Motorcyclist Arrested After Pointing Gun at Family on Highway 50
Mesa County deputies arrested a motorcyclist who allegedly pointed a pistol at a passing family on Highway 50; he faces four felony counts of menacing.
On Sept. 26, 2026, about 6 p.m., Mesa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report that a motorcyclist threatened a passing vehicle with a gun on Highway 50 between Grand Junction and Whitewater. The victim vehicle, carrying two adults and two children, said the rider pointed a gun before holstering it and speeding away; deputies located the motorcycle near mile marker 49, recovered a pistol and arrested 56-year-old Michael Johnson of Montrose. Johnson was transported to the Mesa County Detention Facility and booked on four counts of felony menacing (real/simulated weapon).