> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://yvindy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Breaking News: Officers detain man outside Steamboat City Market; vest patch points to ICE - URL: https://yvindy.com/officers-detain-man-steamboat-city-market/ - Published: 2026-11-10T16:30:54.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-10T21:02:37.000Z - Description: Officers in tactical vests handcuffed a man in the parking lot of the City Market fuel center in Steamboat Springs on Tuesday morning. A patch on one vest appears to name an ICE unit; ICE has not confirmed the arrest. - Author: Anna Parashina - Tags: News, Steamboat Springs *Updated at 2:02 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, with the response from Steamboat Springs police. A 12:06 p.m. update added the Routt County Sheriff's Office's response, a second reported arrest and where to get help.* ## Key points - Officers in tactical vests handcuffed a man in the parking lot of the City Market fuel center in Steamboat Springs around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday and put him in the back seat of an unmarked gray pickup, a video shows. Michael McLarney, the Independent's editor and publisher, said he saw three unmarked vehicles block the man's vehicle before officers removed him from the driver's seat. - ICE did not respond to questions by the Independent's 2 p.m. deadline, and the reason for the arrest is not yet known. - The Routt County Sheriff's Office and Steamboat Springs police said none of their officers were involved and neither agency was notified of the operation. - A staff member at Integrated Community, a Steamboat nonprofit, said officers detained a second man in a traffic stop west of town about 10 minutes later. - A patch on one officer's vest appears to read "Fugitive Operations," the name of a unit in ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations. At least one officer's face was covered. - Federal immigration agents made arrests in and around Steamboat in 2025, and local police say those agents don't tell them about their operations. Officers in tactical vests handcuffed a man in the parking lot of the City Market fuel center at 555 Marketplace Plaza in Steamboat Springs early Tuesday and put him in the back seat of an unmarked pickup, according to a video recorded by Michael McLarney, the Independent's editor and publisher, who witnessed the arrest. A patch on the back of one officer's vest appears to read "Federal Officer" above "Police," with "Fugitive Operations" below. [ICE's website](https://ice.gov/ero?ref=yvindy.com) lists Fugitive Operations as part of its Enforcement and Removal Operations division. The words name an ICE unit. They say nothing about the man who was detained. ICE has not confirmed that its officers made the arrest. McLarney, who was on his way to his office, said he saw three unmarked vehicles block the man's vehicle. Officers removed the man from the driver's seat, he said. A woman who had been in the passenger seat later left the scene on foot, McLarney said. McLarney asked the man his name. He did not answer. It was not immediately clear why the man was detained or whether he faces any criminal charges. The Independent emailed ICE on Tuesday morning asking whether its officers made the arrest, why the man was detained and where he is being held. ICE had not responded by 2 p.m., the deadline the Independent set. No local law enforcement officers were involved in the arrest, Amanda Shepherd, Routt County's public information officer, said in an emailed response to the Independent's questions for the Sheriff's Office. "Federal authorities did not notify local law enforcement," she wrote. Sheriff Doug Scherar learned of the arrest from two local residents, Shepherd said. The Sheriff's Office does not know the man's name or where he was taken, and no one was brought to the Routt County Jail, she said. The office's stance on immigration enforcement has not changed, Shepherd said. "State law prohibits local law enforcement from sharing information with and participating in immigration enforcement," she wrote. No Steamboat Springs police officers were involved in or present at the arrest, and the department was not notified before or during the operation, Emily Hines, the city's marketing and communications supervisor, said in an emailed response to the Independent's questions for the department. No one called the department about the arrest, she said. The department cannot confirm which agency made the arrest or where the man was taken, Hines said, and its practice on immigration enforcement has not changed since 2025\. The department and the Sheriff's Office are preparing a joint statement, she said. This story will be updated with any further responses. ## A second reported arrest Officers also stopped a car near Steamboat II and Marabou Ranch, west of town, at about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday and detained a man who was on his way to work, a staff member at Integrated Community, a Steamboat-based nonprofit that serves immigrants, told the Independent in a phone interview conducted in Spanish. The man's employer called the nonprofit to report the arrest, she said. It was not clear whether the same officers made both arrests. The Independent has not independently confirmed the second arrest. ## Where to get help People trying to find a detained family member or a lawyer can call the emergency hotline run by Voces Unidas de las Montañas, a Glenwood Springs-based nonprofit, at 970-340-8586\. Integrated Community, which recommended the hotline, can be reached in Steamboat Springs at 970-871-4599. ## What the video shows 0:00 /0:20 1× Video of the arrest, recorded by Michael McLarney, the Independent's editor and publisher, about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. This is 20 seconds of his 61-second recording. Faces and license plates are blurred, and the audio has been removed. The 61-second video was recorded at about 7:30 a.m., according to the file's data and McLarney. It shows two pickups, a gray Ford F-150 and a white Ford, parked behind other vehicles near the store, with red and blue lights in their rear windows. Neither truck carries a visible agency marking. Officers walk a man in a gray long-sleeved shirt and jeans to the gray pickup. His hands are cuffed behind his back. They put him in the back seat. At least three people in tactical vests can be seen. One officer's face was covered except for the eyes. Two vests read "POLICE" in large letters. ## Earlier arrests Federal immigration agents have made arrests in and around Steamboat before. In August 2025, at least two people were taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Denver after reported operations at a downtown bus stop, a hotel construction site and Alpine Mountain Ranch and Club, [the Yampa Valley Bugle reported](https://www.yampavalleybugle.com/post/ice-is-not-disclosing-who-they-arrested-in-steamboat-springs-on-tuesday?ref=yvindy.com). Steamboat Springs police and the Routt County Sheriff's Office [said then](https://www.yampavalleybugle.com/post/masked-immigration-officers-make-arrests-near-steamboat-springs-while-live-on-facebook?ref=yvindy.com) that they had no advance notice of those operations. In September 2025, they [said](https://www.denver7.com/news/mountains/ice-activity-reported-in-colorado-mountain-towns-sparking-community-concerns?ref=yvindy.com) they had received no communication from the federal government and no notice of enforcement actions. ICE generally does not identify the people it arrests. A spokesperson told the Bugle in 2025 that the agency does not release information on those arrested unless it is given their name, alien registration number, date of birth and country of origin. Some people detained by ICE in Routt County have had criminal records. In early 2025, at least three men detained after bonding out of the Routt County Jail had criminal records in Colorado, [the Steamboat Pilot & Today reported](https://www.kunc.org/news/2025-02-05/at-least-three-ice-detainees-from-routt-county-have-criminal-records?ref=yvindy.com). Nationally, [the Deportation Data Project found](https://deportationdata.org/analysis/immigration-arrests-in-2026.html?ref=yvindy.com) that a large majority of ICE arrests during the summer 2026 surge involved people without criminal convictions. In July 2026, people with convictions accounted for 27% of ICE arrests that led to book-ins, a record low.