Overview

• Deputies arrested Richard Applequist, 32, in downtown Idaho Springs on Friday morning and booked him into the Clear Creek County Jail.
• Applequist faces preliminary counts including two counts of first-degree burglary, possession of a weapon by a previous offender, eluding, impersonating a peace officer, theft, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest and third-degree burglary.
• Local TV crews spotted a man matching the description walking behind their cameras and alerted authorities, leading to the detention near the 2000 block of Miner Street around 7 a.m.
• The shelter-in-place for a one-mile area near Highway 103 was lifted overnight after a multi-agency search that used drones and K9s and followed a vehicle crash and foot escape.
• Authorities linked the suspect to trespasses captured on home surveillance, including a claim of being with the U.S. Forest Service, more than $2,000 in alleged thefts, about $2,000 in damage, and a white Ford Escape with no plates that crashed near mile marker 3.