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Deputies Collecting Unwanted Prescription Drugs at Annual Take Back Event

 Pueblo, CO:   The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office will host three locations for citizens to drop off their expired, unwanted or unused prescription drugs on Saturday, Oct. 23 as part of the National Drug Take Back even...

Call Leads to Arrest of Man Attempting to Break into Vehicle

Pueblo, CO:  Swift response by Pueblo County Sheriff’s deputies to a Pueblo West resident’s call this morning about a suspicious person checking car doors led to the arrest of a 30-year-old man. An alert resident on Longmont D...

Detectives Investigating After Body Found in Eastern Pueblo County

Pueblo, CO:  Pueblo County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of man whose body was found Monday afternoon in Eastern Pueblo County.  Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 1200 block of 33^rd Lane after a p...

CSU Pueblo Student Arrested After Cache of Weapons Found on Campus

Pueblo, CO:  Pueblo County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a Colorado State University Pueblo student Tuesday afternoon after he was found in possession of a large cache of loaded weapons, including a semi-automatic rifle, and nearly 1,000 rounds o...

Juvenile Seriously Injured in Car Accident on Liberty Point

Pueblo, CO:   The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a one-vehicle accident at Liberty Point in Pueblo West that left a juvenile passenger with serious injuries but non-life threatening. Two other passengers and the...

Sheriff’s Office Investigating After Body Found Near Runyon Lake

Pueblo, CO:   The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office was called to the Runyon Lake area this afternoon to investigate after a body was found. The Sheriff’s Office will work closely with the Pueblo County Coroner to determine the c...

Automated Weather Stations Installed in Two Pueblo County Communities

Pueblo, CO:  Fire agencies in two Pueblo County communities have a new tool to help them with observing potential wildland fire conditions, predicting fire behavior and monitoring fuels in their respective areas thanks to a federal grant program....

Detectives Investigating Theft of ATM Machine from Avondale Store

Pueblo, CO:  The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a theft early this morning of an ATM machine that was inside an Avondale convenience store. Deputies responded to the Loaf N Jug, 243 U.S. Highway 50, at about 1:1...

COVID-19 Outbreak Declared at Pueblo County Jail

Pueblo, CO:  Public health officials have notified the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office of a recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Pueblo County Jail. Sheriff Kirk M. Taylor was notified by the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment...

Sheriff’s Office Provides New HazMat Trucks to Two Fire Agencies

Pueblo, CO:  Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk M. Taylor presented two new hazardous material response trucks to the Pueblo West and Pueblo Rural fire departments. The trucks, which are valued at more than $500,000 each, were funded through a cooperativ...

UPDATE: Suspicious Death Now Being Investigated as Homicide

Pueblo, CO: The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with the Pueblo Police Department, is investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found August 17, in rural eastern Pueblo County as a homicide. Sheri...

Detectives Investigating Suspicious Death

Pueblo, CO:  The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found Tuesday in rural eastern Pueblo County. Sheriff’s deputies responded at about noon on a report of a dead body ...

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...

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...