Durango Police Department apprehended a man in connection to a stolen vehicle in south Durango shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday after a manhunt that lasted more than 30 minutes.
DPD spokesperson Amanda Garrison said police located a stolen vehicle near Carbon Junction and south Camino del Rio (U.S. Highway 550) south of Durango Mall and the Durango Stadium 9 movie theater. The suspect was found on foot in the same area.
Garrison said the man was identified as Nicholas Rimmer, 43.
She said police received a report around of a stolen vehicle near Second Avenue and Seventh Street around 12:35 p.m.
DPD’s Flock Safety system identified the reported vehicle near the Grandview Interchange.
Garrison said police spotted the vehicle and it fled at 1:26 p.m. Police found the vehicle near the 2600 block of U.S. Highway 160.
Witnesses described Rimmer, who was described in a Reverse 911 to residents as a white male with a beard last seen wearing a dark purple shirt with white colors, black pants and white and black shoes.
The Reverse 911 notice stated Rimmer was believed to be armed and dangerous and advised residents not to approach him.
Surveillance captured by Dietz Market identified Rimmer, Garrison said. He crossed into the mountains across the highway where officers located him near a gravel pit as he was headed toward Three Springs.
cburney@durangoherald.com
