Jose Trujillo was arrested in January on an outstanding warrant in a car with a stash of more than 800 fentanyl pills and two firearms, leading to a break in the investigation as officers traced at least one gun to bullet casings found the same day at one of the shootings. Those charges will be dismissed in deference to the federal indictment as Peña is transferred to federal custody, authorities said.įederal charges were also filed against 22-year-old Jose Louise Trujillo and 41-year-old Demetrio Trujillo on allegations that they assisted Peña in obtaining vehicles and firearms - and that they “pulled the trigger themselves to fire bullets into the homes of the victims.” Peña has been held without bail since his January arrest on charges in state district court related to the shootings. To read more stories by Colorado Newsline, visit Honce, a defense attorney for Peña, said her client maintains his innocence. “I’m not taking on any (legal) clients right now,” he said, “because that would be more bandwidth than I have.” I have always worked more than 40 hours a week, and so that doesn’t bother me,” said Williams, who has a private legal practice. “I have continued to participate in City Council meetings and will continue to do that. Grand Junction lies nearly 300 miles west of Colorado Springs, where Williams is a City Council member.
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Williams said he’s able to do some of the Mesa County work remotely but plans to be in Grand Junction “fairly often” in October, when the election will be in full swing. “She and I have been talking by either email, text or phone, multiple times on most days,” he said. 31 deadline in time to mail ballots to military and overseas voters. He and Reiner worked together to get new elections equipment installed in Mesa County by an Aug. Williams said the question of who was in charge hadn’t caused conflict between Reiner and himself. The county commissioners intervened, saying only they had the power to designate Williams the top elections official. Later, Griswold filed a lawsuit to officially strip Peters of her elections authority and appoint Williams as the designated elections official. Mesa County commissioners rejected the appointment and hired Williams instead. Griswold originally appointed Sheila Reiner, the Mesa County treasurer and former county clerk, to replace Peters as top elections official. Peters has not returned multiple requests for comment from Colorado Newsline. While Peters’ exact location is unknown, Lindell has said he’s hiding her in a safe location. While Peters didn’t specify what she was working on, the non-elections-related responsibilities of her office include overseeing vehicle registrations and marriage licenses, among other duties. 1 email to the Mesa County attorney’s office that she had been working “remotely,” according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. Election conspiracy theorists said they would use evidence from hard drive images of Mesa County’s Dominion machines to validate their theories, but no such evidence has emerged. 10 at a South Dakota “Cyber Symposium” hosted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump who has made false claims that widespread fraud cost Trump the 2020 presidential election. Peters is also under investigation by the 21st Judicial District Attorney’s Office and the FBI.
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A few days later, Griswold accused Peters of allowing an unauthorized individual to attend a May software upgrade, known as a “trusted build,” for Dominion Voting Systems machines. 9 that she was investigating a “serious breach” of election security protocols at Peters’ office. Peters hasn’t been seen in Mesa County since Secretary of State Jena Griswold – Williams’ Democratic successor – announced Aug. Williams, a Republican, is currently serving in a nonpartisan role on Colorado Springs City Council in addition to supervising Mesa County’s November election. That’s what I’m charged to do, and that’s what I’m going to do.” “I know the commissioners have made pleas to her to come in and start (running) the recording and motor vehicles side, but my focus is to run an election. “My focus is on trying to make the election work,” he told Newsline last week. Williams said he hadn’t tried to reach Peters. Wayne Williams, the former Colorado secretary of state who is newly in charge of Mesa County elections, said he hasn’t heard from Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters since the news broke that her office was under investigation.
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