Man and teenage daughter rescued from Mount Yale
A man hiking on Mount Yale with his sixteen-year-old daughter was assisted off the mountain by volunteers from the county’s search and rescue team during a nighttime mission Friday evening. Neither...
View ArticleExtensive search mission for hiker later found safe
A Houston, Texas man, the subject of a search that began late Saturday night and continued all day Sunday, was finally returned to safety early Sunday evening. The sheriff’s office received a call...
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justin lamb facing additional charges
Justin Lamb, 29, formerly a resident of Chaffee County but currently serving a prison term in Canon City, has been charged with several additional felonies resulting from a lengthy investigation into...
View ArticleTwo Buena Vista residents arrested in drug bust
Press release by Chief Jimmy Tidwell, Buena Vista Police Department On the evening of Tuesday August 19th, the Buena Vista Police Department and the Chaffee County Drug Task Force (to include members...
View ArticlePoncha Springs man leads deputies on high speed chase
On September 6, 2014 at approximately 10:45 pm Chaffee County sheriff’s deputies were attempting to serve two outstanding arrest warrants on David Wayne Vantassell, a 25 year old resident of Poncha...
View Article92-year-old man found dead in home; large quantity of explosives found inside
The body of a Turret man, 92, was discovered in the crawl space of his home by friends who were concerned after hearing nothing from him for over a week. At first believed to be a suicide, the man’s...
View ArticleFollow-up release re: 92-year-old Turret man found dead in home
Results of the autopsy performed Monday on deceased Turret resident Edwin Bartheld determined that death was caused by a small projectile that entered the front of the man’s throat, traveled at an...
View ArticleSearch and rescue volunteers assist injured cyclist
At about 6pm yesterday, Tuesday, volunteers from Chaffee County Search and Rescue South responded to the “Uncle Nasty” trail, part of the Salida trail system, to assist a 42-year-old Texas resident who...
View ArticleFinal release re: 92-year-old Turret man found dead in home
After a staff briefing today that included sheriff’s investigators and representatives from the district attorney and coroner’s offices, the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office formally closed the case of...
View ArticleChaffee County man arrested in arson case
A 26-year-old Chaffee County man has been charged with the burglary and arson of a camper horse trailer that occurred August 2013. The man, Eric Edward Pacheco, is currently in custody of the state’s...
View ArticleSpezze names Bos undersheriff
Under sheriff John Spezze, who assumes duties of Chaffee County Sheriff in January, 2015, has announced that he will name Derek Bos, Patrol Commander of the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office as his new...
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nathrop man arrested on drug charges
A Nathrop resident was arrested Wednesday evening after members of the Chaffee County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a home in the Chalk Creek area that turned up a quantity of...
View ArticleSheriff’s office seeks public’s help in identifying sex assault suspect
Over the past 2 weeks the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office has received two separate calls of attempted sexual assault at the Monarch Ski area. In both cases the suspect rode the lift with the victims...
View ArticleDeputies arrest teenage suspect in Monarch sex assault cases
For immediate release The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 15 year old Caucasian male in Monument, Colorado on January 6th, 2015. This arrest was made in connection to the two recent...
View ArticleLa Plata Peak Search and Rescue 02-01-15
Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office Press Release 2/1/2015 11:59AM For Immediate Release At approximately 12:00am, the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office was contacted regarding two missing parties who had...
View ArticleUpdate – La Plata Peak Search and Rescue
Press Release February 2, 2015 For Immediate Release On January 31, 2015 the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Communication Center received information of two overdue hikers in the La Plata Peak area in...
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Car Break Ins at Old Monarch Pass
CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Salida, Colorado Press Release February 10, 2015 For Immediate Release On January 24, 2015 and again on January 31, 2015 several vehicles were reported to have been...
View ArticleDetentions Deputy Charged with Official Misconduct
CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Salida, Colorado Press Release February 18, 2015 For Immediate Release During the week of January 25, 2015 the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office received information that...
View ArticlePoncha Springs Resident Arrrested After Threatening to Assault Deputies
CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Salida, Colorado PRESS RELEASE For release Thursday, February 19, 2015 A Poncha Springs resident was arrested Thursday morning after threatening to assault two Sheriff’s...
View ArticleSearch and rescue volunteers assist stranded snowmobiler
CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Salida, Colorado PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release, Friday, March 6, 2015 Search and rescue volunteers assist stranded snowmobiler At about 7:55 a.m., the Chaffee...
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