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Pueblo County Jail No Longer COVID-19 Outbreak Facility

Pueblo, CO:  The Pueblo County Jail was cleared as a COVID-19 outbreak facility on Tuesday by the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment after reporting no new cases of COVID-19 among inmates or employees during the past 28 days. &...

Local Law Enforcement to Issue Citations for Expired License Plates

Pueblo, CO: Law enforcement officials in Pueblo County soon will begin issuing citations to motorist who have not renewed their license plates and continue to drive with expired temporary registrations or tags. Enforcement is expected to begin July 15. Du...

Sheriff’s Office Comm Center Earns Award for Dispatch Excellence

Pueblo, CO: The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office’s again successfully completed the 20-step process required to receive reaccreditation as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAE...

Sheriff’s Detectives Seek Help in Locating Missing Pueblo West Girl

UPDATE: Jarika Otero has been located and is safe. 

Pueblo, CO:   The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of a Pueblo West girl who left her home June 12 and is believed to be with her non-cus...

Detectives Investigating Suspicious Death

Pueblo, CO:   The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the suspicious death of man whose body was found Tuesday afternoon in a field in Pueblo West. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a field off of N. Purcell...

Deputies Responding to Call at Colorado City Home Find Illegal Marijuana Grow

Pueblo, CO: A Pueblo County Sheriff’s deputy responding to a call at a Colorado City home this morning located an illegal marijuana grow containing more than 300 plants in the backyard of the residence. The deputy was sent to the home in the 270...

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Suspect in Fire Outside Judicial Building

Pueblo, CO: The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a small fire that was intentionally set on some bushes outside the Dennis Maes Judicial Building, 501 N. Elizabeth St., early Tuesday morning. At about 4:30 a.m., a detentio...

COVID-19 Vaccine Administered to Jail Inmates

Pueblo, CO:   The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment and FEMA, administered COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday to inmates housed in the Pueblo County Jail. The va...

Sheriff Taylor Announces Three Promotions

Pueblo, CO:   Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk M. Taylor announced the promotions of three employees. Clifford Kindred was promoted to Captain, while Caitlin Garcia was promoted to Lieutenant and Bethany Solano was promoted to Sergeant. All ap...

Detention Deputies Find Heroin on Jail Inmate

Pueblo, CO: The persistent work of Pueblo County Sheriff’s detention deputies in investigating a report of possible drugs in the facility led to the recovery Tuesday of more than 14 grams of heroin that had been hidden in the body cavity of an i...

Detectives Find Large Illegal Marijuana Grow in St. Charles Mesa Home

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo County Sheriff’s narcotics detectives seized 845 marijuana plants and 40 pounds of dried marijuana product worth an estimated $885,000, along with more than $20,000 in cash discovered in an illegal marijuana grow operation at ...

Detectives Find Drugs, Weapons, Cash in Domestic Violence Suspect’s Home

 Pueblo, CO:   Pueblo County Sheriff’s narcotics detectives found and seized drugs, thousands of dollars in cash, firearms and assorted jewelry after executing a search warrant at the Boone home of a man arrested for d...

Man Arrested After Brief Standoff Following Domestic Violence Incident

Pueblo, CO:   The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a domestic violence incident that led to a brief standoff with law enforcement at a home in the city of Pueblo and resulted in the peaceful arrest of 41-...

Sheriff’s Office Investigates Shooting

Pueblo, CO:   The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a shooting that occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m., Friday, May 14 on U.S. Highway 50 West just east of Pueblo Boulevard. The preliminary inve...

Sheriff Taylor Awards Scholarships to Two Outstanding High School Seniors

Pueblo, CO:   Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk M. Taylor awarded two local high school seniors with the 2021 County Sheriffs of Colorado Scholarship during a presentation today at the Sheriff’s Office. Brooklyn Phillips of Pueblo West High Sch...

Deputies Arrest Man in Connection with Attempted Robbery in Pueblo West

Pueblo, CO:  Pueblo County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a 47-year-old man in connection with an attempted armed robbery of the Pueblo West Dairy Queen Monday afternoon. Deputies responded to the Dairy Queen, 118 S. Tiffany Drive, at ab...

Deputies Collecting Unwanted Prescription Drugs at Annual Take-Back Event

Pueblo, CO:   Do you have outdated or unwanted prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet? Have you been wanting to dispose of them, but you are not sure how to do it safely? Then the annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day host...

911 Professionals Celebrated During National Telecommunicators Week

Pueblo, CO: They are the first to answer the emergency calls. They are the calm in critical moment and the reassuring voice during a crisis. They are the Heroes in the Headset or better known as Communication Officers. In recognition of the resil...

K9s Assist Deputies in Locating Burglary Suspect

Pueblo, CO:  The Pueblo County Sheriff’s K9 unit assisted deputies in quickly finding and apprehending a suspect late Monday night in the burglary of a business located just east of the City of Pueblo. Deputies responded to the Rocky Mo...

Off-Road Vehicle Enthusiasts Urged to Know Laws Before Riding

Pueblo, CO:   With the recent increase in complaints regarding individuals using off-road vehicles in prohibited areas, particularly in rural areas, the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is urging all drivers of off-highway vehicl...

FedEx Trailer Catches Fire on Interstate 25 South of Pueblo

Pueblo, CO:  Firefighters from several agencies, including the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, extinguished a fire that broke out in a FedEx trailer early this morning in south Pueblo County. The fire was quickly extinguished b...

Man Arrested After Breaking into Dennis Maes Judicial Building

Pueblo, CO: A 41-year-old Pueblo man was arrested by Pueblo County Sheriff’s deputies after he broke into the Dennis Maes Judicial Building late Tuesday night and was found to have written on a hallway wall. An alert detention specialist working...

Unified Vaccination Program Taking Vaccines Out into Community

PUEBLO, CO. – Pueblo County’s Unified COVID-19 community vaccination program, organized by the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office and the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, continues to administer vaccin...

Pueblo County Unified Clinic Winds Down at Pueblo Mall as State Opens Mass Vaccination Site at Stat

PUEBLO, CO. – After months of planning and operating the Pueblo County Community COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic, where more than 38,000 vaccinations have been administered, the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment and the Pueblo Count...

Community Clinic Continues With Second Dose Vaccines This Week

PUEBLO, CO. – Pueblo County remains on pace to get more people fully vaccinated as organizers of the Pueblo County community COVID-19 clinic at the Pueblo Mall expect to provide more than 3,000 second-dose vaccines this week before the ...

More People Soon Eligible For Vaccine and Larger Vaccine Clinic Coming to Pueblo

PUEBLO, CO – Planners of the Pueblo County COVID-19 vaccination clinic are preparing to vaccinate more of the population this month following the announcement today by Governor Jared Polis allowing counties to open registration for vaccines to i...

Sheriff’s Volunteer Dive Team Jumps in to Help Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Pueblo, CO: When Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials recently sought help in replacing underwater cables of the fishery boat house at Lake Pueblo, members of the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office volunteer dive team dove right in to help. Team me...

Eligible Individuals Urged to Sign-Up for Vaccine Today

PUEBLO, CO – With more than 3,000 vaccines expected to be administered at the Pueblo County Unified COVID-19 Vaccination clinic this week, organizers are encouraging anyone who is eligible for the vaccine to sign up for it today. Last week, Pueb...

Pueblo Opens Sign Up for Largest Phase of Vaccine Distribution To Date

PUEBLO, CO. – Organizers of Pueblo’s COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Clinic at the Pueblo Mall will begin the sign-up process Friday for what is expected to be the largest group of community members eligible for the vaccine to date. Any Pueblo County resident a...

Sheriff Urges Residents to Notify Authorities of Controlled Burns

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk M. Taylor reminds residents living outside the city limits who plan to do a controlled burn to notify authorities before conducting the burn. “We ask if you are going to do a controlled burn to report it th...

Pueblo Prepares for Next Phase of Vaccinations

PUEBLO, CO – Planners of the Pueblo County COVID-19 vaccination clinic are moving forward with vaccinating more of the population in March, including individuals who fall under the newly created Phases 1B.3 and 1B.4 announced today by Governor Ja...

Residents 65+ Urged to Register for COVID Vaccine Today

PUEBLO, CO. –  After administering more than 3,400 second-dose vaccines to residents age 70 and older at last week’s Pueblo County community COVID-19 vaccination clinic, planners are returning focus this week to provi...

Pueblo COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Stays the Course over Weekend

Pueblo, CO - Pueblo County COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic planners remained dedicated to their mission over the weekend, vaccinating more than 1,600 educators at COVID-19 vaccination clinics held at the Colorado State Fairgrounds Southwest Motors Events Cent...

Suspicious 9-1-1 Call Leads to Deputies Finding Illegal Marijuana Grow Worth $300,000

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo County Sheriff’s deputies responding to an abandoned 9-1-1 call Saturday afternoon found an illegal marijuana grow operation worth an estimated $300,000 in a Pueblo West home. One man with ties to China was arrested and 274 ma...

Weekly Update: Pueblo’s Mass Vaccination Clinic

Pueblo, CO - Pueblo County’s COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic continued administering vaccine the first week of February, dispensing an additional 2,800 COVID-19 vaccines in just two days. Both first and second doses were administered to ind...

Governor Moves Pueblo to Level Blue on COVID Dial Effective Saturday

Pueblo, CO - Pueblo County will move to the Level Blue on the new Dial 2.0 effective 9 a.m. Saturday, according to Governor Jared Polis. Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment and Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office are excited about the u...

Community Vaccine Clinic Begins Second Doses for 70+ Residents

PUEBLO, CO. –  The Pueblo County Unified COVID-19 community vaccination clinic will take a short pause next week from administering first-dose vaccines, as it shifts to providing required second doses for those due the booster. Second-do...

Residents 70+ Encouraged to Register for COVID Vaccine

PUEBLO, CO. - The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office and the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment working alongside numerous first responder agencies and volunteers administered more than 8,600 COVID-19 vaccines to Pueblo Coun...

Pueblo’s 70+ COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Moves into Week 3

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo’s Unified COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic administered more than 1,300 first-dose vaccines and 600 second-dose vaccines last week.  Clinic organizers coordinated nearly a full week of vaccination clinics to close out the m...

Two Arrested for Thefts at Legal Marijuana Businesses in Pueblo County

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested two Colorado Springs men Tuesday for theft of marijuana product valued at more than $269,000 from two legal marijuana operations in Pueblo County. The related thefts occurred in a less than a two-hour ...

Pueblo Unified COVID Clinic Moves into Second Doses

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo Community COVID response efforts are showing significant results in the fight against the COVID-19 virus.  Early this week Pueblo County moved into the Colorado COVID dial’s “Orange” range...

Pueblo Waits for Additional Vaccine to Provide More COVID-19 Vaccinations

Pueblo, CO - Thursday was a milestone day for Pueblo as more than 1,000 people 70 and older were vaccinated in one day. “We are proud to reach this milestone for our community vaccination site and will continue with more clinics as vaccine becom...

COVID Vaccine Site Set to Administer Record 1,000 Vaccines on Thursday

Pueblo, CO:  Pueblo County has worked hard over the past 72 hours to streamline our mass vaccination clinic. All the while, county officials have been very vocal about our ability to vaccinate many more people if only doses are available. &nb...

Pueblo’s #70+ COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Rolls Smoothly into Day 2

Pueblo, CO - What a difference a day makes!  That was the clear to the workers, citizens, and emergency responders as Pueblo County rolled smoothly into 70+ Vaccination Clinic Day 2.  While planners work to iron-out the small hiccups ine...

Deputies Arrest Three in Theft, Shots Fired Call at Marijuana Grow

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo County Sheriff’s Deputies quickly apprehended and arrested three people who burglarized a legal marijuana grow in east of Pueblo Wednesday morning. Deputies arrested Brandon Lujan, 26; Daimon Lanckriet, 27 and Alissa Ramos, 21....

Sheriff Taylor Announces Scholarship Program for High School Seniors

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk M. Taylor announced today the County Sheriffs of Colorado, Inc. (CSOC) will award a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving local high school senior. CSOC, the state Sheriff’s Association, established the scholar...

Overnight Investigation Reveals Little

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) Detectives worked into the early morning hours executing a search warrant at a home on Tenderfoot Lane in Pueblo West. The search yielded no improvised explosives devices (IED) or simila...

Emergency Medical Personnel Begin Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine

Pueblo, CO: Select first responders in Pueblo County began receiving the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine today as the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Envi...

Sheriff Taylor Donates Life-Saving Equipment to Rural Fire Departments

Pueblo, CO: In true holiday spirit, Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk M. Taylor visited Pueblo’s rural fire departments Thursday delivering a “gift”. Each agency received the latest in portable medical technology, a LifePak 15 Monitor/Defibrillator. The LifePak ...

Fire Restrictions Lifted for Pueblo County

Pueblo, CO: Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk M. Taylor announced today that Pueblo County is no longer under fire restrictions. Effective immediately, Stage 1 fire restrictions have been lifted. Pueblo County has been on Stage 1 fire restrictions since March 25...

Detectives Investigating Suspicious Death at St. Charles Mesa Area Home

Pueblo, CO: The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death after a body was found Monday night at a home on 27^th Lane. Deputies responded to the home in the 1600 block of 27^th Lane on a welfare check of the 46-year-old re...