Judge Will Decide Whether to Hold Criminal Trial for San Juan County Sheriff and Deputies

KSJD | By Austin Cope

Published August 24, 2017 at 2:02 PM MDT

San Juan County Sheriff Rick Eldredge and two of his deputies will appear in district court in Monticello this Friday morning at 9am.

The Utah Attorney General’s office has charged the men with criminal misconduct, obstruction of justice, and other charges after a 2014 incident in which the sheriff allegedly pointed an unloaded gun at an employee. The preliminary hearing will decide whether there is enough evidence for the case to move to a full trial.

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Austin Cope

Austin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.

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