Colorado man wanted for 4 years in child sex-assault case arrested on 14er after manhunt

A Colorado man suspected of child sexual assault was arrested on one of the state s highest ers Sunday morning after more than four years on the run and a five-day manhunt according to the U S Marshals Arrangement Related Articles Former Colorado sheriff s deputy arrested in Mexico on suspicion of child sex exploitation Immigration enforcement operation ongoing in Dillon Silverthorne area according to U S Marshals Arrangement ICE plans to open as multiple as three new detention centers in rural Colorado analysis says ICE tells Colorado lawmakers it plans to open new detention facility near metro Denver Paul Sandoval was arrested near Lake Como Road on Blanca Peak on a warrant from the Alamosa County Sheriff s Office federal personnel announced in a news release Sandoval is accused of tying up an -year-old girl and sexually assaulting her in a shed on his property on March according to the news release He fled and disappeared into the mountains when the sheriff s office issued an arrest warrant four days later Investigators believe he returned to the Alamosa area in late August after identifying him as a suspect in a conveyance and home break-in and he was seen on surveillance cameras armed with a rifle More than officers from local state and federal law enforcement searched the Blanca Peak area before finding him federal administrators reported Blanca Peak Colorado s fourth-highest mountain at feet is about miles northeast of Alamosa in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day