A homeless man in Aspen who has had numerous run-ins with the law received an early Christmas gift Monday: a bus ticket to North Dakota.
An anonymous person bought the ticket for Jimmy Baldwin. That state is experiencing an energy boom and has the nation’s lowest unemployment rate, and the idea behind the ticket is to allow Baldwin to find work in the oil- or gas-drilling fields.
But the ticket also helps to alleviate the burden he and a handful of other homeless men have placed on police and the local court systems, said Aspen Homeless Shelter director Dr. Vince Savage.
Baldwin, 32, was to appear in Aspen municipal court today for a trial. He had pleaded not guilty to a trespassing count after a recent arrest.
City prosecutor Jim True said he will ask that the case be continued for three months to see what transpires with Baldwin’s relocation.
Baldwin was dropped off at the Glenwood Springs bus station Monday night. Savage said he wasn’t sure whether Baldwin got on a bus that night or Tuesday morning.
An anonymous person bought the ticket for Jimmy Baldwin. That state is experiencing an energy boom and has the nation’s lowest unemployment rate, and the idea behind the ticket is to allow Baldwin to find work in the oil- or gas-drilling fields.
But the ticket also helps to alleviate the burden he and a handful of other homeless men have placed on police and the local court systems, said Aspen Homeless Shelter director Dr. Vince Savage.
Baldwin, 32, was to appear in Aspen municipal court today for a trial. He had pleaded not guilty to a trespassing count after a recent arrest.
City prosecutor Jim True said he will ask that the case be continued for three months to see what transpires with Baldwin’s relocation.
Baldwin was dropped off at the Glenwood Springs bus station Monday night. Savage said he wasn’t sure whether Baldwin got on a bus that night or Tuesday morning.
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