To understand Craig Hinkson’s passion for building, you have to flip the pages of history back to the early 1970s, when the mines above Ouray were still pumping out precious metals, residents burned coal to heat their homes and an 11-year-old boy saw the town differently than most his age. Hinkson often grabbed a 4-foot by 8-foot piece of plywood when he came home from school and set about making his own city, scratching in the dirt to create streets and crafting buildings out of milk cartons.
Hill was transported to the hospital for treatment of a reported gunshot wound to the hand.
While in the hospital Hill was arraigned in his hospital room on March 22. He has been charged with Assault on Peace Officers with a Semi Auto Firearm and Negligent Discharge of a Firearm into an Occupied Dwelling (Hotel).
He is now being held in the jail in lieu of $4,200,000 bail.
Hill s next court date is on April 19 for a pre-preliminary hearing.
The shooting was subject to Critical Incident Protocol since South Lake Tahoe police were involved in the shooting. The El Dorado County District Attorney s Office, along with Sheriff s Office and Placerville Police aided in the SLTPD investigation.