Attorneys continued jury selection Wednesday for the trial of a man accused of distributing fentanyl pills that resulted in the overdose deaths of two men in Garfield and Mesa Counties. The jury selection began Monday for the case of Bruce Holder of Grand Junction.
Holder is charged with distribution of a controlled substance (fentanyl) resulting in death, namely, the death of John Ellington of Carbondale. The charge is punishable by up to life in prison and a $20 million fine. Holder also faces five other federal charges.
Ellington died Dec. 28, 2017 by overdose on Dec. 28 in Carbondale after coming into contact with fentanyl or a fentanyl mixture.
Mayor, Wussow win unopposed
Shelley Kaup retained her seat on the Glenwood Springs City Council, winning the at-large seat with 1,233 votes. Challenger Ricky Rodriguez received 605 votes in Tuesday’s city council election.
This will be Kaup’s second consecutive term, having served from 2007 through 2011, then being reelected in 2017.
“I’m so excited. I’m so humbled and honored by the vote. It really just pleases me and I look forward to working with the public,” Kaup said Tuesday night.
Kaup said her challenger ran a good, clean campaign and she was thankful he decided to run against her.
The Post Independent reached out to Rodriguez, who did not respond before the deadline.
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Mayor Jonathan Godes reflected on his experience of being the victim of a low-level crime during a discussion on a proposed justice reform legislation during Thursday night’s council meeting.
“I was a victim of crime recently, my van was stolen. It was resolved very quickly, easily,” Godes said.
The city council deliberated whether or not to send a letter of opposition to their state representatives who will be voting on the bill during the 2021 legislative session in Denver.
“We have great law enforcement officers, but I’ve got to say when the (district attorney) called me to say we caught the guy red handed, in my mind it was like grand theft auto. They said let’s just let this guy off, he’s a transient he won’t come back.”
After being sued in federal court for allegedly violating free-speech rights, 3rd Congressional District Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., argues through her attorney that the motion be denied because the allegations ignore the distinction between personal and private Twitter accounts.
Bri Buentello, a former Democratic state representative based in Pueblo, brought legal action in January against Boebert after the Silt Republican blocked her from accessing her Twitter account.
Buentello told the Post Independent recently that she originally told Boebert to resign after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
âI tweeted that at 6 p.m. that day,â she said. Boebert was accused by some of potentially endangering other elected officials with her tweets that day. âI was blocked by 5 a.m. the next day.â