Local man arrested for attempted murder

On Dec. 19, deputies from the Phillips County Sheriff's Office responded to 8,436 County Road 23 on a report of a man with a gun making threats to his family. Deputies discovered that Levi Garrett had used a shot gun to assault his common-law wife and her two children.

The wife and children were able to escape the home in a car and as they did so, Garrett fired the shot gun at them. The wife told deputies that Garrett was out of control, depressed and suicidal. The wife was taken to the Haxtun Hospital where she was treated for a broken ankle and other wounds.

With the assistance from the Haxtun and Holyoke police departments and the Colorado State Patrol, entry was made into the home and Garrett was taken into custody and taken to Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke where he was evaluated and released.

Garrett is being held in the Adams County Jail until bond is posted on the following charges: attempted murder in the second degree; menacing with a real weapon; assault in the first degree; violation of bail bond conditions; violation of a protection order and domestic violence.