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6th Judicial District

Domestic violence cases down in La Plata County, but fight to end abuse never stops

Advocates and law enforcement say progress is being made in some areas

DATE: Oct 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former Purgatory Resort employee gets probation for embezzlement

Worker had been printing temporary ski passes and selling them for cash

DATE: Oct 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former schoolteacher allegedly possessed ‘numerous’ explicit photos of minors living in Durango area

Law enforcement encouraging potential victims to come forward

DATE: Oct 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Utah woman sentenced to prison for 2023 hit-and-run

Brittany Dee pleaded guilty to a felony charge

DATE: Aug 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

From the archives: Old cases, same legal debates

La Plata County court dockets from 1905 show expediency, for better or worse

DATE: Aug 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Attempted theft charges dropped in Silverton snowcat case

Two men faced felony charges in connection with moving machinery

DATE: Jul 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman charged in Durango hit-and-run has bail revoked after holiday DUI

Brittany Dee, 24, was arrested while driving back from Silverton on July 4

DATE: Jul 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Killer in 1995 Durango shooting petitions to have conviction overturned

Raymond Cain, convicted in shooting of two women, is making another bid to get out of prison

DATE: Jul 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man receives 3 years’ probation for kidnapping and choking ex-wife

Victim awoke in middle of the night to find Randall Wilcox standing over her

DATE: Jun 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man pleads guilty to escape from La Plata County Jail

Elias Buck suspected of shooting Farmington police officer while on the run in 2022

DATE: Jun 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman who embezzled nearly $27,000 from a Durango dentistry ordered to reimburse employer

Former office manager receives five years probation

DATE: May 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing Bayfield Speedway clerk

Damitre Burch faces 35 years in prison for killing Jadah Willmett, 21

DATE: May 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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