Sam Klomhaus

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Sam Klomhaus

Dennis Simpson will be remembered for his time on City Council for the number of times he went against the council majority on projects and issues, and he’s fine with that. “I think the voters expect us to be seven different individuals thinking of things in a different way than perhaps the city manager thinks things, and we should all be willing to speak up,” Simpson said.

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Sam Klomhaus

A federal judge has cast doubts on the habeas corpus request brought by former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, giving Peters 30 days to show why the request shouldn’t be denied in a ruling Monday. The ruling stated Peters’ request to a federal court for release pending her appeal process may be illegitimate because she has not exhausted all of her options at the state level.

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Sam Klomhaus

A Grand Junction man has been arrested and charged with human trafficking after police said he molested a child over a period of a number of years. Dusty Moore, 34, is accused of bribing the victim with money and gifts in order to touch the victim inappropriately, and also of manipulating the victim's circumstances in order to make it easier for him to touch them inappropriately.

1 week ago | montrosepress.com | Sam Klomhaus

President Donald Trump took to social media Monday to demand the release of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk sentenced to nine years of incarceration for activities related to trying to prove voter fraud in Mesa County.

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Sam Klomhaus

A former postal worker accused of stealing ballots as part of a voter fraud scheme pleaded guilty to identitty theft and forgery Monday. Vicki Lyn Stuart was charged with 34 counts in the scheme, including identity theft, forgery and attempt to influence a public servant. Thirty two of those counts will be dropped as part of the plea agreement. Both charges Stuart pleaded guilty to are felonies. “I feel like I am guilty for the part that I played in it,” Stuart told Judge Brian Flynn.