Press Releases

Sheriff's Office Investigating Burglary

May 21, 2020 - 6:10am

On May 20, 2020, between 4:18 AM through 4:44 AM, two suspects accessed vending machines at a car wash located in the 7400 block of McLaughlin Road. The suspects used a blow torch to break into the vending machines and stole money from it. 

MR 20-087

Sheriff's Office Investigating Suspicious Death

May 13, 2020 - 12:29pm

On May 13, 2020, at approximately 1:36 PM, our Communications Center dispatched Manitou Springs Police officers to El Paso Boulevard in Manitou Springs on a Check the Welfare call.  Upon arriving on scene, officers discovered a deceased male inside a residence.

MR 20-081

Husband and Wife Fraud Duo Arrested

May 1, 2020 - 1:50pm

On April 13, 2020, detectives from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Financial Crimes Unit apprehended Ryan Carneal, DOB: 6/1/76, when he arrived at the El Paso County courthouse for a hearing.

MR 20-077

Deputy Sheriff Arrested on Felony Charge

Apr 23, 2020 - 4:42pm

On Thursday, April 23, 2020, Robert Easter, DOB: 08/25/1969, a Deputy Sheriff with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office was arrested by the Colorado Springs Police Department and booked into the El Paso County Jail.

MR 20-073

Sheriff's Office Investigating a Theft Case

Apr 21, 2020 - 2:50am

On April 3, 2020, at approximately 4:02 PM, a package was delivered to an address in the 9000 block of Royal Melbourne Circle. Shortly after the package was delivered, the suspect was seen on video footage driving by slowly then walking up onto the porch of the home.

MR 20-072

Sheriff's office Arrests Suspect in Arson Case

Apr 19, 2020 - 8:17am

On April 15, 2020, at approximately 11:45 PM, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Communications Center received numerous reports of a structure fire in the 5500 block of Molly Court in Black Forest. The Black Forest Fire Department responded, but the home was a total loss.

MR 20-069

Sheriff's Office Warns of Phone Scam

Apr 18, 2020 - 1:11pm

The Sheriff's Office has received reports of another phone scam. In these most recent cases, the scammers would call different citizens and pretend to be one of our deputies. The caller would threaten the citizen with arrest if they didn’t pay to remedy a non-existent warrant.

MR 20-068

Office of the Sheriff

27 East Vermijo Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
United States

719-520-7100 / 719-390-5555 (after hours)

El Paso County Jail

2739 East Las Vegas Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
United States

719-390-2000