Deputies in Larimer County have arrested a man accused of trying to run over a deputy, driving into a patrol car and then barricading himself inside a barn in Berthoud. It all began just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday when a Larimer County Sheriff’s Office deputy was conducting a traffic stop near Eisenhower Boulevard and Sculptor Drive in Loveland.
According to the deputy, a white 2018 Buick Encore sped past and nearly struck the deputy who was standing outside the stopped vehicle. A Loveland police officer tried to stop the Buick but said it continued driving recklessly and eluded officers.
Terrick Wilkins
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About an hour and a half later, the vehicle was found at 1st Street and South Taft Avenue in Loveland. A deputy tried to contact the driver, later identified as Terrick Wilkins, 20, of Johnstown. The deputy said Wilkins sped away and turned off the vehicle’s headlights.
Law enforcement continued to pursue the vehicle as it traveled on Highway 402 and south on I-25, exceeding speeds of 110 mph. The Buick exited onto Highway 56 in Berthoud and drove into a park-and-ride lot where it struck a Larimer County Sheriff’s Office patrol car.
Deputies said Wilkins continued to elude officers and traveled the wrong way onto I-25, driving southbound onto the northbound exit ramp. Deputies used a PIT maneuver to stop the vehicle which is when they said Wilkins got out of the Buick and ran through a field in the 4300 block of Weld County Road 44.
An adult female passenger was inside the vehicle. Deputies said she remained at the scene and was released.
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Deputies searched the area and found Wilkins hiding inside a bar. About 9:50 a.m. he surrendered and was taken into custody. After he was taken to the hospital to be evaluated, he was booked into the Larimer County Jail on several charges including vehicular eluding, second-degree criminal trespass – agricultural land, attempted vehicular assault, obstructing a peace officer, resisting arrest, careless driving – failed to yield to stationary vehicle, driving vehicle with license revoked, failure to display vehicle head lamps and speeding 40+ mph over.
“This suspect came within inches of taking our deputy’s life, then endangered our community by driving recklessly to get away. This complete disregard for public safety is unacceptable,” said LCSO Undersheriff Joe Shellhammer in a statement. “I’m beyond relieved that nobody got hurt today. Offenders need to be held accountable for their actions or this cycle of danger will just continue.”
The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said this is a good time to remind drivers that “Colorado’s Move Over Law requires drivers to move over or slow down when they see a stationary vehicle with its hazard lights on. The law was enacted to protect emergency responders and people with disabled vehicles on the roadside.”
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Police in Northern Colorado are investigating after a crash involving multiple vehicles claimed the life of a pedestrian.
The Greeley Police Department received reports of a crash at the 5500 block of Highway 34 around 5:50 p.m. on Monday. When officers arrived, they discovered that two vehicles were involved in a crash with a 19-year-old woman who attempted to walk across the highway.
Police said there was no crosswalk in the area, and she was struck by the driver’s side of a Chevrolet Blazer. The impact knocked the woman into the inside lane, where she was struck by a Chevrolet Traverse. A witness told officers they saw the woman crossing the roadway ‘as traffic arrived at her location.’
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First responders attempted life-saving measures on the woman at the scene before she was taken to North Colorado Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. GPD said the Weld County Coroner’s Office will release her identity at a later time.
Neither driver involved was injured in the crash. Police said they don’t expect charges to be filed against those drivers at the moment, but the case remains under investigation. The police department asked anyone with information on the crash to contact Officer Ed Kubala at Edward.Kubala@greeleypd.com.
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While Colorado ranks near the middle of U.S. states for carbon emissions per capita, it still produces enough CO2 per person to rival countries on the World Bank’s list of top emitters internationally.
In 2023, Colorado produced 13.9 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per capita. If it had been ranked by the World Bank during the same year, Colorado would have placed 14th among the more than 200 countries on the list, just behind Canada, at 14.1, and just ahead of the U.S. as a whole, at 13.7.
Among U.S. states, Colorado ranked 26th in carbon emissions per capita. Wyoming had the highest per capita emissions in the country, at 92.9 metric tons, while Maryland had the lowest, at 7.8.
Most of Colorado’s emissions come from energy production and consumption, primarily natural gas and oil production and electric power production and consumption.
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Colorado State Energy Profile, U.S. Energy Information Administration, accessed in December 2025. Source link
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2023 Colorado Statewide Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, pg. 128, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, November 2024. Source link
Senate Bill 24-230 Oil and Gas Production Fees, Colorado General Assembly, accessed in December, 2025. Source link
Senate Bill 23-016 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures, Colorado General Assembly, accessed in December 2025. Source link
Carbon dioxide emissions, World Bank Group, 2024, accessed in December 2025. Source link
Energy-related CO2 emission data tables, U.S. Energy Information Administration, accessed in December 2025. Source link
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