of burglary.
No one was injured during the course of the incident.
Haskell said Alexander is scheduled for an initial appearance in Circuit Court in Evanston today.
In a preliminary release issued on Thursday afternoon, Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell said county detectives had been working since March 23 with Uinta County investigators, who were following up a string of burglaries in the Bridger Valley area.
Investigators working leads traced some of the stolen property to an isolated mobile home at the base of Cedar Mountain about six miles north of McKinnon.
A search warrant was obtained for the mobile home, but the resident, Glen Alexander, 46, barricaded himself inside Wednesday evening and refused to answer the door.
Haskell said his agency’s Tactical Response Team was activated and at around 7:15 AM Thursday morning, Corporal Tony Niemiec used explosives on a door of the residence to effect entry. Distractive explosive devices, called “flash-bangs,” were also deployed, and an entry team comprised of Sergeant Jason Love and Deputy Sheriffs Cody Henley and Cody Ruiz entered the mobile home and arrested Alexander, who was transported to the Uinta County Jail in Evanston, charged with multiple counts of burglary.
No one was injured during the course of the incident.
Haskell said Alexander is scheduled for an initial appearance in Circuit Court in Evanston today.
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