Police and security personnel led by the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) arrested Boulder resident Jarrod Veilleux on drug sales charges last Wednesday in what may have been the largest police operation in downtown Boulder this century.
Shortly after 9 a.m., Sheriff Tom Grimsrud readied his assault rifle outside the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office before shouting instructions to deputies. A sheriff’s truck roared off as the sheriff and another officer walked toward the County Courthouse.
Within minutes, four police roadblocks had been set up at nearby intersections and a phalanx of officers and vehicles had taken positions outside a home at 107 North Monroe Street, in the shadow of the historic courthouse. On a bullhorn, an official announced multiple times that they had a search warrant and urged all those inside to come out with their hands up.
