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Lake County Coroner Shannon Kent and deputy coroner Staci Kent were arrested Feb. 18 after law enforcement agents found improperly stored human remains at what had been the couple’s Silverthorne funeral home.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol along with local and county law enforcement agencies encourage everyone to be safe during the Super Bowl DUI enforcement period from Feb. 5-8 and not drive impaired.
Almost 100 agencies will increase patrols – including the Buena Vista and Salida police departments and the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office – during the Super Bowl enforcement period to remove impaired drivers from the roads and prevent crashes.
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A series of investigations that began in December culminated in the arrest of numerous people involved in the distribution of drugs including heroin and methamphetamine, Buena Vista Police Department Chief Dean Morgan said Wednesday.
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A fatal shooting at Mt. Massive Townhomes left one Leadville resident dead and another in custody after law enforcement responded to a call from the apartment complex Jan. 12.
Yolanda LaCome, 34, of Leadville was found at the scene and later died of injuries sustained in the shooting, according to a release issued by the Leadville Police Department.
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Chaffee County’s new County Judge Diana C. Bull, could say the law is the family business.
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A Pueblo woman faces local charges of first degree assault of a police officer, felony vehicular eluding, driving under restraint and other possible criminal charges following a pursuit that ranged through three counties.
Krystin Schletter, 35, of Pueblo, was taken into custody Thursday in the San Luis Valley after pursuits in Fremont and Chaffee counties were discontinued.
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Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office will add additional resources to its staffing on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day.
Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze stated in a press release the sheriff’s office is currently unaware of any credible threats toward Chaffee County’s critical assets or citizens.
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A search for a missing 11-year-old boy along the banks of the Arkansas River east of Buena Vista yesterday afternoon ended when a hiker spotted the boy walking safely along the river.
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The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred shortly before midnight Wednesday evening on U.S. 24 approximately 2.5 miles east of Johnson Village, according to a press release issued Thursday morning.
Salida Police Chief Russ Johnson said Wednesday the department has been aware of threats against Eric Coomer, security director of Dominion Voting Systems, who has been under attack since before the November General Election.
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One Buena Vista Correctional Complex inmate is dead of COVID-19, Colorado Department of Corrections public information officer Annie Skinner confirmed Monday.
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To help Coloradans transition safely into the new year, the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies will join forces once again to complete The Heat Is On New Year’s Eve DUI enforcement Dec. 29-Jan. 2.
Salida Police Chief Russ Johnson said Wednesday the department has been aware of threats against Eric Coomer, security director of Dominion Voting Systems, who has been under attack since before the November General Election.
Jury trials for three of the four Buena Vista Correctional Complex inmates charged with first degree murder in the July 14, 2018, death of fellow inmate Matthew Massaro, will be rescheduled due to COVID-19 concerns.
The Buena Vista Police Department reported the following for October, 2020:
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A dozen kids from Salida and Buena Vista got to spend time with a local law enforcement agent on Saturday.
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Charges were filed by deputy district attorney Brian Andris Wednesday in 11th Judicial District Court against Isaiah Garcia, 21, of Moffat and Taylor Mossman, 21 of Homer related to a burglary and subsequent armed stand off with law enforcement Nov. 17 in Poncha Springs.
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The League of Women Voters of Chaffee County will host an additional public safety update during its Dec. 14, noon-1 p.m. Zoom meeting.
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The Buena Vista Police Department reported the following:
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The Buena Vista Municipal Court reported the following activity:
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When Chaffee County Sheriff’s Deputy Roy Williams, 28, committed suicide the night of Nov. 5, 2019, the shockwave traveled far.
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After serving on the Buena Vista Fire Department since 2001, first as a volunteer and eventually as the town’s first full-time paid fire chief, Dixon Villers retired last week.
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Thanks in part to a grant from the El Pomar Foundation, The Friends of the Chaffee County Fire Protection District are in the process of finalizing the order for a Polaris UTV that will allow Chaffee Fire to access challenging terrain.
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Chaffee County Search & Rescue–North rescued three exhausted hikers on Mount Belford Sunday evening.
Search and Rescue was paged out to the fourteener at about 5 p.m., Nov. 29. According to an update on CCSAR-N’s Facebook page, the hikers were without headlamps for nighttime hiking or adequate winter gear.
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Buena Vista Fire Department Chief Dixon Villers retired last week after 29 years with the department.
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World Kindness Day was Friday, Nov. 13, and inmates at the Buena Vista Correctional Complex celebrated with a neighborly gift to patients at UCHealth hospitals in northern Colorado.
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Chaffee County Search & Rescue–North rescued three exhausted hikers on Mount Belford Sunday evening.
Search and Rescue was paged out to the fourteener at about 5 p.m., Nov. 29. According to an update on CCSAR-N’s Facebook page, the hikers were without headlamps for nighttime hiking or adequate winter gear.
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Buena Vista Fire Department Chief Dixon Villers retired last week after 29 years with the department.
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World Kindness Day was Friday, Nov. 13, and inmates at the Buena Vista Correctional Complex celebrated with a neighborly gift to patients at UCHealth hospitals in northern Colorado.
Buena Vista school district buildings went into secure mode Tuesday afternoon after being advised by the Buena Vista Police Department of a vehicle pursuit on U.S. Highway 24.
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A Colorado Parks and Wildlife search team's two-day recovery effort came to an end midday Monday when divers from Pueblo County Search and Rescue recovered a body in the water at Clear Creek Reservoir.
Searchers continued to comb Clear Creek Reservoir Sunday looking for a boy who went missing after the canoe he and a friend were in capsized Saturday.
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The Colorado State Patrol recently opened a public opinion survey that will run through Nov. 24.
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Results from a new statewide driver survey by the Colorado Department of Transportation found that nearly all Colorado drivers engage in distracted driving and 17% admitted to not buckling up when driving short distances.
Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze issued stage 2 fire restrictions for unincorporated Chaffee County effective Monday morning.
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission established changes to telephone bill surcharges in the state Oct. 1 as directed by a bill passed by the Colorado General Assembly earlier this year.
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The Bailey-Kent Funeral Home has temporarily lost its license to operate as a funeral establishment following an investigation into the business after a local family received the unconfirmed and undocumented remains of a cremated infant.
Mack Hill, 24, of Salida was arrested Thursday by local law enforcement in connection with a string of motor vehicle break-ins and thefts over the last several weeks.
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The Buena Vista Police Department took reports from six different properties over six consecutive days regarding the theft of signs from private property.
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The Buena Vista Police Department released the following report for June:
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Mack Hill, 24, of Salida was arrested Thursday by local law enforcement in connection with a string of motor vehicle break-ins and thefts over the last several weeks.
The Buena Vista Municipal Court heard the following cases in May:
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Those with a state-level marijuana possession conviction in their past may be eligible for a pardon in Colorado under a law that went into effect this month.
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Distracted driving has become one of the leading causes of vehicle crashes on Colorado roads. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, distracted drivers were involved in 15,143 crashes on Colorado roads in 2019, resulting in 4,361 injuries and 28 fatalities. As people hit the road for fall foliage and winter activities, CDOT reminds drivers to drop the distraction and focus on the road ahead.
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Thor, the Buena Vista Police Department’s K9 officer, has received a vest of body armor thanks to a donation by a Castle Rock man.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation has launched a new campaign developed for Coloradans, by Coloradans, to curb marijuana-impaired driving across the state.
Christopher Lane, 47, of Buena Vista pled guilty to charges of Forgery earlier this month, for which he was sentenced to serve three years with the state Department of Corrections.
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Seldon Turnbull, of Buena Vista, charged with third degree arson and insurance fraud in the March 2017 fire that destroyed several structures at Piñon Court Cabins in Buena Vista, pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in 11th Judicial District Court.
Leadville resident Maria Day was sentenced to a total of 54 years in prison for multiple charges stemming from the 2015 murder of John Martinez.
The Park County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic disturbance call at approximately 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at a private residence in Fairplay.
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A Buena Vista man was arrested Monday on eight charges related to distribution and possession of controlled substances, theft and burglary, and unlawful weapons possession, Buena Vista Police chief Dean Morgan said.
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Daniel James Pesch, 37, who faces multiple charges in regards to alleged threats made against a member of the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office will wait three weeks before charges will be filed by the District Attorney’s office.
A Park County Sheriff’s deputy and a 46-year old man were seriously injured when a car struck the deputy’s patrol vehicle head on Thursday. The deputy’s injuries were not life threatening and the incident is being investigated as intentional.
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Chaffee County Search & Rescue-North conducted three missions last weekend to assist hikers who had injured themselves hiking in the Sawatch Range.
Two women were rescued Aug. 21 after veering off the Independence Pass stretch of Colo. 82 the night before.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has been requested by the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office to investigate an allegation of obscenity involving an adult at The Pony Patch at Doolittle Ranch in the county, Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze reported.
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The Grizzly Fire burning in Glenwood Canyon led the Colorado Department of Transportation to close I-70 just east of Glenwood Springs last week, rerouting traffic on the major interstate down U.S. Highways 24, 285, and 50.
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A two-vehicle head on crash that resulted in serious injuries closed U.S. Highway 24 on Trout Creek Pass for 3 hours Saturday afternoon.
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The Buena Vista Police department released the following report:
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Last month, Morgan became the face of the department, however, when he took the oath of office as the chief of the police department, following in the footsteps of the man who hired him to the force.
A recreational vehicle caught fire from an overheated engine about 5 p.m. Wednesday and shut down Cottonwood Pass for about five hours, Chaffee County Fire Protection District Chief Robert Bertram said.
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The Friends of Chaffee County Fire Protection District are hosting a fundraiser to equip the district with a side-by-side all-terrain vehicle that district fire chief Robert Bertram said would allow crews to more easily access fires in some of the difficult terrain of the high country.
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A structure fire that started in a shed north of Buena Vista Friday was aggravated by strong winds, but fire crews were able to get the blaze under control before the home was destroyed.
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The body of a Nathrop man who had been missing for 5 days after going hiking alone in the area of the Three Apostles was found last Wednesday, Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze reported.
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Tidwell retires this month from the Buena Vista Police Department where he spent the last 24 years as chief.
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70 drivers cited for unrestrained children
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Chaffee County Search and Rescue North, with assistance from CCSAR-South, REACH air medical services and Western Mountain Rescue, is searching for a missing Nathrop hiker in the area around the Three Apostles in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area.
CCSAR-N was dispatched Saturday to search for Terry Pann, 60, who was believed to have been hiking alone in the vicinity of the Three Apostles, having taken off from the Lake Ann trailhead near the ghost town of Winfield.
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An offer has been entered in the case against Phuong Nguyen, who was arrested May 27, following an alleged attempt to drive off a 1,000 foot cliff with her 5-year-old daughter in the car.
The driver of a cement truck that overturned at the intersection of U.S. Highways 24 and 285 midday Wednesday received minor scrapes and bruises from the incident, Colorado State Patrol said.
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Chief Tidwell will hit the door for the last official time in style, according to a post on the Buena Vista Police, Colorado Facebook page.
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The town of Buena Vista is throwing a retirement party for police chief Jimmy Tidwell this Saturday from 3-5 p.m. at the BV Community Center after 34 years of service with BVPD.
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A court appearance has been rescheduled to September for Dale Enck, an attorney from Buena Vista who was arrested earlier this year after being charged with stealing thousands of dollars from a person for whom he had power of attorney.
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Summer plans may be different this year with many large gatherings canceled, however, law enforcement will still be on the lookout for motorists who choose to drive impaired.
To keep our roads safe, the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies will conduct the Summer Strikeout heightened DUI enforcement period from July 17-27.
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Buena Vista Correctional Complex is experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19 according to recent data reported by Colorado Department of Corrections and Chaffee County Public Health.
Chaffee County Public Health reported 36 inmates at Buena Vista Correctional Complex tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the county’s numbers up to 124 cases in the last week.
Diane Patten, who in March pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide in the July 2, 2019, deaths of Travis Allen and Linda York, will receive a sentence of 8 years in the Department of Corrections.
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