Suspects captured after fleeing scene

Friday at 10:06 p.m., the Thermopolis Police Department responded to a call from a local business regarding people in the parking lot who appeared to be loading a syringe with an illegal substance, while in a vehicle.

According to call logs, officer Mark Allen responded to the scene. The officer parked the patrol vehicle behind the suspect vehicle, and upon contact the driver backed the vehicle into the patrol unit. The vehicle then proceeded forward and struck a bollard and a pergola at the business.

The suspects abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot, but were later found at a private residence and arrested. The driver of the vehicle, Andrew G. Poss, is charged with possession, damage to property and interference with a peace officer. The passenger, Frederico F. Torres, is charged with possession and interference with a peace officer.

Poss is jailed on a $50,000 cash bond, and scheduled to appear in circuit court Jan. 16. Torres is jailed on a $5,000 cash bond and scheduled to appear Jan. 22.