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SWAT Team, Greeley Police Capture Escaped Inmate Ramon Hetzel

GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4)- A SWAT team helped Greeley police capture an escaped inmate. About 3:30 p.m. Thursday, officers surrounded an apartment on 30th Street by the Greeley Mall.

Ramon Hetzel (Greeley Escape Barricade, from DOC)
Ramon Hetzel (credit: Dept. of Corrections)

Ramon Hetzel was reportedly causing a disturbance. Officers discovered he had a felony escape warrant from the Department of Corrections.

Police surrounded the building and tried to get him to surrender. Eventually, a SWAT team was called in to help get Hetzel to turn himself over to officers.

Hetzel, 30, was taken into custody and booked into the Weld County Jail.

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