El Paso County deputies arrested two people after responding on March 22 to a residence in the 1200 block of Millbrose Road in unincorporated El Paso County, according to the sheriff’s office. The department says a victim was struck with a fire extinguisher and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Because the suspect was believed to be armed, deputies set up a perimeter around the area. A drone operator and the sheriff’s K9 unit later spotted two people in a nearby field; officials report the pair complied with commands and were taken into custody without incident.
Arrests and charges
The sheriff’s office identified the primary suspect as 28-year-old Toree Wayne Cole Spikes and the second person as 34-year-old Kolby Beaver. According to the agency, Spikes was booked on charges of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon and harassment and is being held on a $50,000 bond, while Beaver was booked on a $2,800 bond. The sheriff’s office also reports that Spikes had an active warrant for first-degree assault with a deadly weapon dated March 20. Those details were released in a public post on the department’s Facebook page, per the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.
Drone and K9 located the pair
Deputies secured a perimeter around a property that included multiple trailers and vehicles after information suggested the suspect could be armed, the sheriff’s office says. A drone operator then located two people in a nearby field, and K9 Dex assisted deputies in contacting them. El Paso County’s K-9 teams were publicly certified and highlighted for their deployments last year, according to KKTV. Local reporting has also documented law enforcement using drones during searches and shelter-in-place incidents across the Pikes Peak region, underscoring how aerial units are increasingly used as a force multiplier, according to KRDO.
Legal context
Under Colorado law, first-degree assault with a deadly weapon is defined as conduct that causes serious bodily injury by means of a deadly weapon, and the statute spells out the elements prosecutors must prove, according to the Colorado Revised Statutes. Legal summaries note that first-degree assault is treated as a serious felony in Colorado and can carry years in prison if a person is convicted, per legal analysis. The charges against Spikes are allegations, and prosecutors and the courts, not the sheriff’s office, will determine whether formal charges are filed and whether the case moves forward to trial.
Where to find updates
The sheriff’s office reports that the arrests were made without incident and says the investigation remains active, according to its public post. Anyone with information is asked to contact the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office or use the department’s inmate-search and tip lines listed on its website. Both arrestees were booked into the county jail; booking information and contact numbers for the jail and booking desk are available through the office’s inmate-search tool on the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.
