BOULDER COUNTY — Authorities have arrested four men suspected of beating a 35-year-old Nederland resident with a shovel during a fight at a camping area near Ruby Gulch on state forest land.
Witnesses said “the victim was struck several times with a shovel and possibly other weapons including a knife,” according to a Boulder County Sheriff’s Office news release.
The victim, who isn’t being identified pending notification of his family, was airlifted to St. Anthony Central Hospital after his friends brought him to Nederland. His injuries are not life-threatening.
Authorities arrested Andrew Robert Joseph, 24, a transient; Patrick Harley Register, 25, of Byron, Ga.; Jaron Trient Smith, 29, of Green Acres, Fla.; and Jerry Thomas Mullenix Jr., 33, of Redwood Valley, Calif.
