Possible Explosives Found After Disturbance at Monarch Crest Gift Shop

Posted By: Dan R July 1, 2021

Suspected pipe bombs, hand grenades and transmitters were found at a remote Gunnison County campsite after scare atop Monarch Pass.   

The Montrose Daily Press is reporting that Gunnison County authorities recovered possible pipe bombs, hand grenades and explosives components near a remote campsite this week, after responding to help the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office with a disturbance report at the top of Monarch Pass.   

39-year-old Mark Isaac-Joseph McSherry is suspected of possession, use or removal of incendiary devices and components.   

McSherry is being held in the Chaffee County Detention Center for alleged theft and an unlawfully concealed weapon.   

Monday morning, Chaffee County deputies responded to a disturbance near the Monarch Crest Gift Shop at the top of the pass on Highway 50.  They detained McSherry.  McSherry told deputies that he had explosives, which prompted Chaffee County to seek assistance form the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office.   

No explosives were found around or in the gift shop.   

The arrest affidavit says after he was advised of his rights, McSherry directed deputies to his campsite down Agate Creek trail, in Gunnison County, and disclosed there were six pipe bombs as well as components, which he had because, “The end of the world is coming.” 

The Fort Carson bomb squad from Colorado Springs was called in to take the materials.

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