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Attorneys sparred over the definition of custody and application of the Miranda rights during a suppression hearing for 26-year-old murder suspect Luther Hampson on Wednesday.The defense is trying...
DATE: Feb. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
A day-long court hearing Wednesday, looked into whether murder suspect Luther Hampson's constitutional rights were violated by the Montezuma County Sheriff's Department.Hampson's attorney argued in...
DATE: Feb. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News
More than four months after two children told police that they were raped at a Cortez motel, the mother of one of the children is wondering why the case remains in limbo.The Cortez Police...
DATE: Feb. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Cortez man accused of firing a handgun inside two residences Sept. 30 was informed by the the district attorney's office on Tuesday afternoon that the advisement of more charges is forthcoming....
DATE: Feb. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
Late last year, local resident Melvin Darnell Fisher was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children along with eight years on three charges of attempting to commit sexual...
DATE: Feb. 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
Vern Rucker and Buck Woodman consider themselves much more than police officers.Everyday during the school year the two Cortez Police officers interact with students in their jobs as school...
DATE: Feb. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Cortez Police Department and the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office are providing preventive tips to residents after a local woman was assaulted in an attempted purse theft on Tuesday night.The...
DATE: Feb. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
Doing more with less is what the city of Cortez is now doing with its police departmentTwo additional Cortez Police officers have been patrolling the streets after a shuffle was made following the...
DATE: Feb. 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
The second man accused in the armed robbery of a Cortez medical marijuana facility in February 2012 was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 10 years in prison.True Earth Medicine, located at 302 North...
DATE: Feb. 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
Several months ago the Cortez Sanitation District informed the city of Cortez that it planned to end the 10-year practice of having the city handle its billing.Even after the separation, the...
DATE: Feb. 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
The seven-member board that oversees schools in Dolores County voted to allow the Dove Creek High School principal and district superintendent to carry firearms onto school grounds at a Wednesday...
DATE: Feb. 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
In light of the National debates over guns and the Second Amendment, concealed weapons classes have been booming in the area.Howard Miller, a concealed weapons permit instructor for Centurion...
DATE: Feb. 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
