Man wearing gas mask arrested after threatening self, Cody police

Posted 7/12/16

Cody police — assisted by Park County Sheriff’s deputies — were summoned to their law enforcement center’s parking lot around 11:36 a.m. for a report of a suicidal man.

Officers found the man pacing in the parking lot, wearing a gas mask …

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Man wearing gas mask arrested after threatening self, Cody police

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A man who reportedly threatened himself and police officers outside the Park County Law Enforcement Center was taken into custody after a Sunday morning incident, authorities say.

Cody police — assisted by Park County Sheriff’s deputies — were summoned to their law enforcement center’s parking lot around 11:36 a.m. for a report of a suicidal man.

Officers found the man pacing in the parking lot, wearing a gas mask and holding a knife, according to a statement from the Cody Police Department.

Police secured the area — including blocking off nearby Wyo. Highway 120 — and began negotiating with the man, according to the release.

During an hour-long dialogue, the man “made threats to the officers and implied that he had made a bomb,” the release said. The bomb threat appears to have been false, as Cody police said their bomb squad swept the area and found nothing.

The man was ultimately taken into custody “without incident,” the police release said.

The release did not name the man involved in the altercation, but Park County jail logs accessed on Monday afternoon identified him as 34-year-old Scott M. Stevenson.

The logs indicated that police were holding Stevenson on suspicion of four charges: making a terroristic threat, intimidation by alleged explosive device, causing or attempting to cause serious bodily injury to a peace officer and obstructive or disruptive conduct within a governmental facility.

Whether Stevenson will actually be charged with those offenses remains to be seen, as the decision rests with the Park County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors had not filed formal charging documents against Stevenson as of Monday afternoon; when filed, those documents should contain additional details about Sunday’s events.

Park County Circuit Court staff said Stevenson would likely make his first court appearance on this (Tuesday) morning.

Sheriff’s logs say Stevenson was not actually booked into jail until Monday morning. His booking photo shows him wearing a West Park Hospital gown — indicating he was initially taken to the hospital for treatment.

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