Posts tagged as “Susan Barnes”

 District Court Judge Lauren Swan issued a verbal ruling in her courtroom in Cañon City on December 30 that Custer County Sergeant Pete Elliott had violated the Court’s gag order using two Facebook accounts with fake names on May 8, 2025. Judge Swan further ruled that the District Attorney’s Office had violated evidence rules known as “Rule 16” by not sharing the Wet Mountain Tribune’s investigation into Sergeant Elliott with Hanme Clark’s defense team back in May. Further, Judge Swan stated that she was concerned about the behavior of the Custer County Sheriff’s Office, which had never performed an investigation into the matter after stating to the Tribune that one would be completed. “It is concerning to this court that no Internal Affairs investigation was…