PORT ANGELES, Wash. — After more than two years, the end came quickly for Lance Hering’s flight from the military and from justice at an airfield near the Canadian border.
And he appeared to be just minutes from being airborne with his pilot father, the detective who made the arrest said Sunday evening.
Port Angeles police received a tip from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office at about 12:30 p.m. with a description of Lance and Lloyd Hering.
“He (Lance) was hooked up by my officers when his father had flown here in a rented airplane,” Port Angeles Police Chief Terry Gallagher said.
Port Angeles police detective Jesse Winfield made the arrest at about 1:15 p.m.
Winfield said it appeared that Lance Hering had been staying in the Port Angeles area. He declined to say where Lance and Lloyd Hering were going, citing an ongoing investigation.
“We went out to the airport, and the airplane was parked by Rite Bros. (the airfield’s fixed base operator),” Winfield said. “We saw Lloyd Hering getting the plane fueled up. A man and woman came out of Rite Bros. The man was the same size and the same age” as the description of Lance Hering.
Winfield said Lance Hering appeared to be saying goodbye to a woman before the arrest was made. Lance and Lloyd Hering were preparing to leave in a red-and-white Cessna. They surrendered without incident.
Denver Post staff writer Joey Bunch contributed to this report.
