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Vandal frees dogs

Marine charged with felonies

Arsonist gets ‘slap on wrist’

Convict gets no jail time,<br/>faces $1.3M restitution

Roatcap arsonist barred from using fire

Convicted of starting the 2012 Roatcap fire, Roger "Bucky" Stratton was instructed to never use fire again. Ever. At a sentencing hearing on Jan. 23, the 54-year-old Dolores man w...

Judge bars Roatcap arsonist from using fire

'You're the type of person that shouldn't have fire. That's it.'

Judge bars Roatcap arsonist from ever using fire

Convicted of starting the 2012 Roatcap Fire, Roger “Bucky” Stratton was instructed to never use fire again. Ever. “I’m taking fire away from you,” District Court Judge Todd Plewe ...

Plea deal for arson suspect is rejected

District attorney says defendant in Family Dollar case didn’t accept responsibility for crime

A week in court: murder, fire, sex and firearms

Last week, an arraignment hearing was scheduled in February for a Cortez woman facing second-degree murder charges. In custody on a $250,000 cash-only bond, Valerie Espinoza, 38, ...

Arsonist pleads guilty to Roatcap fire, avoids jail

A Dolores man facing more than four decades in prison opted to plead guilty today to escape any jail time in connection to the 2012 Roatcap Fire. Accepted by District Court Judge ...

Alleged arsonist plans to take polygraph test

Dressed in all black, James Alexander waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday on arson charges. Alexander, 20, of Cortez was charged in September with three counts of ...

Arsonist pleads guilty to Roatcap fire, avoids jail

A Dolores man facing more than four decades in prison opted to plead guilty today to escape any jail time in connection to the 2012 Roatcap Fire. Accepted by District Court Judge ...

Arsonist pleads guilty to Roatcap fire, avoids jail

A Dolores man facing more than four decades in prison opted to plead guilty today to escape any jail time in connection to the 2012 Roatcap Fire. Accepted by District Court Judge ...

Judge amends charges in Roatcap case

Charges against a Dolores man accused of starting the Roatcap fire in October 2012 have been amended to include seven victims. Previous District Attorney Russell Wasley initially...