Daily Camera (Boulder)

Neighbor says Boebert’s husband threaten them

The incident involved threats, property damage and speeding, though no arrests were made, documents show

- By Conrad Swanson cswanson@denverpost.com

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s husband reportedly threatened his neighbors Thursday during what the Garfield County sheriff described as a neighborho­od disturbanc­e.

Deputies made no arrests, despite the reported threats and property damage. Representa­tives for Boebert did not reply to messages seeking comment.

The incident was surfaced by American Muckrakers, a political action committee working to “fire” the incumbent congresswo­man. The group shared on Twitter the police report and email conversati­ons with deputies. The Denver Post is seeking the same reports from the sheriff’s office under the Colorado Open Records Act. Sheriff Lou Vallario confirmed the confrontat­ion between Jayson Boebert and a neighbor and believed the matter was resolved peacefully.

Just before 9 p.m. on Thursday deputies responded to the Boebert’s neighborho­od in Silt where they met a neighbor who told them several children had been speeding up and down the road with a dune buggy, according to a brief narrative report filed by deputies.

The documents do not specify how many of the children are part of the Boebert family, though they indicate that at least one of the congresswo­man’s sons was involved.

The kids reportedly raced up and down the street and after the neighbors asked them to slow down “all hell broke loose,” a person described as “rp,” which typically stands for “reporting party,” told deputies. The congresswo­man’s husband, Jayson Boebert, reportedly “threatened and yelled” at the person who called deputies “telling them to shut the f— up.”

That neighbor, who could not immediatel­y be reached for comment, was reportedly very “rattled” by the incident, the documents show.

Jayson Boebert “is looking to fight with everyone in neighborho­od,” the reporting party told police. He “claimed someone took a swing at his son.”

The documents also make note that Jayson Boebert is the congresswo­man’s husband and at some point, they indicate that someone ran over the mailbox of the person who called deputies.

“It was a neighborho­od disturbanc­e between a couple of neighbors regarding kids on ATVS,” Vallario said in an email, adding that he was not personally involved but “it sounds like Jayson got upset about the neighbor confrontin­g his kids about their riding. When it was all said and done, they all agreed to work it out as neighbors. No charges. No further action.”

This is not Jayson Boebert’s first run-in with law enforcemen­t. He was arrested in 2004 and pleaded guilty to public indecency and lewd exposure after exposing himself to two minors in a bowling alley.

The congresswo­man also has a history of minor arrests and failure to appear in court, though Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario supported her first run for office in 2020, telling The Colorado Sun that “people are allowed to change and grow up — whatever.”

American Muckrakers has been on the forefront of sharing potentiall­y damaging informatio­n about Boebert, though the congresswo­man has repeatedly denied the group’s allegation­s.

The reported domestic disturbanc­e is the latest in a string of controvers­ies trailing Boebert as she runs for a second term against former Aspen City Councilman Adam Frisch.

 ?? WILLIAM WOODY — SPECIAL TO THE DENVER POST ?? Republican Congresswo­man Lauren Boebert, CO-3, speaks during a debate against Colorado State Senator Don Coram at the Sky Ute Resort and Casino in Ignacio Colo., Thursday morning May 26, 2022.
WILLIAM WOODY — SPECIAL TO THE DENVER POST Republican Congresswo­man Lauren Boebert, CO-3, speaks during a debate against Colorado State Senator Don Coram at the Sky Ute Resort and Casino in Ignacio Colo., Thursday morning May 26, 2022.

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