Trial starts for former investigator accused of keeping evidence in personal locker

He declined a plea deal this year on four misdemeanor charges related to keeping case evidence in a personal storage locker. June 25, 2018FREMONT COUNTY – A 6-person jury is now seated in the trial of former Fremont County Sheriff’s investigator Robert...

Fremont County deputy accused of stealing from death scene

Circumstances create unsettling echoes 2016 incident in which evidence was found in deputy’s storage unit June 22, 2018Already mourning the violent death of her 77-year-old father, Jeanette Orchard now worries that a deputy may have destroyed evidence needed to...

Former Fremont County Sheriff’s Office detective Robert Dodd appears in person for hearing

A former Fremont County Sheriff’s Office detective who allegedly kept a bloody rope and other crime evidence in a personal storage locker has not yet accepted a plea agreement. Enter Article DATE HEREA former Fremont County Sheriff’s Office detective...

Former Leadville Police Chief Sentenced For Thefts From Evidence Room

The investigation revealed that Leake took several guns from the evidence room, brought them to pawn shops in Denver, and presented himself as the owner. Enter Article DATE HERELEADVILLE, Colo. (CBS4) — A judge sentenced Michael Leake, the police chief for the...

Eagle County Sheriff: Old VHS movies, unidentified bones among items in Evidence Vault (column)

Residents may remember the 7-foot-tall inflatable penguin that made its way from house to house in Eagle-Vail five years ago Enter Article DATE HEREhere’s a 12-pack of Corona, and let the party begin. Those must have been the words of the teens arrested for...

Former Colorado Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Weapons Theft

A former Colorado police chief has pleaded guilty to charges of stealing weapons from his department and its evidence room and then selling them to pawn shops. December 1, 2017LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — A former police chief in a small Colorado town has pleaded guilty to...