It was quite the Sunday for local law enforcement that turned from tense to relieved over the course of around an hour and 20 minutes.

In the end, that relief most likely turned to smiles and a few chuckles and giggles.

In one one the more bizarre police calls in recent memory, a 7-year-old was reported missing in Palisade. That’s when the story goes strange and involves multiple agencies, a drone and a frantic search for the child who absconded with a golf cart.

Started at 7:55 a.m. Sunday, deputies with the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a lost child on the 600 block of Brentwood Drive in Palisade.

Deputies, assisted by the Palisade Police Department, began canvassing the area. A reverse 911 was also issued to the town of Palisade. Soon after, a resident called

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