Paranoid Dude Who Thought Cars Were Following Him Crashes His Pickup Truck Through Police Lobby

Dramatic surveillance video from the Grand Junction Police Department shows a pickup truck slamming into the front lobby of the Grand Junction Police Station. No one was hurt in what police are calling a deliberate act.

Two angles show an exterior and interior view of the crash. According to police, the driver of the truck, 45-year-old Nathon David Chacon intentionally drove his truck into the lobby. After he crashes, the video shows an officer come into the lobby, apparently pulling a gun on Chacon. Chacon gets out of the truck and complies with the officer by putting his hands up and lying flat on the floor. A few seconds later, several officers swarm the lobby.

Chacon was arrested and is facing several serious charges, including attempted first degree murder, attempted assault, attempted vehicular homicide, and other charges.

A tow truck removed the truck around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon

According to the affidavit for his arrest, Chacon indicated that to him, driving into the building was his only choice. He told police that earlier that day, he had started to leave the Grand Junction area “but realized he was ‘being followed’ by several cars,” according to the affidavit.

“Nathan advised he became paranoid of these vehicles and began making erratic turns and turning down side streets in order to avoid these vehicles,” the affidavit said, adding that Chacon said that he continued driving “in this fashion” to Grand Junction.

“He advised when he drove into the parking lot, he did not want to be killed, so he chose to drive into the lobby,” the affidavit says. “As Nathan told me this, he advised he knew it was dumb but he knew what he needed to do in order to be heard.”

Chacon had apparently called police dozens of times in recent years to report “strange happenings,” but he wasn’t satisfied with the response.

“Law enforcement records show there are at least 90 calls for service involving Nathan over the last few years where he is reporting strange happenings that have been unfounded,” the affidavit says. “Some of these calls for service in the recent days leading up to this event insinuate a pattern that Nathan was becoming frustrated with Deputies as he would hang up on them and swear at them over the phone.”