Former Colorado Sheriff Arrested

[Riverwind (imported)]

Former Colorado Sheriff Arrested for Trying to Exchange Gay Sex for Meth

By Winston Gieseke (http://www.advocate.com/authors.aspx?searchterm=Winston Gieseke)

Patrick Sullivan

A former Colorado sheriff was arrested Tuesday on charges of attempting to trade crystal meth for gay sex.

The Denver Post reports (http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19435391) that Patrick Sullivan, 68, who served as Arapahoe County sheriff from 1984 until his 2002 retirement, was being unknowingly monitored by drug task force officers when he allegedly delivered the drug to a home in Aurora, Colo., and tried to exchange it for sex.

“This shows that no one is above the law, particularly a current or a former peace officer,” said Grayson Robinson, the current Arapahoe County sheriff.

According to Robinson, investigators had been monitoring Sullivan based on a tip that came in earlier in the month saying the former sheriff was involved in the distribution of the drug.

Ironically, Sullivan — who was named Sheriff of the Year by the National Sheriffs’ Association in 2001 — is being held in a jail that was named for him, the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility.

Sullivan faces charges involving a controlled substance, including unlawful distribution and manufacturing.

Police say more arrests are expected in the ongoing investigation.

I don't know if I should laugh or cry at the total stupidity of the whole thing. I mean really being thrown in jail, a jail named for you, stupid.

River

[Sweetpickle (imported)]

Too bad you're not here to get the hourly blow-by-blow.

Today at the barbershop we were discussing the fact that most meth whores look really skanky.

Maybe the sheriff has a thing for toothless guys.

[sag111 (imported)]

This guy is a complete jerk and needs to be put in jail with those he put in jail

[janekane (imported)]

The comedy of the human tragedy, or the tragedy of the human comedy?

I cannot decide.