The police chief of the Colorado town of Ouray has been put on leave after his teenage stepson was charged as being part of the violent gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at the officer s home.
Ouray, Colorado, Police Chief Jeff Wood was placed on administrative leave after stepson Nate Dieffenderffer and three others was accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in his home while he slept upstairs.
Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood was placed on paid administrative leave on Monday, pending the outcome of criminal proceedings against his stepson and two other men who have been accused of raping a 17-year-old girl at Wood’s home. The announcement came in a press release from the city this afternoon, which stated Sgt. Gary Ray would be the acting police chief. City Administrator Silas Clarke told the Plaindealer he decided.
The seasonal Colorado mountain town of Ouray became a flashpoint for the debate about free press and local journalism when nearly all the county papers were stolen from stands – as details broke last week of an alleged sex assault at the police chief’s home. But the truth is more nuanced, the thief tells Sheila Flynn, and his actions have inadvertently highlighted the challenges and ethics of handling sex crime cases in everyone-knows-everyone rural America