(LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo.) Two Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office (LACSO) deputies have been terminated following an extensive third-party investigation into an incident where they tased a man in the face. The November 2022 incident began with a routine traffic stop but rapidly escalated to Kenneth Espinoza’s arrest. LACSO Deputy Mikhail Noel and Lieutenant […]
Two Las Animas County sheriff's deputies who shocked a handcuffed man in the face and chest with a Taser as he tried to watch a traffic stop were fired in late August after an independent investigation found they had no legal basis to detain the man, used excessive force and wrote false reports, according to a report made public Monday.
Two Las Animas County sheriff's deputies who shocked a handcuffed man in the face and chest with a Taser as he tried to watch a traffic stop were fired in late August after an independent investigation found they had no legal basis to detain the man, used excessive force and wrote false reports, according to a report made public Monday.
Two Las Animas County sheriff's deputies who shocked a handcuffed man in the face and chest with a Taser as he tried to watch a traffic stop were fired in late August after an independent investigation found they had no legal basis to detain the man, used excessive force and wrote false reports, according to a report made public Monday.