BOULDER — Seven members of the Rainbow Family have been arrested after police caught them sleeping on the roof of the Boulder Public Library.
A custodian spotted the campers on top of the library at 1001 Arapahoe Ave. at about 6:10 a.m. today and called police. The seven were asleep in sleeping bags, with their belongings scattered around and two small dogs with them, said Boulder police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley.
“There is no easy access onto the roof, so they would have had to climb up the side of the building and use landscaping,” Huntley said.
The men and women told officers they were members of the Rainbow Family — a loose-knit band of hippies that preaches love, tolerance and peace and hold large gatherings every July — and that they were just passing through Boulder.
Booked into the Boulder County Jail on charges of misdemeanor trespassing and camping were Christine Hodge, 22; Joshua Cole, 21; Aaron Waldeck, 19; Kirstin Humason, 21; Eli Dworkin, 19; Thaddeus O’Hail, 18; and Salvatore Gelosos, 22. Their dogs were taken to the Humane Society of Boulder Valley.
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