Police chief reprimanded for misplacing firearm
Craig Police Chief Walt Vanatta received a letter of reprimand last week from the Craig Police Department after leaving his department-issued weapon inside a bathroom in the Moffat County Public Safety Center. “It was absolutely unintentional, but it is what it is,” Vanatta said of the incident, which occurred Jan. 30.
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Convicted sex offender sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
Cyril Joseph Lenahan IV, 44, of Craig, sentenced Wednesday in district court
More than 30 people attended Wednesday’s sentencing hearing in Moffat County District Court for a Craig resident a jury convicted of sexual assault against a child. Cyril Joseph Lenahan IV, 44, of Craig, was convicted in November 2011 of one count of sexual assault on a child with a pattern of abuse, a Class 3 felony; one count of sexual assault on a child, a Class 4 felony; and one count of sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust, a Class 4 felony. Judge Shelley Hill presided over the case. She sentenced Lenahan to 15 years to life in prison.
Local law enforcement, FBI probe yields arrest in child pornography case
A Craig Police Department, Moffat County Sheriff’s Office and FBI joint investigation that began in December 2011 into distribution of child pornography led to the arrest of a 39-year-old Craig resident, police reported Wednesday in a news release. The suspect, who lives in the 2000 block of Crockett Drive, was arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child. The newspaper is withholding the suspect’s name in accordance with a policy not to release the identities of suspected sexual offenders unless convicted. According to court records, the suspect is charged in Moffat County Court with solicitation to commit aggravated incest, solicitation to commit sexual exploitation of children, and solicitation to commit sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust, all Class 4 felonies.
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ACET commander presents 2011 report
Marvin Cameron, All Crimes Enforcement Team commander, met Wednesday with area law enforcement officials to summarize last year’s task force activity on narcotics investigations and seizures. Cameron’s report was delivered to the six-member ACET Executive Board, which is comprised of Craig Police Chief Walt Vanatta; Moffat County Sheriff Tim Jantz; Steamboat Springs Police Chief Joel Ray; Routt County Sheriff Garrett Wiggins; Hayden Police Chief Gordon Booco; and 14th Judicial District Attorney Elizabeth Oldham. Of the 29 investigations conducted by ACET officers last year, 23 resulted in arrests. Four narcotics suspects went through the legal process last year and were sentenced to prison, including two Craig residents convicted of distributing methamphetamine.
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Moffat County Jail Wednesday, Jan. 25 Richard Mark Medina, 51, of Grand Junction, was booked into Moffat County Jail on a warrant. Rachel Leigh Call, 24, of Dinosaur, was booked into Moffat County Jail on a warrant.
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