A spokesperson with Colorado State Patrol says at 8:15am, troopers spotted Hargett in a pick-up truck just south of the Pikes Peak International Raceway, refusing to yield. Instead of stopping, he got off the interstate and started speeding through fields to get away. He eventually abandoned the truck. John Browning, his wife Kathy, and their son Nick were told by neighbours that State Troopers had warned them that Hargett might still be in the area.
When the family was getting ready to leave the house on Friday evening, they decided to take one more look around to make sure nothing was out of the ordinary, and that's when they noticed their six-year-old goat Dwight seemed to be looking at something in the bushes behind their home. John Browning: "one more time I'll just quickly check all the doors and windows and make sure they're locked, and I just happened to glance down this way, and I said Kathy, Dwight's looking at someone." Just moments later, Hargett came walking out of the bushes and started to walk toward their neighbours house.
Kathy and John called the neighbour and 911. Next-door-neighbour Gary Keller said: "Kathy called us up and said hey there's somebody walking toward your house that doesn't look like they belong here." Gary was able to convince Hargett to come out and surrender to Sheriff's Deputies, who were already on their way, but it's likely none of them would have noticed Hargett in the first place if it weren't for Dwight the goat. Court records show that Hargett was wanted for misdemeanor animal abuse/neglect charges from December, 2014. Hargett is now facing several new charges. According to jail booking information, Hargett is an active duty, Fort Carson soldier.
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