Two arrested after allegedly calling in false reports of explosives in Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) says it has arrested two people after they allegedly called in false reports of explosives outside a business.

According to CSPD, around 9:30 a.m., officials received a report of a man, handling suspected explosive items near Briargate Boulevard and Lexington Drive before entering a business. According to arrest records, that man was later identified as one of the suspects, 46-year-old Kevin Holod.

Arrest records say Holod's call reported a man holding items including "little dynamite sticks, wires and batteries" and putting them into a backpack, then going inside the building. That business was as a place where people can go for court-ordered drug and alcohol evaluations, among other things.

They say a second party called later about a suspicious man at the same intersection talking about explosives. That call used a fake name, but arrest records say the caller was later identified as the second suspect, 45-year-old Tamara Beasley.

CSPD says the Regional Explosives Unit and Real Time Crime Center drone responded due to the perceived threat. Arrest records say 12 CSPD personnel responded at some point during the call because of the perceived threat. A full sweep of the area using an explosives-detection K9 was conducted, and CSPD says no explosives, hazards or suspicious people were found.

Arrest records say CSPD also spoke to the business, which reported that they had not seen anyone matching the suspect's description and that everything was normal inside.

According to officials, investigators tried to contact both reporting parties and were unable to contact them. Arrest records say the call Beasley allegedly made was from a disconnected phone.

Arrest records say officials later found a red-light camera at the intersection. CSPD says the footage didn't show anyone matching the description of the person reported at the time of the accident.

Arrest records show that after the red-light footage did not show any matching descriptions, and other information, the case began to be investigated as a false report of explosives. Officials noted the location of the call was a business similar to those that have been subject to false reports before, so people can get out of court-ordered meetings.

Investigators say they found a connection between the two callers, who they say had court-ordered treatment obligations, and a local business. Arrest records show social media posts were able to connect Holod and Beasley as being in a relationship. The business also told officials Beasley was a client at their location.

CSPD says they learned that Holod and Beasley lived in the Colorado Springs area and were connected to a specific vehicle.

CSPD says they used Axon Automatic License Plate Reader technology to search for the suspects using the specific license plate information. They say it provided a match and brought detectives to the 4200 block of North Nevada Avenue outside a motel.

According to arrest records, CSPD then made contact with Holod and Beasley. Holod said in his interview he had been in the area to buy marijuana but decided not to and that is when he noticed a person outside the business from the original 911 call. Holod then told officials he went to pick Beasley up and told her about the call. Holod then said Beasley called 911 after to report the same incident.

In Beasley's interview with CSPD, arrest records say she initially denied knowing anything about the bomb incident, and had tried to change her appointment at the business because she knew she was going to fail a urinalysis. Beasley initially denied calling 911 and wouldn't allow CSPD to look at her phone records, according to arrest records.

CSPD says the interviews Holod and Beasley gave contradicted what they had originally reported in the calls. Arrest records say this information gave them probable cause to arrest the two.

Holod and Beasley were then arrested and charged with false reporting of explosives, which is a felony.

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