30 years ago – September 28, 1990
Having no idea that the driver of a vehicle believed to be stolen in Nederland would try to ram their patrol car, Sgt. Jon Bayne and Deputy J.D. Yocom readily responded to a request for assistance from the Nederland Marshal’s Office. On September 20, the Gilpin Sheriff’s Office received a report that a man was headed through Gilpin County after allegedly snatching a truck in Nederland. Bayne and Yocom spotted the truck on Hwy. 119 at mile marker 12 at the same time the driver spotted them and tried to ram the police car head-on. A quick U-turn had Bayne and Yocom in pursuit, heading south at speeds of up to 80 miles an hour on the winding highway that was designed for much slower speeds. The driver of the truck, Stephen Reep, 24, was stopped at mile marker 3.5 after he ran into the back of a State Patrol Car. Undersheriff Bruce Hartman, who also pursued the fleeing suspect, reported driving side by side with the truck trying to gain an advantage on the driver so he could cut him off. At one point the two vehicles were so close, said Hartman, that he could see the man grinning. Hartman’s attempts proved futile, and Reep allegedly tried to force the patrol car into the mountainside. Charges are pending against Reep, and may include felony eluding theft, reckless endangerment, and assault. Reep was taken to jail in Nederland. Damage to the State Patrol car is estimated at $700.
Died: Annie Davey Quiller, lifelong resident of Gilpin County, died at the Christopher House in Wheat Ridge on Thursday. Born in Nevadaville on October 4, 1897, she was 93 when she died. Services will be held Monday, October 1, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Central City. Reverend Irene Sullivan will officiate, and a graveside service will follow at Bald Mountain Cemetery. The staff of the Register-Call and people throughout the community extend their deepest sympathies to Marge Quiller, Annie’s daughter.
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