Armed robber attempts to drown police dog

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—A police dog in Grand Junction is recovering after a suspect allegedly tried to drown the canine.

The German Shepherd named Oldo tracked down 38-year-old Richard Stieb a quarter-mile away from a suspected robbery late Wednesday.

Officers say Oldo bit Stieb and then Stieb grabbed the dog with both hands and they both rolled into an irrigation canal. An officer then jumped on Stieb. A handgun was found near where Stieb had been lying on the ground.

Because of that, Mesa County sheriff’s deputies think Oldo helped keep a bad situation from turning worse.

Oldo suffered bruises to his ears, face and neck. Water and small rocks were found in his stomach.

He’s expected to return to duty Saturday.

Rapist cop done killed himself

LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Authorities say a former Grand Junction police officer accused of sexual assault in Mesa County has been found dead in a hotel room in Jefferson County, more than 200 miles away.

Jefferson County sheriff’s officials said Wednesday that 35-year-old Glenn Coyne had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The hotel’s housekeeping staff found Coyne’s body Tuesday.

Coyne had recently posted bond in Mesa County after being arrested last week on charges of first-degree sexual assault and first-degree burglary. He was fired after two years as a Grand Junction officer.

Authorities say Coyne was accused of assaulting a woman who called him for follow-up help after Coyne and other officers went to her house on a family matter.

Grand Junction pig rapist arrested

UPDATE: This piece of shit was released on bail on Monday. Bail had been set at $250,000.

A cop in Grand Junction was arrested after he sexually assaulted a woman in her home.  The pig had earlier met the woman when responding to a call for assistance with a family matter.  The scumbag returned to her home when he got off shift at 1am and sexually assaulted her.

Full story at kdvr.com

Grand Junction activist arrested

Supporters call in to demand his release

An organizer of the Housing First! No More Deaths! campaign was arrested 09/29/09 during the group’s weekly meeting, in an act of politically targeted police abuse of power. Housing First! No More Deaths! is committed to empowering people to actively and collectively work to address root causes of houselessness and create grassroots solutions.

Grand Junction: Fun Liberation Front strikes again

Reclaims streets from stuffiness and boredom

Communique:

It all started this morning.  With a declaration of war between two collective houses:

….We expect to meet you in a splashing good fight. Be Ye There, or Be Ye Square.

It ended in a pitched battle in the roundabout at 7th and Main, that stop traffic, reclaimed our streets for something other then just the same old consumption and capitalism.  A bus-driver stopped his bus in the roundabout and demanded a balloon and threw it into the melee. Traveling kids, collective members and some not-so innocent by-standers, all liberated the stuffy through-fare of commerce for a bit of fun, and some much needed cooling down on this 100 degree day.

The Fun Liberation Front, is everywhere, is no where, is everyone, no one, and any one. Take up this name and liberate your day from wage-slavery, traffic cops, consumption, and boredom. See you in the streets.

http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/2002

Grand Junction Mormon church vandalized

Latest in string of anti-LDS attacks

UPDATES on the damage: Manypictures hanging in the halls inside had glass broken. Damage was also done to a window in the church nursery, two exterior glass doors and fire extinguisher cases. Several items from the church were found outside the building. Total damaged estimated in the thousands of dollars. There have been numerous church vandalism attacks in the area in recent months.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) ― Members of a Mormon church in Grand Junction are cleaning up after vandals broke windows, doors and pictures.

Members of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints showed up Tuesday morning to help clean up. Grand Junction police are investigating the incident.

The damage included broken glass and numerous pictures that were vandalized. Two exterior glass doors and a window in the church nursery were broken. Fire extinguisher cases were smashed.

What appeared to be water was spilled in the chapel.

http://cbs4denver.com/local/Mormon.Church.Grand.2.1124625.html

$20k worth stolen from BLM in Grand Junction

August 5th, Grand Junction Sentinel:

Thieves hit BLM center

Crime Stoppers is asking for help finding the person or people who stole more than $20,000 in property from the Bureau of Land Management Interagency Air Center at the Grand Junction Regional Airport.

More than $1,000 in damage was done to the center, and more than $20,000 in property was stolen during the early morning hours of July 10, according to the Grand Junction Police Department.

Colo National Park building trashed

The “Colorado National Monument” is the nationalist and absurd name for an area of canyonland near Grand Junction that has been designated a National Park.

Denver Post: A historic shelter was trashed at the Colorado National Monument late Monday night or early Tuesday, the National Park Service said today.

Vandals broke windows, sprayed a fire extinguisher throughout and left a mess, according to the Park Service.

Investigators said vandals apparently walked into the area of the Devil’s Kitchen stone picnic shelter, as the parking-lot gate was closed and locked for the night. Once at the shelter, the vandals broke 21 panes of glass, some original to the building, and also a mirror.

They also broke into a service closet, emptied a fire extinguisher onto the picnic tables and the ground area, broke door handles and latches, scattered debris and left human excrement.

The shelter was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1941. The picnic area is used by more than 100,000 visitors annually.

http://www.denverpost.com/crime/ci_12997625

Undercover cops’ cover blown in Grand Junction

Chief of Police resigns

Colorado Indymedia, July 22:

Members of Housing First! No More Deaths! were able to confirm that two undercover Grand Junction police officers had joined their organization. The two undercover officers participated in meetings, trainings, and had signed the membership list joining the organization. HF! NMD! has made it public that they, as an organization, are willing to risk arrest to provide shelter for and by the homeless this up coming winter.

…[Connie] Murillo was at the police station waiting for a friend who was doing some paperwork around noon on Wednesday. When she saw the two undercover officers escorting themselves through a secured door into the lobby and then out the rear secured door of the police station. “I got up to make sure they were the same guys that were at the meetings, and they both looked back as they were leaving. It was definitely them.” Murillo said.

Note the Chief of Police resigned today as well.

For the full story: http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/1915

Explosion, Fire in Mesa County Sheriff’s Office

Surely an accident, but…

abc7NEWS:

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The Grand Junction Fire Department was called to a fire that broke out at the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office early Friday morning.

The caller told the fire department that a malfunctioning battery had exploded inside a sergeant’s office. The battery was in a charger on a desk.

A deputy tried to control the fire using a fire extinguisher but was not successful. He then evacuated the room and confined the fire by closing the door, allowing the sprinkler system to control the fire, the Grand Junction Fire Department said.

No other area of the building was evacuated.

When firefighters arrived, just after 2 a.m., they found light smoke and water coming from the sheriff’s station.

Crews made entry into the room using air packs and discovered that the sprinkler system was controlling the fire.

However, only one sprinkler head was needed to control the fire. So crews attempted to control the water by putting a wooden wedge in the head. Water pressure was so significant that crews had to shut down the system to stop water flow at the head.

A second engine was called to help clean up the water in the area and protect the building from further damage.

Damage due to the fire is estimated at $50,000 — $100,000 damage to the structure and $40,000 in the contents.

There were no injuries. The sprinkler system has been repaired and reactivated.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20170235/detail.html