Jayson Boebert, the ex-husband of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, has been released on bail from the Garfield County jail on suspicion of six charges in connection with two separate incidents involving altercations with family members.

The first of back-to-back incidents happened on Jan. 6 after a loud disturbance in a Silt restaurant with the congresswoman, in which Jayson Boebert claimed his ex-wife punched him in the face, while Boebert maintained she merely “touched” his nose. 

In a news release on Wednesday afternoon, the Silt Police said that Jayson Boebert recanted any claims of domestic violence. Silt Police Chief Mike Kite said that Boebert told him that “he wanted this whole thing to go away.” 

The police also said there was no surveillance video from the restaurant. Though they asked for witnesses to come forward with personal cellphone video, no one provided any, the police said. Further, Jayson Boebert did not have any marks to his face to corroborate allegations that he had been “punched in the face,” the police added.  

“Due to a lack of any evidence, the allegations of domestic violence against Rep. Lauren Boebert are unfounded and the investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert is closed,” the Silt Police said. 

The other incident involving Jayson Boebert deals with suspicion of third-degree assault, harassment and prohibited use of weapons involving the couple’s 18-year-old son. 

Arrest records obtained by The Denver Gazette show that the Boeberts’ teenage son, who has a nine-month-old child, called Silt Police to his residence outside of town in Garfield County just after 1 a.m. on Jan. 9 at the urging of his mother.

The arrest records showed the argument started just after midnight Tuesday, when Jayson Boebert allegedly got angry that his infant grandson was sleeping in a laundry basket full of clothes. The Boeberts’ son, who was in bed with the child’s mother, explained to his father that he didn’t feel the baby was in a hazardous situation and told police later that his father had slurred speech and “was under influence of alcohol,” according to the arrest records.

The son was on the phone with his mother, Lauren Boebert, for one minute after the argument with his father turned violent, according to the records. The document stated that Lauren Boebert advised her son to call authorities. When Jayson Boebert realized his son was on the phone with police dispatch, he threw the teen’s phone across the room and the line was left open.

The Garfield sheriff deputy who rushed to the scene reported in the affidavit that she could hear yelling coming across the open line. Boebert then threw his son to the ground and “pushed his thumb” into the teen’s mouth, the records showed.

When Deputy Ashley Ramirez arrived at the residence outside of Silt, she reported that Jayson Boebert had gotten his rifle when his son called police, so she stayed at the top of the driveway.

“Considering the last known information was that Jayson was still armed with a rifle, I exited my patrol vehicle with my rifle,” Ramirez wrote in the arrest affidavit.

Boebert, 43, was arrested and released on $1,500 bond for charges connected to the Jan. 9 incident with his son. 

Tuesday morning’s incident was a separate event from the one that happened over the weekend, which, the Silt Police said, involved an altercation between Lauren and Jayson Boebert. In that incident, Silt police and Garfield County Sheriff’s deputies spent two-and-a-half hours dealing with the situation, according to the arrest affidavit. During that time, Jayson Boebert was asked eight times to leave the crowded restaurant by police and he allegedly cussed at law enforcement and continued to drink while they were responding, the affidavit said. 

Jayson Boebert was arrested on suspicion of three counts, including disorderly conduct, third-degree trespass and obstruction of a police officer and released on a $1,000 bond for charges in connection with the Saturday night altercation. 

According to the Silt Police arrest document, Jayson and Lauren got into a public altercation at the Miner’s Claim Restaurant on Main Street in Silt that Saturday night. There have been differing accounts of what happened leading up to the incident, but according to the arrest affidavit, Silt Police were called to the restaurant around 8 p.m. by a male person, later determined to be Jayson Boebert, who claimed there had been a domestic violence abuse situation.

The affidavit said a second person — who said her name was Lauren — also called Silt Police.

“Dispatch advised they heard the female say, ‘I just touched your nose.’ The male in a cowboy hat and jeans was heard saying, ‘She punched me in the face’.”

Lauren Boebert told police that the couple was at the restaurant “when the topic turned to their new partners,” the arrest document stated, adding “Lauren admitted placing her finger on Jayson’s nose to end the conversation.” That’s when Jayson called the police, the affidavit said. Lauren Boebert admitted to police that both of them had been drinking, but that her ex-husband already started drinking before they arrived at the restaurant.

Body-worn camera showed that, when officers arrived, Lauren Boebert was standing in front of the restaurant and a male person was heard yelling, “We’ll see who’s right and who’s wrong.”

Boebert released a statement on Sunday saying she had not punched her husband in the face during the altercation.

“This is a sad situation for all that keeps escalating and another reason I’m moving,” Boebert said. “I didn’t punch Jayson in the face and no one was arrested. I will be consulting with my lawyer about the false claims he made against me and evaluate all of my legal options.”

Boebert filed for divorce against her husband of nearly 18 years in May. The divorce was finalized in October, according to reports. 

Boebert announced in December that she would not run for reelection in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, where she faced difficult primary and general election challengers and instead would run in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District on the Eastern Plains. She joins a crowded primary in the safer Republican district currently held by retiring U.S. Rep. Ken Buck.