FORT COLLINS – A woman accused of lying when she filed a petition seeking to take away the guns of a university police officer involved in her son’s 2017 death was arrested Tuesday, more than a week after an arrest warrant was issued for her.
Susan Holmes, 64, was arrested by police in Fort Collins, where she lives, and brought to the Larimer County jail at about 5:30 p.m. Larimer County Sheriff’s Office spokesman David Moore told the Coloradoan. It is not clear if she has a lawyer representing her.
Holmes was wanted on suspicion of first-degree perjury and attempt to influence a public servant for saying she and the officer had a child in common as justification for seeking a court order to take away his guns under Colorado’s new “red flag” law. The law, which took effect Jan. 1, only allows family or household members or law enforcement to seek the temporary removal of someone’s guns because they believe they are a threat to themselves or others.
Larimer County deputies had previously tried to find Holmes and take her into custody under a Jan. 23 arrest warrant but could not find her. The county later designated her as a “most wanted” person.
