A notorious con man and lifelong thief caught four years ago living in a well-appointed cabin he built on Aspen Mountain is back in town and back in trouble.
James Hogue, 61, was arrested Monday by Aspen police officers investigating a burglary and charged with parking illegally and stealing power from a nearby apartment building, said APD Sgt. Mike Tracey. Hogue was not taken to jail and, instead, issued a summons for trespassing and tampering, which are low-level offenses.
Aspen police continue to investigate the burglary, which took place inside the parking garage of an apartment building in the 200 block of East Cooper Avenue, Tracey said.
The interior of the Crêperieâs new outdoor âchalet.â PHOTO BY RACHEL BOCK
This fall, chef C. Barclay Dodge envisioned Bosqâs winterized patio overlooking the Mill Street pedestrian mall: a glass-enclosed, modern structure built around a tall tree, its upper branches poking above a skylight in the lattice ceiling. Here, according to plans drawn by local design firm Rowland+Broughton, guests would enjoy a safe, socially distanced dining experience, shielded from snow and cold yet converging with nature. Bosq, manifested.
âWe scrapped that whole idea five days ago,â Dodge told me one week before Thanksgiving. The elevated cost of running utility lines outside, it turned out, did not match the potential benefit of seating additional diners in compliance with ever-tightening coronavirus regulations. (At 600-square-feet indoors, Bosq can accommodate just 12 people under Coloradoâs 25-percent capacity rule for restaura