Two Jamestown brothers took on three law officers in a courtesy visit that grew to include a yard full of dead squirrels and an ax attack on a patrol cruiser this afternoon, according to the Boulder County Sheriff’s office.
The two Mundy brothers, 45-year-old Michael and 44-year-old David, were hit with a bean bag shotgun and a Taser, respectively, but managed to run through their house, out the back door and through the woods until they got tired and gave up, said Sgt. Jason Oehlkers.
The events started a day earlier, when deputies went to Michael Mundy’s home in the mountains 18 miles northwest of Boulder.
His employer, an Internet company, asked the Sheriff’s Department to check on him, because he had not logged on to work and staff had not heard from him, Oehlkers said.
When they arrived on Wednesday, no one was home, but the yard was littered with “several” dead squirrels, said Oehlkers, who wasn’t sure how many or how they died.
When two deputies went back with an animal control officer to investigate about 3:30 p.m. today, Michael Mundy came outside waving a cane at the officers. His brother soon followed, angry as well.
“We’re not exactly sure what had them so upset,” Oehlkers said.
Officers offered to leave, but Michael Mundy circled around their cruiser. At some point David Mundy picked up an ax from the yard and smashed the windshield and headlight of the officers’ cruiser, Oehlkers said.
A deputy tried to shock him with a two-pronged Taser, but one prong missed and he was able to squirm away.
Meanwhile, Michael Mundy had retreated to the house and emerged lifting his cane in a way that made officers think he had a rifle or shotgun. One of the officers hit him with a bean bag shotgun, but he was able to run a short distance away with his brother, Oehlkers said.
Investigators were searching the home this evening.
The brothers were booked into the Boulder County Jail.
David Mundy could face charges of attempted assault, menacing, criminal mischief and resisting arrest. Michael Mundy is being held on suspicion of obstruction of justice and resisting arrest.
The deaths of the squirrels is still under investigation, Oehlkers said.
Joey Bunch: 303-954-1174 or jbunch@denverpost.com
