A sheriff’s office in rural Colorado has lost more than half the people employed there after four out of the seven officers were indicted by a judge for a variety of offences including abuse of a corpse.
News of the charges brought against the Costilla County officers was released by the Twelfth Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Colorado on Friday, March 27. According to People, the four officers arrested were County Sheriff Danny Sanchez, Undersheriff Cruz Soto, Sgt. Caleb Sanchez, (the sheriff’s son), and Deputy Roland Riley. One former officer, a Deputy by the name of Keith Schultz was also arrested.
