GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. — The Silt Police Department said Wednesday they found no evidence to support claims that U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, punched her ex in the face during an altercation at a bar over the weekend and due to that lack of evidence, the investigation was closed.
Jayson Boebert, ex-husband of Lauren Boebert, was arrested Tuesday on charges related to two separate incidents – one involving an argument at a bar with his ex – and a second incident days later involving his son, according to court records obtained by 9NEWS.
Court records show Jayson Boebert has two cases pending both in Garfield County. One case relates to an altercation at The Miner's Claim Restaurant at 740 Main St. on Jan. 6 involving Lauren Boebert. He faces charges of disorderly conduct, third-degree trespass, and obstruction of a peace officer for the incident. Two of those are petty offenses. The other is a misdemeanor.
He also faces charges of harassment, third-degree assault, and prohibited use of a weapon for a Jan. 9 incident involving another family member. All of those charges are misdemeanors.
Garfield County jail records indicate Jayson Boebert was processed and released Tuesday. His bond was set at $1,500.
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According to an arrest affidavit from the Silt Police Department, officers responded to The Miner's Claim just before 8 p.m. on Jan. 6 after a man called 911 to report a domestic incident but the call disconnected. A second person, a woman who identified herself as "Lauren," also called. Dispatchers reported that they heard her say, "I just touched his nose," while a man was heard in the background saying, "She punched me in the face."
On Wednesday, Silt Police said the bar did not have surveillance video and that no direct witnesses came forward to provide statements or video about the incident. They also noted that Jayson Boebert had no marks or injuries to indicate he had been assaulted and later called the police to "recant" his claims of domestic violence.
While looking into the call, investigators viewed body-worn camera footage from a responding officer. It showed the officer arriving and speaking with Lauren Boebert, who was outside on the sidewalk. A man can be heard yelling in the background, "We'll see who's right and who's wrong," the affidavit says.
The officer told the man she would talk to him in a minute. She then moved to an area of the parking lot to speak with Lauren Boebert. During that conversation, Lauren Boebert reported that things got heated between her and her ex when their conversation turned to "their new partners." At one point, she admitted, according to the affidavit, that she put her finger on Jayson Boebert's nose to "end the conversation."
After that, she said Jayson Boebert made a 911 call to report domestic abuse and hung up. She went on to say that Jayson Boebert told her, "Congratulations, your name is going to be in the headlines," according to the affidavit.
She told police they had been at their old home but went to the bar after things got tense. She described that Jayson Boebert had "come at her" and she had to push him away and told him, "Don't touch me." She police one of her sons witnessed the incident. Afterward, they went to the bar, hoping the conversation would be "peaceful."
She said they've been trying to get on "good terms" following the divorce. According to the affidavit, she told the officer that she believed he was hurt by the breakup and was acting out to "make her suffer" like he had after the divorce. She also told officers that her ex can get aggressive when he drinks.
About 8:10 p.m., the same officer who spoke with Lauren Boebert attempted to speak with Jayson Boebert. When she asked him to step outside, he responded, "No I won't do it." He went on to tell the officer, "She punched me in the face. I ain't doing anything." According to the affidavit, he claimed Lauren Boebert punched him in the face both at their home and at the bar.
He then began yelling at officers. According to the affidavit, an unidentified woman claimed she witnessed Jayson Boebert getting struck in the face.
Eventually, officers spoke with the bar manager, who agreed that Jayson Boebert needed to leave the bar due to his disruptive behavior. According to the affidavit, he was asked to leave no less than eight times during a six-minute period. At one point, he stood up and raised his hands, and that's when deputies grabbed his hands, turned him around, and told him to walk toward the door.
Body-worn camera footage shows him grab the door frame, and the affidavit says an officer had to "physically remove it from the door frame."
Once outside, he continued to yell at officers and, according to the affidavit, suggested that they should investigate his ex for DUI.
Lauren Boebert released a statement Sunday saying she did not punch her husband in the face during the altercation.
“This is a sad situation for all that keeps escalating and another reason I’m moving," Boebert said in a statement Sunday. "I didn’t punch Jayson in the face, and no one was arrested. I will be consulting with my lawyer about the false claims he made against me and evaluate all of my legal options.”
Boebert filed for divorce against her husband of nearly 18 years in May. The Colorado Sun reports the divorce was finalized in October.
Boebert announced in December that she would not run for re-election in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District where she faced difficult primary and general election challengers and instead would run in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District on the Eastern Plains. She joins a crowded Republican primary in a safer Republican district currently held by retiring Rep. Ken Buck.
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