CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Salida, Colorado PRESS RELEASE August 30, 2020 Over the past week a member of the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office command staff began receiving death threats. These threats included information that threatened both the members life and safety and that of the members family as well. An investigation began immediately with the […]

CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Salida, Colorado PRESS RELEASE August 19, 2020 Due to the continuous drying conditions coupled with the four major wildland fires burning in the State of Colorado which have depleted available firefighting resources the unincorporated lands of Chaffee County will move back into Stage 2 Fire Restrictions effective at 6pm today. Stage […]

NEWS RELEASE CBI Investigating an Obscenity Allegation at a Chaffee County Day Camp (August 15, 2020—CBI—Pueblo)—The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been requested by the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) to investigate an allegation of obscenity involving an adult at The Pony Patch at Doolittle Ranch in the county. Agents with the CBI have […]


The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation spent the better part of the day distributing more missing person flyers to Chaffee County residents today, the three month anniversary of Suzanne Morphew’s disappearance. The investigation is still ongoing.

CHAFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Salida, Colorado PRESS RELEASE August 6, 2020 On Thursday, August 6, at approximately 0900 hrs the Chaffee County Communications Center received information of a male staying in a small cabin north of Nathrop who had several outstanding arrest warrants. Deputies were able to verify that the subject had numerous warrants for […]
