Tag: Las Animas County Sheriffs Office
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Suspicious death near Ludlow Massacre Memorial Site prompts state investigation
The Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office has requested help from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation after a suspicious death near the Ludlow Massacre Memorial Site on Sunday, according to a news release by CBI. Deputies were dispatched around 1:45 p.m. to an abandoned building near the site after “a visitor” found the body of James…
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Former Aguilar clerk arrested for allegedly embezzling federal water funds
The former Aguilar town administrator and clerk was charged with multiple felonies after allegedly embezzling funds, according to a news release from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday. The agency alleges Tyra Marie Avila, 47, diverted more than $26,000 in funds intended for the Augmentation Reservoir project to her personal bank account. Avila served…