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This is the guy, Michael Dufresne, 30, of Woody Creek, who was trying to buy the "Molly" off Max Brandon Puder, age 18 outside of Aspen nightclub 'Belly Up' the other night.
The one who ran away.
"....He was arrested Tuesday night at his Woody Creek home after a series of serendipitous circumstances led authorities to him, according to police.
Aspen police officer Adam Loudon on Monday night reviewed surveillance tape from the Belly Up Aspen, outside of which the alleged drug transaction took place.
Loudon retrieved photographs of the man he recognized as the suspect who ran away from him when police observed the drug transaction on the stairs outside Belly Up.
He returned to the police station and showed the photos to Pitkin County Sheriff Deputy Parker Lathrop. Fifteen minutes later, a 911 hang-up call came into the communications center from a Woody Creek residence, to which Lathrop responded.
When Dufresne opened the door, the deputy recognized him as the suspect in the photos, which showed distinctive tattoos on his right forearm, according to police. Dufresne was shirtless and his tattoos were visible to Lathrop.
Once identified as the suspect, Loudon wrote a warrant for Dufresne’s arrest and had it signed by a judge Tuesday.
Dufresne is being held in Pitkin County Jail on a $10,000 bond, which was upped from the original $8,000. The increase was approved by Chief Judge James Boyd of Pitkin County District Court on Wednesday, said Aspen prosecutor Arnold Mordkin.
Mordkin said he plans to file an additional charge of assault on a police officer because when Dufresne allegedly ran from police, he already had one handcuff placed on his wrist and violently pulled it away.
When confronted by officers, Dufresne allegedly held up a baggie of a white powdery substance and gave what turned out to be Ecstasy to police before he successfully ran away...."
(sack@aspendailynews.com)
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