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RandySF

(59,276 posts)
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 07:58 PM Aug 2022

Lauren Boebert's neighbors' 911 calls describe threats, husband running over mailbox

Garfield County Sheriff’s deputies decided to let neighbors of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert settle a dispute between themselves and the congresswoman’s husband after he reportedly threatened them and destroyed their mailbox.

But 911 calls from the incident, obtained by The Denver Post, show just how upset and nervous the neighbors were over their run-in with Boebert’s husband, Jayson Boebert.

The calls also provide additional context into what the neighbors, in Silt, said amounted to excessive speeding, property damage, possible drunken driving and threats made from a man whose family openly and regularly carries their firearms.

“I’m sure he’s loaded to the hilt. Do you know who his wife is? Lauren Boebert. She’s loaded. They all have guns,” one neighbor told a 911 dispatcher. “He just got chest to chest, face to face, looking to fight.”

That additional context from the calls appears to match the limited information available in reports from Garfield County deputies. But still, Sheriff’s Office spokesman Walter Stowe refused to say why deputies didn’t investigate further and would not provide any additional information.

The apparent inaction drove the head of American Muckrakers — a political group looking to oust Boebert — to ask Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, the local district attorney and the Colorado Bureau of Investigations to investigate the relationship between the congresswoman’s family and the Sheriff’s Office.

“This was clearly a serious situation as there were two 911 calls, five deputies and at least four families involved,” David Wheeler, head of American Muckrakers, wrote in an email asking for the investigation.

The incident began in the evening hours of Aug. 4, after a neighbor flagged down one of Boebert’s sons asking him to stop speeding up and down their street in a dune buggy, according to the calls and a short incident report filed by deputies.




https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/12/lauren-boebert-neighborhood-disturbance-calls-911/

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Lauren Boebert's neighbors' 911 calls describe threats, husband running over mailbox (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2022 OP
Dune buggy? alphafemale Aug 2022 #1
I'll admit it... I want a dune buggy. Real bad. Torchlight Aug 2022 #4
The you proably remember the Volkswagon Thing alphafemale Aug 2022 #22
Oh yeah PatSeg Aug 2022 #25
Not so much. All the body panels were rust traps... dchill Aug 2022 #29
That's true PatSeg Aug 2022 #31
Cars do not stand a chance in areas that use salt on roads alphafemale Aug 2022 #37
I know that all too well PatSeg Aug 2022 #39
While I was poking about on the Interwebs there was a YouTube of one in great condition alphafemale Aug 2022 #41
Oh, that is the VW Thing PatSeg Aug 2022 #44
Yeah. That is actually pleasing to the eye. alphafemale Aug 2022 #45
Yep, I never saw the appeal of the "Thing" - very weird design PatSeg Aug 2022 #46
When "The Thing" first came out, Nac Mac Feegle Aug 2022 #48
ATVs (all terrain vehicle) are really popular in rural areas. sop Aug 2022 #23
In Montana Moon_Dog Aug 2022 #32
I spend a goodly amount of time on Forest Service roads as part of my job Nac Mac Feegle Aug 2022 #49
I knew what the reporter was meaning alphafemale Aug 2022 #40
1971 California Clipper Dune Buggy Celerity Aug 2022 #42
That is exactly what I think of as Dune Buggy alphafemale Aug 2022 #43
The Boeberts must be the Neighbors from Hell, abetted by the Sheriff from Hell Hekate Aug 2022 #2
And citizens...... MyOwnPeace Aug 2022 #3
They probably voted for her to get both hosers out of the state Warpy Aug 2022 #36
Power corrupts padah513 Aug 2022 #5
I think she is trying to replace Sarah Palin. 33taw Aug 2022 #6
That was my first thought when I saw this... lees1975 Aug 2022 #20
It appears that was the look PatSeg Aug 2022 #26
Hasn't she always had brown hair. ShazzieB Aug 2022 #30
She was a blonde for a long time PatSeg Aug 2022 #33
Wow, how about that? ShazzieB Aug 2022 #35
She probably likes it that way! PatSeg Aug 2022 #38
Corrupt shitbag cops?!?!? RockRaven Aug 2022 #7
Another Sarah Palin practicing performance politics. Reality TV House of Representatives. jalan48 Aug 2022 #8
Shades of Sarah Palin & family. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2022 #9
Oh how awful to be stuck with such trashy neighbors, where is the joy in having a home Leghorn21 Aug 2022 #10
You would think, as abusive the dim bulb has been to cops in the past... Norbert Aug 2022 #14
I've dealt with rural mountain deputies in past years. This does not surprise me in the least. Tommymac Aug 2022 #47
These people are violent scum. hadEnuf Aug 2022 #11
Trash always smells bad relayerbob Aug 2022 #12
I just hope he had his pants on Poiuyt Aug 2022 #13
18 U.S. Code § 1705 - Destruction of letter boxes or mail Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #15
It needs to be reported to the local post office. LiberalFighter Aug 2022 #28
Destruction of a mailbox penalty: fined up to $250,000 or imprisoned for up to three years. sakabatou Aug 2022 #16
They're such nice people to be around. SergeStorms Aug 2022 #17
another fine example... robleb Aug 2022 #18
She really wants to be Sarah Palin lame54 Aug 2022 #19
About Sheriff Lou Vallario - he has a long history of ignoring Colorado state law NullTuples Aug 2022 #21
Folks like the Boeberts used to be called "white trash with money." sop Aug 2022 #24
Sounds like the... 2naSalit Aug 2022 #27
This kind of stuff might gain her the GOP nomination for president IronLionZion Aug 2022 #34
BimBoebert CentralMass Aug 2022 #50
 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
1. Dune buggy?
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 08:04 PM
Aug 2022


Is this 1971?

I guess they mean one of those noisy small 4-wheel vehicles the privileged buy their brats rather than the brats have to actually use their legs with a bike.

Torchlight

(3,361 posts)
4. I'll admit it... I want a dune buggy. Real bad.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 08:12 PM
Aug 2022

It's a stupid purchase I'll never make, but I remember how much fun I had when my older brothers would take me out in theirs. I also want a '76 Superbeetle (powder blue, white leather interior, Rolls Royce grill) as my dream car, so it's an easy guess for everyone where my Decade loyalties lie.

dchill

(38,547 posts)
29. Not so much. All the body panels were rust traps...
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:02 PM
Aug 2022

...you might find one out west in a desert area. They were a blast while they lasted!

PatSeg

(47,613 posts)
31. That's true
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:09 PM
Aug 2022

When I moved to California twenty years ago, I was surprised that there were so many Volkswagens compared to the Chicago area.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
37. Cars do not stand a chance in areas that use salt on roads
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 11:41 PM
Aug 2022

Not unless the owners diligently hose that crap off. And keep that under coat up.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
41. While I was poking about on the Interwebs there was a YouTube of one in great condition
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 05:45 AM
Aug 2022



It does look about as road worthy as a golf cart.

PatSeg

(47,613 posts)
44. Oh, that is the VW Thing
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 08:35 AM
Aug 2022

I'd forgotten about those!

This is the Dune Buggy though they varied a lot.

Nac Mac Feegle

(971 posts)
48. When "The Thing" first came out,
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 12:06 PM
Aug 2022

My dad was doing some summer work at a gas station. One of them pulled in for fuel, and an ‘old timer’ that was there for some mechanical work said that “The last time I saw one of those, I threw a grenade at it.”

Nac Mac Feegle

(971 posts)
49. I spend a goodly amount of time on Forest Service roads as part of my job
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 12:09 PM
Aug 2022

In the Industry, they’re often referred to as ‘hood ornaments’.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
40. I knew what the reporter was meaning
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 05:38 AM
Aug 2022

I just hadn't heard the term "dune buggy" in about 50 years.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
43. That is exactly what I think of as Dune Buggy
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 06:12 AM
Aug 2022

I would love one too.

Not these modern day straddle wagons.

It may have also been a golf cart?

Warpy

(111,359 posts)
36. They probably voted for her to get both hosers out of the state
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:50 PM
Aug 2022

I can't imagine they'll stick around if by some miracle she's thrown out of office, they've had a taste of the big city, their diner has shut down, and the charms pf screaming yee-haw while roaring down country roads blotto and waving guns has got to be wearing thin by now. It looks like they're cutting ties to that godforsaken hellhole they call home.

lees1975

(3,879 posts)
20. That was my first thought when I saw this...
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 09:16 PM
Aug 2022

Two peas in a pod, imitating the Bundys from Married With Children.

PatSeg

(47,613 posts)
26. It appears that was the look
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 09:46 PM
Aug 2022

she went for with the brown hair and glasses. I don't think that was an accident. She appears to have an effective political adviser.

ShazzieB

(16,541 posts)
30. Hasn't she always had brown hair.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:05 PM
Aug 2022

I've seen photos of her without glasses, but none with a different hair color.

PatSeg

(47,613 posts)
33. She was a blonde for a long time
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:16 PM
Aug 2022

Before she went into politics she looked a whole lot different. It is hard to believe, but she makes Sarah look smart.


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Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
10. Oh how awful to be stuck with such trashy neighbors, where is the joy in having a home
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 08:40 PM
Aug 2022

when these obnoxious, threatening neighbors are ripping through your neighborhood —

Hopefully, word gets out on this and those cops who serve to protect are forced to step in and do their fkn JOBS!!!!

Norbert

(6,041 posts)
14. You would think, as abusive the dim bulb has been to cops in the past...
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 08:49 PM
Aug 2022

law enforcement wouldn't be so eager to have their backs. I guess they have their marching orders.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
47. I've dealt with rural mountain deputies in past years. This does not surprise me in the least.
Sat Aug 13, 2022, 11:41 AM
Aug 2022

Some of them (not all) tend to think of their county as a feudal kingdom and kowtow to the powerful. They look at themselves as judge and jury.



Hermit-The-Prog

(33,447 posts)
15. 18 U.S. Code § 1705 - Destruction of letter boxes or mail
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 08:50 PM
Aug 2022
18 U.S. Code § 1705 - Destruction of letter boxes or mail

Whoever willfully or maliciously injures, tears down or destroys any letter box or other receptacle intended or used for the receipt or delivery of mail on any mail route, or breaks open the same or willfully or maliciously injures, defaces or destroys any mail deposited therein, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

sakabatou

(42,177 posts)
16. Destruction of a mailbox penalty: fined up to $250,000 or imprisoned for up to three years.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 08:53 PM
Aug 2022

Why hasn't Jayson been arrested yet?

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
17. They're such nice people to be around.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 08:54 PM
Aug 2022
💩👹☠

How could anyone be friends with the sex worker and sex offender?

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
21. About Sheriff Lou Vallario - he has a long history of ignoring Colorado state law
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 09:18 PM
Aug 2022

Dollars to donuts he's a Constitutional Sheriff.

Back in 2012 he was turning victims of domestic violence over to ICE despite the "practice being out of step with Colorado law"

https://www.aclu-co.org/en/cases/garfield-county-sheriff-persists-referring-domestic-violence-victims-ice


From a far right rally last year where he was a speaker:

"If we want to maintain law and order and our system of government, and not just have anarchy like a lot of these socialists and Marxists are trying to take us down the path, we have to have the process."

He also suggested to the crowd that COVID-19 was artificially manufactured in China, in a “Wuhan Lab.”

“Some people may say that that was an accident, but that wasn’t an accident, in my mind,” he said. “They knocked down our economy; it took out our president. But we are in a cold war with that country, with China.”

A cameraman records Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky as he speaks in front of the Sherrif’s Office Saturday. Ray K. Erku / Post Independent
https://www.postindependent.com/news/garfield-county-sheriff-commissioner-provide-conservative-take-on-covid-19-at-saturday-freedom-rally/

sop

(10,265 posts)
24. Folks like the Boeberts used to be called "white trash with money."
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 09:35 PM
Aug 2022

Now they're "white trash in Congress."

2naSalit

(86,804 posts)
27. Sounds like the...
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 09:50 PM
Aug 2022

Humpers two doors down from me. They stopped bothering me when I threatened to file for protection from them by restraining order to the cops.

IronLionZion

(45,541 posts)
34. This kind of stuff might gain her the GOP nomination for president
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:38 PM
Aug 2022

they like candidates who are stupid and dangerous

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