An elderly Eagle County man was arrested at his home Monday morning by detectives from the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office and the Salida office of the district attorney. An arrest warrant charging Paul Eugene Breer, 81, with one count of sexual assault on a child by a person in position of trust and one count [...]
On May 3rd, 2012 at 5:49 pm the Chaffee County Sheriffs Office received a call of persons that had fallen into Clear Creek Reservoir. Chaffee County EMS and Chaffee County Sheriffs personnel responded and upon their arrival they found several persons administering CPR to a male who had fallen into the reservoir and was unresponsive. [...]
The following press release was submitted by Rebecca Rice, Chaffee County Build A Generation. In four hours, Chaffee County turned in 75.7lbs of unused or expired medications at collection sites in Salida and Buena Vista as part of the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 28th. A big thank you to the community members who [...]
Chaffee County Coroner Randy Amettis informed the sheriff’s office today that the death of David Butler, 46, who died in a barn fire near Buena Vista on March 8, has been declared by the coroner to be a suicide. The determination is based on autopsy results, evidence collected by arson investigators at the fire scene, [...]
Sheriff Pete Palmer today announced that Buena Vista resident Catelyn Wagner, 17, is this year’s recipient of the County Sheriffs of Colorado scholarship award for Chaffee County. The state’s county sheriffs association offered a total of 32 awards of $500 each this year to deserving high school and college students in Colorado to fund higher [...]
Chaffee County Build A Generation and the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Buena Vista and Salida police departments, will sponsor two community forums on drug and alcohol use among Chaffee County’s youth. The focus will be on providing education and building awareness. Discussion will center on the results from the student and [...]
Just before midnight Saturday evening, sheriff’s deputies responding to tips from several people contacted seven young adults and three juveniles at a large bonfire in the Four Mile Recreation Area north of Buena Vista. A red flag warning issued by the National Weather Service and no-burn fire restrictions were in effect at the time, and [...]
Press release for Monday, March 12 Chaffee County Coroner Randy Amettis announced today that dental records have confirmed that the body found in a burned barn southwest of Buena Vista last Thursday is that of David Butler, 46, whose most recent residency was in Summit County. Butler had been sought by authorities for violating his parole [...]
Earlier today, Thursday, Colorado Department of Corrections Fugitive Operations alerted the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office that a subject wanted for escape was likely in the Mount Princeton area south of Buena Vista. The subject, David Butler, age 46, was wanted on an original charge of homicide and was said to have “violent tendencies.” Deputies located [...]
On Friday, January 20, a sheriff’s deputy received information from a confidential source that a drinking party involving underage persons was to take place the following evening at a private residence near Buena Vista. Using FaceBook, the deputy learned that a party was planned to celebrate the seventeenth birthday of a local woman and that forty-seven [...]
