Colo. sheriff: Locals led us to Doughertys
Three siblings accused in a violent crime wave have been captured.
The Doughertys -- Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21; Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26; and Lee Grace Dougherty, 29 -- were arrested after a high-speed chase Wednesday, 145-miles south of Denver, near Walsenburg, in southern Colorado.
They were the subject of a nationwide manhunt after allegedly shooting at a police officer in Florida and robbing a bank in Georgia last week.
On "The Early Show" Thursday, Sheriff Kirk Taylor, of Pueblo County, Colo. -- whose officers located the Doughertys -- credited local residents for the tip that led to the trio's capture.
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Taylor recalled, "We received a tip (from residents) that they were camped up in southern Colorado, up in the mountains, and so I sent my deputies up there to see if we could locate them. At that time, they jumped them there on I-25, one of my deputies being very aware, contacted them there, the chase started, and subsequently after that, the state patrol took over the chase, did a fantastic job of bringing them to a good end."
Prior to the tip, however, Taylor said his officers were receiving ongoing intelligence from the FBI and the state agencies about the siblings' whereabouts.
"Local law enforcement throughout Colorado was aware they were in the state," he said. "We'd had a report the night before that they were seen up in Colorado Springs, and then a secondary sighting in Canyon City, which is just west of here, so we were aware and we were hyper-vigilant with respect to locating them."
As for the search, Taylor acknowledged that it all could have ended quite differently.
"I'm always happy when the law enforcement officers get to go home and be with their families and the bad guys go to jail so we're very, very happy with the outcome," he said. "... I can't say enough about the professionalism of the Colorado State Patrol and their officers. They took gunfire along with one of my detectives during the chase. There was a shooting at the end of the chase that's still being investigated, but the collaborative effort between the law enforcement agencies, the federal, state and local officers, was just exemplary."
Taylor said the district attorney will determine where the Doughertys will be charged. But he says he hopes the family will be charged in Colorado.
He said, "Personally I think I'd like to see them answer for shooting at the state patrol officers as well as my detective here locally, but we understand that the other states are interested in getting them as soon as possible, as are the Federal Bureau of Investigation."