eagle county
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10th Circuit gives Eagle County sheriff’s officials immunity for jail suicide
The federal appeals court based in Denver decided on Monday that five Eagle County sheriff’s officials cannot be held liable for the death of a jail detainee who allegedly was a known suicide risk prior to his arrest. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit marked the second time in…
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Eagle County sex assault conviction overturned for improper testimony
An Eagle County judge improperly allowed a law enforcement witness to testify about her belief that the victim’s account supported the filing of sex assault charges, Colorado’s second-highest court decided on Thursday in reversing the defendant’s conviction. Previous court decisions in Colorado have established that prosecutors may not present evidence of the “screening” process that…
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Judge throws out lawsuit from alleged ‘sovereign citizen’ facing prosecution in Eagle County
A federal judge has dismissed an Eagle County woman’s complaint against the law enforcement officials who are prosecuting her for numerous charges of forgery, cybercrime and sending fake tax documents to judges. Although Adrienne Avril Perer called it a “false assumption” that she was an adherent of the anti-government “sovereign citizen” movement, she nevertheless sued…
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Appeals court orders new trial after detective failed to respect Eagle County man’s Miranda rights
An Eagle County judge mistakenly allowed a man’s statements in custody to be admitted as evidence at trial, even though the detective interrogating Jacinto Zelaya-Zelaya ignored his desire to remain silent, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. Zelaya-Zelaya, who a jury convicted in 2017 of sexually assaulting a child, will now receive a new…
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Interstate vs. intrastate: State Supreme Court weighs meaning of overtime law for truckers
Did Colorado’s wage regulations entitle four truck drivers to overtime pay because they worked almost exclusively within state lines? Or did Colorado actually mimic federal rules for interstate truckers and render the four men ineligible? Last week, JP Trucking, Inc., which is based in Gypsum, told the Colorado Supreme Court that the state’s minimum wage…
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Supreme Court finds error in Eagle County’s valuation of luxury Vail resort
Eagle County improperly included income from separately-owned condominium units when it estimated the property value of a luxury Vail resort, the Supreme Court decided on Tuesday. The county had valued The Lodge at Vail at roughly double what its owner, Vail Resorts subsidiary Lodge Properties, Inc., believed it was worth. The discrepancy stemmed from how…
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Health officials brace for Omicron after suspected surge in Eagle County
Eagle County reported more COVID-19 cases Monday than on any other day during the pandemic, and the average number of daily cases confirmed there has tripled in a week, local data show. It is “highly likely” that the surge is being caused by the omicron variant, the state health department said Monday. The county averaged about…
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What is one hotel worth? State Supreme Court wades into dispute over luxury Vail hotel
Vail Resorts and Eagle County hold different views about how much a luxury hotel property in the core of Vail Village is worth – specifically, a difference of $24 million. Now, the Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Fortune 500 company and the state of Colorado are correct that the disputed property should…
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Local officials throw support behind Democrat Phil Weiser’s attorney general bid
Touting his commitment to issues important to rural Colorado, five current and former county commissioners and the mayor of Telluride on Wednesday endorsed Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser, his campaign said. “Phil Weiser is a nationwide leader on broadband and worked under President Obama on a successful bipartisan initiative to encourage wireless broadband and…
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Trump rekindled Roberts’ political fire, but housing is newest state rep’s burning issue
Former Obama field organizer and state legislative policy analyst Dylan Roberts wasn’t planning to jump back into politics after he got his law degree from the University of Colorado and landed a job as a deputy district attorney in Eagle County. Then Trump happened. “I was going to take a break from politics for a…