Overview

• The alleged break-in occurred around 4:30 p.m. Friday in Winter Park Highlands when residents arrived home and a brief altercation preceded the suspect’s flight.
• Deputies accessed Missouri motor vehicle records to identify the suspect as John William Villines and obtained an arrest warrant.
• Authorities say the suspect is likely no longer in Grand County after state and local police, including a SWAT team, searched the area without locating him.
• The suspect is described as a white male about 6 feet 1 inch tall with a thin build, gray hair, a partial beard, and he was last seen in a gray sweatshirt and gray sweatpants.
• Investigators say he may be driving a white Volvo T5 with Missouri license plate GK3D1J, and the public received CodeRED and IPAWS alerts with instructions to call 911 and not approach.