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Pueblo County Crime

PCSO former deputy arrested for sexual assault on a child and sexual abuse material

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) reports that a former detention deputy assigned to transportation has been arrested after an investigation into the sexual assault of a child. PCSO says that in December 2025, they were informed that sheriff’s deputy Andrew Ward had allegedly sexually assaulted a child. The sheriff’s

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‘Justice for Diamond’: Supporters speak out ahead of Pueblo Riverwalk shooting sentencing

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — For the first time since she was nearly killed in a shooting near the Pueblo Riverwalk, we’re hearing directly from Diamond Sanchez. The 13-year-old spoke out ahead of her shooter’s sentencing hearing tomorrow. Diamond is doing okay — but her family tells me she’ll never be the same after last summer’s

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Case against PCSO sergeant accused of stealing from employees’ paychecks set for trial

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – On June 30, 2025, a former sergeant with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office was placed in handcuffs. On Tuesday, new developments in court indicated that he will be heading to trial. Jason Hanratty was charged with stealing and misusing funds collected from Pueblo County Sheriff’s employees’ paychecks under the guise

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Pueblo woman who stabbed husband to death in senior living facility found guilty of murder

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A Pueblo woman who prosecutors say stabbed her husband to death at a senior living facility has been found guilty of second-degree murder, according to the 10th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. On Nov. 24, 2024, the Pueblo Police Department (PPD) responded to the Bonaventure Senior Living Facility in Pueblo on a report of a

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