Stolen snow cat recovered as police continue search for suspect
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Special to the Sentinel
With the help of multiple tips on social media, Mesa County sheriff's deputies early this morning recovered a snow cat that was stolen from Eagle County on Sunday morning but are still looking for the man believed to have stolen it.
Sheriff's officials received information Sunday evening from the Eagle County Sheriff's Office about the possible location of the snow cat, which had been stolen from Minturn earlier that day. The snow cat has a paint scheme that resembles the General Lee vehicle in the 1980s TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard."
When Mesa County deputies tried to contact 27-year-old Jason Cuervo at a home in the 1800 block of Deer Park Circle on the Redlands in reference to the stolen equipment, Cuervo barricaded himself inside the home. SWAT teams from the sheriff's office and Grand Junction Police Department executed an Eagle County search warrant at the home overnight and recovered the snow cat, according to the sheriff's office.
A community notification went out to 55 residences in the neighborhood around the Deer Park Circle address to shelter-in-place as a precaution.
Authorities did not find Cuervo, but did recover weapons, ammunition and drug paraphernalia at the house.
Cuervo has several outstanding warrants for his arrest. He is described as a white male, 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds. Anyone who sees him should call 911.
The case is still under investigation.