She had been driving at 62 m hour on a road posted 35. She skidded to a stop 50 ft behind the FE Warren Defender Expedition. She got out. She was wearing a coral linen blazer, white capries, and gold sandals. It was 38° outside.
She had not dressed for Wyoming in May at sunrise. She walked up the driveway at a half jog. She did not at first notice the salute. She did not at first notice that the elderly man on the porch was wearing a retired United States Air Force Brigadier General's flight cap. She did not at first notice that the woman beside him was wearing the Federal Judicial Windbreaker of the District of Wyoming.
She did notice the F-250. She raised her phone to film. She said, "Officers, that is the non-compliant vehicle. Please tow it now." Senior Airman Otterstead did not turn around.
He kept his eyes forward. He kept his salute. I returned the salute one more time deliberately so that Brian Pendergas siphon would capture it. I said, "Senior Airman Otterstead, Senior Airman Halverson, stand at ease." They stood at ease.
I said, "I am Colonel Whitley Callaway. I am the wing commander of the 90th Missile Wing at FE Warren Air Force Base. The vehicle in question is my father's 2009 Ford F250. My father, retired Brigadier General Gilead Callaway, USAF, is on the porch. The property is private Callaway family land in Laramie County, Wyoming.
It is not within Air Force jurisdiction. The Sentinel Ridge Estates HOA does not have civilian tow authority. Mrs. Pendergast has been advised of this fact 11 times by Cheyenne Police Dispatch since November. I let the sentence sit. I said one more thing.
Mrs. Pendergast is the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Pearson Pendergast who served on my staff until Monday morning. He surrendered his Air Force commission Sunday night. Brianie Pendergast lowered her iPhone. She did not say anything. The phone fell from her hand into the gravel.
It landed face up. It was still recording. Assistant United States Attorney Sve Trumbull arrived at the Callaway Ranch in a black GMC Yukon at 0716. Colonel Aurora Reinhold from AFOSI Detachment 803 followed in a second unmarked Yukon. Two FBI Cheyenne Resident Agency special agents arrived in a third vehicle.