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• On Friday, July 30, three male inmates of the Arizona State Prison have reportedly escaped by cutting a hole in the prison's perimeter fence. They are believed to be assisted by a female.
• The escaped inmates, all convicted murders, reportedly then kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and force them to drive to Flagstaff, Ariz. where the drivers are then released unharmed.
• At approximately 12:16 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 1, Rifle police are notified over the radio about a 2004 Chevy Blazer with an Arizona license plate and information regarding warrants for several homicide suspects.
• At around 12:47 a.m., Garfield County Deputy Evan Jaramillo observes a gold vehicle with a matching license plate that was behaving suspiciously in the parking lot of the Rocky Mountain Baptist Church near Rifle. The vehicle leaves and heads eastbound on I-70 with Jaramillo following.
• At approximately 12:48 a.m., Rifle Police Officer William Van Teylingen and Officer Nick Flaten respond to the area and observe the suspect vehicle get on I-70 at milemarker 87. They followed behind the suspect vehicle, activating the emergency lights and attempting to pull the car over. The car accelerates to around 70 mph. The driver of the suspect vehicle allegedly fires shots at the patrol car.
• The suspect vehicle then slows to around 50 mph, and gets off at the Rifle exit at milemarker 90 and enters the Red River Inn parking lot, with Van Teylingen following. Van Teylingen rams his patrol car into the suspect vehicle to keep it from moving.
• The suspect, Daniel Kelly Renwick, 36, is apprehended and arrested and taken to the Garfield County Jail.
• On Monday, Aug. 2, Renwick is advised in court of the charges he could be facing that include criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder, vehicular eluding and possession of weapons by a previous offender.
• District judge sets bail at $2.5 million.
• District Attorney Martin Beeson says a decision on whether formal charges will be filed will be made on Wednesday, Aug. 11.
• the other two inmates are still at large and believed to still be in the Arizona area.
Source: Published reports and Rifle Police arrest affidavit
• On Friday, July 30, three male inmates of the Arizona State Prison have reportedly escaped by cutting a hole in the prison's perimeter fence. They are believed to be assisted by a female.
• The escaped inmates, all convicted murders, reportedly then kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and force them to drive to Flagstaff, Ariz. where the drivers are then released unharmed.
• At approximately 12:16 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 1, Rifle police are notified over the radio about a 2004 Chevy Blazer with an Arizona license plate and information regarding warrants for several homicide suspects.
• At around 12:47 a.m., Garfield County Deputy Evan Jaramillo observes a gold vehicle with a matching license plate that was behaving suspiciously in the parking lot of the Rocky Mountain Baptist Church near Rifle. The vehicle leaves and heads eastbound on I-70 with Jaramillo following.
• At approximately 12:48 a.m., Rifle Police Officer William Van Teylingen and Officer Nick Flaten respond to the area and observe the suspect vehicle get on I-70 at milemarker 87. They followed behind the suspect vehicle, activating the emergency lights and attempting to pull the car over. The car accelerates to around 70 mph. The driver of the suspect vehicle allegedly fires shots at the patrol car.
• The suspect vehicle then slows to around 50 mph, and gets off at the Rifle exit at milemarker 90 and enters the Red River Inn parking lot, with Van Teylingen following. Van Teylingen rams his patrol car into the suspect vehicle to keep it from moving.
• The suspect, Daniel Kelly Renwick, 36, is apprehended and arrested and taken to the Garfield County Jail.
• On Monday, Aug. 2, Renwick is advised in court of the charges he could be facing that include criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder, vehicular eluding and possession of weapons by a previous offender.
• District judge sets bail at $2.5 million.
• District Attorney Martin Beeson says a decision on whether formal charges will be filed will be made on Wednesday, Aug. 11.
• the other two inmates are still at large and believed to still be in the Arizona area.
Source: Published reports and Rifle Police arrest affidavit
J.B. Van Teylingen of Rifle is darn proud of his son, Rifle Police Officer William Van Teylingen. And so are his son's law enforcement peers.
Officer Van Teylingen successfully halted a convicted killer getaway attempt in the early hours of Sunday Aug. 1. Daniel Kelly Renwick escaped from the Arizona State Prison on Friday July 30 and was apprehended in Rifle after a tense car chase and shootout.
“I'm very proud of him,” J.B. Van Teylingen said. “I think he did exactly what his training told him to do and he did a great job.”
Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario also offered up kudos to Van Teylingen and the Rifle Police Department as well as Deputy Evan Jaramillo with the sheriff's office who initially spotted the suspect's car in the Rulison area.
“(Jaramillo) is a real sharp deputy who did his job and paid attention,” Vallario said. “We could have had wounded or dead officers in this incident. But nobody got hurt. It was teamwork across the board. They did a great job.”
Renwick, 36, escaped the Arizona prison along with two other convicts and the driver of a getaway car. After the escape, Renwick split up from the other two inmates, who are also convicted murders, and headed out of Arizona. The prison is approximately 670 miles from Rifle.
Jaramillo spotted Renwick's vehicle around 12:47 a.m. in the parking lot of the Rocky Mountain Baptist Church and followed it as it headed eastbound on I-70 into Rifle. The Rifle Police Department was notified and Van Teylingen with fellow Officer Nick Flaten riding with him got involved and attempted to pull over the gold and black 2004 Chevy Blazer. The suspect vehicle exited I-70 at the main Rifle exit and as Van Teylingen followed it, he observed the rear window of the Blazer shatter, then he said in the arrest affidavit that he “heard objects” striking his patrol car — realizing that he was being shot at.
Van Teylingen screamed “Shots fired! Shots fired!” into his radio.
The suspect vehicle then went through the Rifle roundabout and pulled into the Red River Inn Parking lot on Taughenbaugh Boulevard in south Rifle with Van Teylingen in pursuit. The officer then rammed the vehicle on the driver's side rear quarter panel. The maneuver immobilized the suspect's car.
With backup officers arriving on scene, Renwick was found lying on the ground behind the patrol car and Van Teylingen pointed his patrol rifle at him, according to the arrest affidavit.
Brent Preece, manager of the Red River Inn said the commotion brought him outside to look, along with some sleeping customers.
“(The police) had the area all cordoned off and they wouldn't talk to me,” Preece said. “They had their rifles out, but I didn't hear any shots fired and I wasn't nervous.”
Rifle Lt. J.R. Boulton affirmed that there was never any threat to anyone at the motel.
“There were seven guys in the parking lot with guns, but there was never any shooting,” Boulton said. “No one was in danger and no one was injured.”
There were no other occupants in the car driven by Renwick, but Van Teylingen reported in the arrest affidavit that a black rifle was located in the front seat of the suspect vehicle.
According to Boulton, the Rifle patrol vehicle sustained some major damage, but it is not totaled.
Renwick is still lodged in the Garfield County Jail and made his first appearance in court on Monday, Aug. 2, where he was advised that he could face felony charges including criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder, vehicular eluding and possession of weapons by a previous offender. District Court Judge Gail Nichols set his bond at $2.5 million.
Ninth Judicial District Attorney Martin Beeson said it will be Wednesday next week before its decided whether the charges will be formally filed by his office.
“We have yet to make a formal filing decision,” Beeson said. “If we do, we will try this case like any other case if we believe we have a case. But if anyone comes into the district and starts shooting at police officers, those are serious charges.”
Beeson added that Renwick is presumed innocent at this point, but if charges are filed he would face them here before being sent back to Arizona.
Renwick was convicted in Pima County, Ariz. of two counts of second degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive 22-year prison terms. He's been in the Arizona prison since February 2002 with a sentence expiration date of 2043.
Renwick escaped the medium-security facility in Arizona with two other convicts — Tracy Province, 42, who is serving a life sentence for murder and robbery and 45-year-old John McCluskey. Province and McCluskey are still at large and believed to be in Arizona, possibly with Cassylyn Mae Welch, 44, who is suspected of helping them escape. She is believed to be engaged to McCluskey.
The inmates escaped by cutting a hole in the prison's perimeter fence. The men then kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and used the big rig to flee, according to authorities. The drivers were eventually freed unharmed.
Officer Van Teylingen declined an interview as the case is active and under investigation, but his peers and co-workers are still singing his praises.
“They did a great job stopping the guy and getting him apprehended,” said Rifle City Manager John Hier. “It was a great job by the Rifle Police Department.”
Officer Van Teylingen successfully halted a convicted killer getaway attempt in the early hours of Sunday Aug. 1. Daniel Kelly Renwick escaped from the Arizona State Prison on Friday July 30 and was apprehended in Rifle after a tense car chase and shootout.
“I'm very proud of him,” J.B. Van Teylingen said. “I think he did exactly what his training told him to do and he did a great job.”
Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario also offered up kudos to Van Teylingen and the Rifle Police Department as well as Deputy Evan Jaramillo with the sheriff's office who initially spotted the suspect's car in the Rulison area.
“(Jaramillo) is a real sharp deputy who did his job and paid attention,” Vallario said. “We could have had wounded or dead officers in this incident. But nobody got hurt. It was teamwork across the board. They did a great job.”
Renwick, 36, escaped the Arizona prison along with two other convicts and the driver of a getaway car. After the escape, Renwick split up from the other two inmates, who are also convicted murders, and headed out of Arizona. The prison is approximately 670 miles from Rifle.
Jaramillo spotted Renwick's vehicle around 12:47 a.m. in the parking lot of the Rocky Mountain Baptist Church and followed it as it headed eastbound on I-70 into Rifle. The Rifle Police Department was notified and Van Teylingen with fellow Officer Nick Flaten riding with him got involved and attempted to pull over the gold and black 2004 Chevy Blazer. The suspect vehicle exited I-70 at the main Rifle exit and as Van Teylingen followed it, he observed the rear window of the Blazer shatter, then he said in the arrest affidavit that he “heard objects” striking his patrol car — realizing that he was being shot at.
Van Teylingen screamed “Shots fired! Shots fired!” into his radio.
The suspect vehicle then went through the Rifle roundabout and pulled into the Red River Inn Parking lot on Taughenbaugh Boulevard in south Rifle with Van Teylingen in pursuit. The officer then rammed the vehicle on the driver's side rear quarter panel. The maneuver immobilized the suspect's car.
With backup officers arriving on scene, Renwick was found lying on the ground behind the patrol car and Van Teylingen pointed his patrol rifle at him, according to the arrest affidavit.
Brent Preece, manager of the Red River Inn said the commotion brought him outside to look, along with some sleeping customers.
“(The police) had the area all cordoned off and they wouldn't talk to me,” Preece said. “They had their rifles out, but I didn't hear any shots fired and I wasn't nervous.”
Rifle Lt. J.R. Boulton affirmed that there was never any threat to anyone at the motel.
“There were seven guys in the parking lot with guns, but there was never any shooting,” Boulton said. “No one was in danger and no one was injured.”
There were no other occupants in the car driven by Renwick, but Van Teylingen reported in the arrest affidavit that a black rifle was located in the front seat of the suspect vehicle.
According to Boulton, the Rifle patrol vehicle sustained some major damage, but it is not totaled.
Renwick is still lodged in the Garfield County Jail and made his first appearance in court on Monday, Aug. 2, where he was advised that he could face felony charges including criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder, vehicular eluding and possession of weapons by a previous offender. District Court Judge Gail Nichols set his bond at $2.5 million.
Ninth Judicial District Attorney Martin Beeson said it will be Wednesday next week before its decided whether the charges will be formally filed by his office.
“We have yet to make a formal filing decision,” Beeson said. “If we do, we will try this case like any other case if we believe we have a case. But if anyone comes into the district and starts shooting at police officers, those are serious charges.”
Beeson added that Renwick is presumed innocent at this point, but if charges are filed he would face them here before being sent back to Arizona.
Renwick was convicted in Pima County, Ariz. of two counts of second degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive 22-year prison terms. He's been in the Arizona prison since February 2002 with a sentence expiration date of 2043.
Renwick escaped the medium-security facility in Arizona with two other convicts — Tracy Province, 42, who is serving a life sentence for murder and robbery and 45-year-old John McCluskey. Province and McCluskey are still at large and believed to be in Arizona, possibly with Cassylyn Mae Welch, 44, who is suspected of helping them escape. She is believed to be engaged to McCluskey.
The inmates escaped by cutting a hole in the prison's perimeter fence. The men then kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and used the big rig to flee, according to authorities. The drivers were eventually freed unharmed.
Officer Van Teylingen declined an interview as the case is active and under investigation, but his peers and co-workers are still singing his praises.
“They did a great job stopping the guy and getting him apprehended,” said Rifle City Manager John Hier. “It was a great job by the Rifle Police Department.”
