Vehicle chase ends after Cottonwood Pass dead-end

Shortly before midnight Tuesday, a Glenwood Springs man allegedly led the Colorado State Patrol on a car and foot chase. He was eventually tracked down by the Garfield County Sheriff’s dog-sniffing unit.

Kasey Fleming, 20, exited Interstate 70 in West Glenwood after a trooper attempted to pull him over for speeding, according to the CSP. He allegedly drove through Glenwood Springs, onto Highway 82 and went up Red Canyon Road. On Cottonwood Pass, Fleming reportedly hit an impassable stretch of road and was stopped.

From there, he allegedly ran from the car. State troopers, sheriff’s deputies and a K-9 unit worked in tandem to find the man, who was arrested for felony eluding and several traffic charges.

In other local crime news

— Late Saturday night, police received a call from a man saying someone had threatened his life on the street in Aspen. While walking from Boogie’s Diner to Koch Park, the alleged victim said a man behind him mumbled profanities before yelling, “You keep going,” and “Turn around, don’t look at me.” Finally, the man allegedly said, “I know who you are, I’ll kill you.”

The alleged victim described the man to police. Later in the night they found a man matching the description: Michael Laufer, 30, of Aspen. Police say Laufer admitted to following the victim. They arrested him for disorderly conduct.

— Basalt police are investigating a report of a local company pouring excess amounts of paint in its drain, which temporarily shut down a local sewage treatment plant.

— Compiled by Andrew Travers