Steamboat Springs police arrested a man for allegedly threatening another man with a gun at a construction site on Wednesday, according to court documents.

Darlin Perez-Raumundo, 32, was charged with menacing with a weapon, a Class 5 felony.

At around 4 p.m. Monday, the superintendent of the construction site reported to police that an ex-employee threatened another employee with a firearm, according to the affidavit.

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The affidavit states that Perez-Raumundo approached an employee on the job site and asked him for money.

According to the affidavit, video surveillance footage shows Perez-Raumundo’s right hand in his pocket near his waistline when he entered the job site.

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The employee later told police that he believed Perez-Raumundo had a gun because he saw the “print of a gun” on Perez-Raumundo’s waistband, the affidavit states.

According to the affidavit, when Perez-Raumundo asked the employee to pay him, the employee told him he was not in charge of payments and needed to speak with a co-worker about it.

Perez-Raumundo continued to press the employee for money and then started to reach into his pocket and said, “If you do not pay me, then something will happen to you,” states the affidavit.

The affidavit further states that the employee “did not see the pistol because Perez-Raumundo was holding it in his pants near his waist” but that he saw “the printed gun at the top of his pants.”

The employee told police that Perez-Raumundo “made him fear for his life” because he felt that Perez-Raumundo was going to shoot him or his co-workers, according to the affidavit.

The affidavit adds that Perez-Raumundo had previously “caused a disturbance” and demanded money on Jan. 28 at the same construction site.

On Wednesday, police Det. Michael Buccino contacted Perez-Raumundo and requested they meet at the police department.

According to the affidavit, Perez-Raumundo “voluntarily” met with Buccino and initially stated that he had gone to the job site but was not sure what day. Buccino then told him about the video footage collected from the job site.

The affidavit further states that Perez-Raumundo claimed the employee had called him to say “that he had money for him.” He then claimed that he did not threaten the employee, did not have a gun and “was not angry.”

During a hearing Thursday, Deputy District Attorney Joseph Bucci stated that Perez-Raumundo was placed on supervised probation in November after being charged with a different menacing charge. He was also charged with second-degree assault in a 2022 case, Bucci said. 

According to Bucci, “federal authorities” noted that Perez-Raumundo “entered the United States without inspection” and ICE placed a detainer on him Thursday morning.

Bucci requested bond be set at $5,000. 

Perez-Raumundo’s attorney, Kaleb Geisler-Zukaitis, requested a personal recognizance bond or a $100 cash bond, arguing that “no firearm was ever actually viewed.”

Geisler-Zukaitis also noted that Perez-Raumundo voluntarily went to the police department to speak with Buccino.

Routt County Judge Erin Wilson stated that she was “concerned for community safety” because of the allegations in the case, and was not aware of ICE placing a detainer on him after his previous offenses.

“We have had numerous instances in which people have posted bond, ICE comes and picks them up and removes them from the United States, and we never see them again,” said Wilson.

Wilson decided to not set a personal recognizance bond because she was concerned about Perez-Raumundo failing to appear for future court proceedings, but rather set the bond at $3,000 and issued a protection order in the case.

Perez-Raumundo’s next court date is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Wednesday.