Overview

• Security footage showed a man trying to force entry shortly after 4:15 a.m. Friday, then damaging surveillance hardware at the office.
• The incident targeted the main entrance at 27 E. Vermijo Avenue in downtown Colorado Springs, according to the sheriff’s office.
• Later that morning, employees spotted a person in the same distinctive clothing near Centennial Hall and alerted deputies.
• Deputies identified the suspect as 62-year-old Mitchell Highsmith, who faces criminal attempt for second-degree burglary and felony criminal mischief.
• Highsmith is being held in the El Paso County jail on a $2,000 bond, per jail records.