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McKean Walton, former executive officer with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple felony charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of a minor. Walton, 51, of...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A 35-year-old man who pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child was sentenced to eight years in community corrections at Hilltop House after a judge opted for rehabilitation rather than...
DATE: Sept. 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
After two mistrials, prosecutors will retry for a third time a Pagosa Springs man accused of sexually assaulting a child in Bayfield in 2018. Rodney Keller, 54, faced trials in October 2019 and...
DATE: Sept. 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A mistrial was declared for the second time in a case where a Pagosa Springs man was accused of sexually assaulting a girl in Bayfield in 2018. The trial for Rodney Keller, 54, began last week. The...
DATE: Aug. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Jurors began deliberating Tuesday afternoon but did not come to a decision by the end of the day on whether a Pagosa Springs man is guilty of sexually assaulting a girl in Bayfield in 2018. The...
DATE: Aug. 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
La Plata County plans to hold its first jury trial since the novel coronavirus pandemic forced the criminal justice system to postpone trials earlier this year. “It will not feel like normal,” said...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman last weekend at a Durango motel. The Durango Police Department posted to social media that officers received a...
DATE: Aug. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
StrongHearts Native Helpline launched an initiative to strengthen its sexual violence advocacy Monday to better support Native Americans nationwide. StrongHearts, a service created in 2017,...
DATE: Aug. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
StrongHearts Native Helpline launched an initiative to strengthen its sexual violence advocacy Monday to better support Native Americans nationwide. StrongHearts, a service created in 2017,...
DATE: Aug. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A youth leader at the First Baptist Church of Durango has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting multiple victims over the course of several years. The Durango Police Department arrested...
DATE: July 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Three local men were arrested this month after planning sexual contact with a fake 14-year-old persona created online by the Durango Police Department. The Durango Police Department for about a...
DATE: Feb. 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Kelsey Lansing, an employee at Sexual Assault Services Organization, started getting text after text Monday saying, “Congratulations!” “I’m like, ‘For what? I haven’t checked my email yet,’”...
DATE: Feb. 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News