Tag: Alonzo Payne
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Former San Luis Valley District Attorney disbarred
The embattled San Luis Valley District Attorney who stayed in office through several serious investigations into his ineffective treatment of crime victims has been disbarred and admonished by the branch of the Colorado Supreme Court which oversees disciplinary matters. Alonzo Payne, who resigned less than halfway through his term as 12th Judicial District Attorney, agreed…
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Prosecutors scramble to fill void after San Luis Valley DA’s resignation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save District attorneys in Denver, Boulder, Adams, Broomfield and Jefferson counties are loaning their prosecutors to San Luis Valley to help shoulder the caseload after Wednesday’s sudden resignation of District Attorney Alonzo Payne. Payne left office with just one full-time and a part-time attorney swimming in cases.…
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Controversial DA resigns day before recall election date announced
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Embattled San Luis Valley District Attorney Alonzo Payne resigned Wednesday afternoon just a day before Governor Polis was set to announce the date of his recall election. Colorado District Attorney Council Executive Director Tom Raynes confirmed that Payne sent his letter of resignation to the governor’s office Wednesday afternoon. In the letter, Payne said that…
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Phil Weiser describes severity of complaints against San Luis Valley DA as unprecedented in Colorado
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San Luis Valley District Attorney Alonzo Payne is in the eye of a storm, a controversy that has been building in his 12th Judicial District since he took office a year and a half ago. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who on Tuesday announced that his seven month investigation into nine complaints from crime victims…
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Recall drive against San Luis Valley District Attorney submits enough signatures, officials say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Thursday announced enough signatures had been turned in to start a recall election against District Attorney Alonzo Payne of the 12th Judicial District, which covers Colorado’s six-county San Luis Valley region. Payne was first elected to the office…
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Colorado to respond to recall efforts for Alamosa district attorney
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has until Tuesday to respond to a statement of grounds for a recall of 12th Judicial District Attorney Alonzo Payne, who has been the top law enforcement officer for the San Luis Valley area for 14 months. For weeks, Payne has been the focus of City Council meetings, during which…
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Alamosa City Council approves to pay for recall of controversial San Luis Valley District Attorney
After listening to an hour of public comment regarding their controversial district attorney, including testimony from the police chief and city manager, the Alamosa City Council voted 4-1 to use taxpayer dollars in an effort to recall him. Alonzo Payne took office in 2021 and has three years left on his term; but a recall…
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Alamosa City Council may fund a recall of controversial San Luis Valley District Attorney
The honeymoon is over in the San Luis Valley between its freshman District Attorney, the Alamosa police chief and residents — who last week begged the City Council to use taxpayers’ money in an effort to recall the man some nicknamed “Let’em Go Alonzo.” The council listened to sentiment during the three hour meeting that…