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NPS awards grant to preserve Ludlow Massacre site
(TRINIDAD, Colo.) — The National Park Service (NPS) announced on Wednesday, July 10 awarded grants to eight recipients to help preserve battlefields and other sites of armed conflict, including the site of the Ludlow Massacre in Las Animas County. “The diverse grant opportunities provided through the American Battlefield Protection Program help our preservation partners study […]
Attorney statement prompts state-wide headlines regarding former LAC deputies being charged with crimes
T’Naus NietoThe Chronicle-News On the morning of July 8, Kenneth Espinoza’s attorney, Kevin Mehr, released a statement regarding the Las Animas District Attorney’s Office’s decision…
Las Animas deputies criminally charged for 2022 tasing of grandfather
Two Colorado sheriff's deputies have been criminally charged for tasing a grandfather dozens of times in Las Animas County in 2022.The sheriff's office settled a civil lawsuit brought by Kenneth Espinoza over the incident for $1.5 million and the deputies were fired in September of last year. Now former Las Animas Sheriff's Deputies Henry Trujillo and Mikhail Noel are facing criminal charges for their handling of a traffic stop.Both are charged with third-degree assault, failure of a peace officer to intervene, official misconduct, official oppression and menacing -- all misdemeanors -- but if they're convicted of the assault, misconduct, oppression or failure...
2 fired Las Animas County deputies charged after Taser used on handcuffed man
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo. — Prosecutors have charged two now-former Las Animas County Sheriff's Office deputies after a Taser was used on a man who was handcuffed multiple times in November 2022. Previously released body cam footage shows Henry Trujillo and Mikhail Noel using the Taser on Kenneth Espinoza...
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