Protection order tops misdemeanor violations

It isn't assault charges, drug cases nor DUI offenses that topped the list of most reported misdemeanors in Montezuma County. It's protection order violations. An annual statistic...

Protection order tops misdemeanor violations

It isn’t assault charges, drug cases nor DUI offenses that topped the list of most reported misdemeanors in Montezuma County. Instead, it’s protection order violations. An annual ...

New Justice Center appears to be solution for congested courts

But for now, reorganization within county seems more likely

Sheriff’s contract is renewed, but with complaints about pedestrian treatment

The Dolores Town Board agreed to another one-year contract for law enforcement service from the Montezuma County Sheriff’s office. But before they did, some board members had some...

Two cyclists injured

Police Blotter

Monday, Nov. 4 At the request of dispatch, an officer returned a woman’s phone call in reference to her ex-boyfriend possibly at her residence, intoxicated, harassing her by phone...

Machete-wielding assailant pleads guilty to menacing

A man accused of terrorizing a neighborhood with a machete has pled guilty to three counts of menacing. Dressed in a black-and-white striped inmate uniform, Walter Marquez, 36, of...

Judge rejects bond reduction

Suspect faces aggravated robbery count

Cortez has 2nd homicide in a week

A second homicide in a week occurred Thursday morning (Sept. 19) in Cortez, but as of press time there has been no arrests in either case. Charles Chavez, 62, of Cortez was killed...

Man shot, ejected from moving vehicle in Towaoc

One suspect in custody, another sought

Judge denies gag order, for now

A judge ruled Thursday that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a gag order in the public corruption case against former Montezuma County Undersheriff Robin Cronk. Cronk’...

Man who prompted Dolores lock down in custody

A man who provoked the lockdown of the Dolores Re-4A school has been apprehended without incident in Dolores. The school campus had been on lockdown since late this morning in res...