GRAND JUNCTION, CO — A 48-year-old man was arrested after allegedly holding three people at gunpoint, stabbing one man and forcing a former partner into a vehicle at a Horizon Drive apartment Monday night.
On November 9, at approximately 9:20 p.m., dispatchers with the Grand Junction Regional Communication Center received a call from hospital staff about a patient with a possible stab wound.
At approximately 10:10 p.m., Grand Junction Police Department officers responded to a reported felony menacing at Mesa Studios, located at 704 Horizon Drive. Investigators determined the two reports were connected.
According to detectives, an armed man entered an apartment and held a woman and two men at gunpoint, threatening to kill them if they called police. The suspect allegedly robbed, assaulted and stabbed one of the men before forcing the woman, with whom he had previously been in a relationship, into a vehicle and driving away.
The injured man was taken to a hospital in a personal vehicle with serious bodily injuries.
Officers located the suspect, identified as Juan Sanchez, 48, at a house in the 100 block of Bacon Court in Palisade. Grand Junction Police worked with the Palisade Police Department to take Sanchez into custody without further incident. The woman was found safe inside the residence.
Sanchez was booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on the following charges:
- First-Degree Kidnapping
- First-Degree Assault
- First-Degree Burglary
- Aggravated Assault
- Felony Menacing
- False Imprisonment (Three Counts)
- Restraining Order Violation
- Theft — More Than $300
- Domestic Violence
Anyone with information is asked to contact non-emergency dispatch at 970-242-6707 and reference GJPD case number 26-68233.
Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers of Mesa County at 970-241-STOP or 241stop.com.