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Volunteer Firefighter Arrested In 2012 Summer Wildfire Arson Case
ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Authorities in Elbert County have arrested a man they believe is responsible for starting a wildfire last summer that forced the evacuation of a town and burned several...
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Firefighter Accused Of Starting Large Elbert County Fire Appears In Court
ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A man who authorities in Elbert County believe is responsible for starting a wildfire last summer that forced the evacuation of a town and burned several hundred acres...
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Douglas County Official Intervened On Speeding Ticket
Douglas County Deputy Clerk and Recorder Mike Acree, left, Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap, right (credit: CBS) CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – Douglas County Deputy Clerk and Recorder Mike Acree admits...
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DougCo Deputy Clerk & Recorder Fired Following CBS4 Investigation
Former Douglas County Deputy Clerk and Recorder Mike Acree, left, Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap, right (credit: CBS) DENVER (CBS4) – Douglas County Deputy Clerk and Recorder Mike Acree has been...
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Fired Douglas County Employee Nets $27,823 In Severance
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4)– The former Douglas County Deputy Clerk and Recorder, who was fired in 2013 after a CBS4 Investigation revealed what some viewed as attempted “ticket fixing,” has been awarded...
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Crews Contain 1,500-Acre Brush Fire Near Agate In Elbert County
ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Firefighters battling a brush fire that broke out Tuesday in Elbert County say they have it 100 percent contained. The fire was burning near the town of Agate and grew to...
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40 Colorado Sheriffs Oppose Guantanamo Detainee Plans
DENVER (AP) – Forty sheriffs in Colorado wrote to the White House to oppose any plan to move detainees from the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to prisons in the state. The sheriffs argued in...
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40 Colorado Sheriffs Sign Letter To White House Opposing Guantanamo Detainees...
DENVER (CBS4) – As President Barack Obama considers what to do about fulfilling his campaign pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and possibly bring the prisoners to Colorado, 40...
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Rep. Fields At White House For Gun Announcement, Gardner Slams Action
DENVER (CBS4/AP) – A state lawmaker who pushed for gun control legislation in Colorado was among those invited to the White House for the announcement of President Barack Obama’s plan to tighten gun...
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Arrest Made In Rancher’s Murder: ‘They Just Wouldn’t Let It Go’
By Brian Maass AGATE, Colo. (CBS4) – CBS4 has learned that investigators have made an arrest in a year-old Elbert County murder case. Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap says investigators from his...
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Sheriff’s Office Searches For Missing Assault Weapon
By Brian Maass ELIZABETH, Colo. (CBS4) – A CBS4 Investigation has learned that the Elbert County Sheriff’s office is missing a military M16 assault rifle and multiple agencies are involved in trying to...
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‘Bogus’: Mother Upset By Sheriff’s Refusal To Release Video In Taser Death
By Brian Maass ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap is refusing to release body worn camera video that captured the events leading up to the death of Matt Poer, who died in...
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New Sheriff Releases Secret Body Cam Video Of Christopher ‘Matt’ Poer’s Death
ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The new sheriff in Elbert County, Tim Norton, has released to CBS4 previously-suppressed body camera footage of the controversial 2018 death of Christopher ‘Matt’ Poer. ”I...
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