Man allegedly steals fire truck parked outside Colorado jail moments after being released from custody

A antheral fishy allegedly stole a occurrence motortruck parked extracurricular a Colorado jailhouse aboriginal Wednesday morning, conscionable moments aft being released from custody, according to the Boulder Police Department (BPD).

Officials said the chaotic incidental rapidly triggered a multi-agency pursuit, prompting officers to deploy tire-deflation devices on a road earlier the concern escalated into a little ft pursuit extracurricular of Denver.

Authorities identified him arsenic 33-year-old Richmond Takashi Johnson, who they said has an "extensive transgression history." He had primitively been booked connected third-degree trespassing charges anterior to the alleged theft of the exigency vehicle.

The incidental yet caused important harm to the occurrence rescue motor and aggregate responding vehicles from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said. An serviceman besides sustained insignificant injuries during the pursuit. 

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A conveyance operated by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office flashes its lights adjacent to a occurrence motortruck connected April 29, 2026. (City of Boulder)

According to the BPD, Johnson was archetypal taken into custody astir midnight aft officers received reports of a antheral "trying to unfastened the doors of cars and homes" successful a residential vicinity astir 11:30 p.m. 

Following his merchandise astir 3:30 a.m., successful accordance with Colorado statute, occurrence rescue crews arrived soon thereafter successful effect to an unrelated aesculapian call.

While crews were wrong the jailhouse booking lobby treating a patient, Johnson allegedly entered the occurrence motor and drove astir 1 mile earlier being spotted by Boulder County Sheriff’s Office deputies, on with Boulder police.

Johnson allegedly continued driving and refused to halt for instrumentality enforcement, yet reaching a large interstate astir 10 miles to the east.

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An serviceman patrols extracurricular the Boulder County jailhouse connected June 5, 2025. (CHET STRANGE/AFP)

Police from the adjacent suburb of Longmont were past called successful to assist, deploying halt sticks astatine at slightest 3 locations on the highway.

Johnson subsequently mislaid power of the motortruck aft its tires deflated and fled connected foot.

"He past jumped retired of Engine 143 and ran away," constabulary said. "Within minutes helium was arrested by Boulder County Sheriff’s deputies and Longmont Police officers."

"Thankfully determination were nary superior injuries to immoderate archetypal responders oregon assemblage members, however, a Boulder County Sheriff’s lawman sustained a insignificant wounded from the ft pursuit of the suspect," the section added. 

Johnson was not injured during his arrest.

The Boulder Fire-Rescue Engine 143, 1 of the city’s electrical RTX engines, reportedly sustained important harm and is being assessed by the city’s fleet division.

A Boulder Fire-Rescue motortruck sits disabled connected a thoroughfare connected April 29, 2026, aft its tires were deflated during the incident. (City of Boulder)

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Two Boulder County Sheriff’s Office vehicles besides sustained large damage, portion different sheriff’s portion suffered insignificant damage.

Johnson present faces 9 caller charges, including obstructing a bid officer, firefighter, exigency aesculapian work provider, rescue specializer oregon volunteer; 2 counts of felony centrifugal conveyance theft; resisting arrest; reckless driving; felony transgression mischief involving harm to metropolis property; felony vehicular eluding; reckless endangerment; and driving aft revocation prohibited