{"id":42818,"date":"2022-01-09T19:17:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T02:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sheriffs-office-announces-5000-reward-for-info-leading-to-arrest-of-jail-escapee\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:09:42","slug":"sheriffs-office-announces-5000-reward-for-info-leading-to-arrest-of-jail-escapee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sheriffs-office-announces-5000-reward-for-info-leading-to-arrest-of-jail-escapee\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff\u2019s Office announces $5,000 reward for info leading to arrest of jail escapee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Elias
Elias Buck, 22, is suspected of escaping from the La Plata County Jail on Dec. 27. He remained on the loose Thursday. (Courtesy of La Plata County Sheriff's Office)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced a $5,000 reward Sunday morning for information leading to the arrest of Elias Buck.<\/p>\n

Buck, 22, of Durango is suspected of shooting officer Joseph Barreto in Farmington on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Prior to the shooting, Buck had escaped the La Plata County Jail on Dec. 27. He had been placed in jail on suspicion of auto theft.<\/p>\n

La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesman Chris Burke said a reward will be paid only for information that leads to the arrest of Buck. Those who provide tips to the Sheriff\u2019s Office can remain anonymous if they choose.<\/p>\n

Burke said the Sheriff\u2019s Office still believes Buck is in the Four Corners.<\/p>\n

The shooting Friday night took place when Barreto was responding to a report of a drunk driver, and found Buck walking with a woman identified as 28-year-old Victoria \u201cRossi\u201d Hernandez.<\/p>\n

\"Farmington
Farmington Police Department\/FacebookVictoria \u201cRossi\u201d Hernandez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

According to a news release on the Durango Police Department\u2019s Facebook page, when Barreto contacted Buck and Hernandez, Buck pulled a gun and shot Barreto before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n

The police department described Buck as 6-feet 1-inch tall and about 185 pounds with green eyes and blond hair.<\/p>\n

\"Elias
Elias Buck<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

In a news release Saturday, the La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Buck\u2019s actions prove he is \u201cvery dangerous,\u201d and if seen should not be contacted. The Sheriff\u2019s Office advises anyone who sees Buck to call 911 and report it immediately.<\/p>\n

njohnson@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Buck, 22, of Durango is believed to have shot a police officer Friday night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1065,799,28,475,390],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-42818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-durango-police-department","tag-farmington","tag-headlines","tag-la-plata-county-colorado","tag-shooting"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85467,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42818\/revisions\/85467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42818"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=42818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}