Colorado park ranger accused of stabbing himself at Staunton State Park in hoax

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger who disclosed being stabbed at Staunton State Park on Tuesday leading to a massive police response and manhunt was arrested on suspicion of faking the circumstance as part of a hoax Callum Heskett radioed for help at around a m and announced he had been attacked and stabbed and the man who stabbed him fled on foot according to the Jefferson County Sheriff s Office However the sheriff s office ratified Thursday that the man is accused of stabbing himself A flood of local and state law enforcement briskly descended on the park and sheriff s bureaucrats sent alerts to nearby residents and locked down the area But inconsistencies started coming up in Heskett s statements sheriff s agents commented Thursday Related Articles Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger stabbed in targeted attack at Staunton State Park taken to hospital in U S rollover crash in Jefferson County dead injured in crash on U S in Jefferson County involving wrong-way driver Westbound C- reopens in Lakewood after multi-vehicle crash Motorcyclist busted going mph in Jefferson County as officials crack down on reckless driving That along with other conflicting and questionable evidence further raised concerns about the validity of his assertions the sheriff s office disclosed on social media After investigators conducted their first interview with Heskett it became even more clear that his story was flawed and erroneous Heskett who is still in the hospital was arrested on suspicion of attempting to influence a population servant and tampering with evidence both felonies along with misdemeanor counts of false reporting reckless endangerment and obstructing executive operations This is a emerging story Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day