On Tuesday, June 12, 2018, Steven D'Agostino, DOB: 06-13-83, a Deputy Sheriff with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office was booked into the Criminal Justice Center Jail. 

Sheriff Bill Elder has ordered Stage II Fire Restrictions for all of the unincorporated areas of El Paso County.  The Stage II Fire Restrictions shall go into effect immediately and the following are prohibited:

1.      Campfires.

2.      The sale or use of fireworks.

In Early 2017, the Sheriff’s Office Special Victim’s Unit began an investigation on a Sexual Assault Case involving suspect Glenn Allan Lainfiesta, DOB: 04/02/73.  Lainfiesta had been working as a sparring coach at the Academy of Life and Leadership Taekwondo at the Chapel Hills Mall, 1710 Bria

On Friday, May 18, 2018, law enforcement agencies and military installations will gather at the newly dedicated Law Enforcement Memorial at Memorial Park, at 10:00 AM for the 25th Annual Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers' Memorial Day Service.  The memorial service honors the 32 Pikes Peak Regio

The Sheriff's Office has received intelligence of another phone scam.  The caller threatens the individual they are speaking with an arrest warrant for missed jury duty.   If they don't follow directions to clear up the warrant(s), they will be arrested.  In these most recent cases, they are us

Sheriff Bill Elder will be holding a press conference on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 3:00 PM, at the Office of the Sheriff, located at 27 E. Vermijo Avenue, where he will introduce the Coordinated Unit Response to Behavioral Health Calls (CURB).

Sheriff Elder will be recognized as the the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Advocate of the Year at NAMI's Eight Annual Fundraising Breakfast on Thursday, May 3, 2018, 7:30 AM, at the Broadmoor International Center, located at 21 Lake Circle in Colorado Springs.

On May 1, 2018, at approximately 1:47 PM, deputies were dispatched to the 6400 block of Sayres Road in reference to a Stabbing.

Bill Elder, El Paso County Sheriff, is pleased to announce that Mariah Lewis is this year's recipient of the County Sheriffs of Colorado, CSOC, and scholarship award for El Paso County. 

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Justice Center (CJC) underwent a National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) audit in October 2017.  The Sheriff’s Office received formal results of this audit in December of 2017, where NCCHC placed the Criminal Justice Center facility o

On April 22, 2018, at approximately 12:46 AM, a clerk at the Value Inn located at 6875 Space Village Avenue, called the Sheriff’s Office to report a man with a gun.  As units were responding to the area, dispatch received another call that a man was shot and lying in the middle of the road.  Th

At about 6:15 AM on April 25th, 2018, Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of West 19th street regarding a burglary in progress.  When the first officer arrived the male suspect emerged from the building and fled on foot. 

On Friday, April 27, 2018, members of the Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence (VNI) obtained a search warrant for an address in the 16,000 block of Jones Road.  The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Rural Enforcement Outreach Unit and SWAT team executed the search warrant.  During a search of

On April 22, 2018, at approximately 12:46 AM, a clerk at the Value Inn located at 6875 Space Village Avenue, called the Sheriff’s Office to report a man with a gun.  As units were responding to the area, dispatch received another call that a man was shot and lying in the middle of the road.  Th

At about 6:15 AM on April 25th, 2018, Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of West 19th street regarding a burglary in progress.  When the first officer arrived the male suspect emerged from the building and fled on foot. 

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Taz will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.  K-9 Taz’s vest is sponsored by Michelle and Paul Blaskowski of Colorado Springs, CO and will be embroidered with

Deputy Fire Warden John Padgett has ordered Stage I Fire Restrictions for all the unincorporated areas of El Paso County.  The Stage I Fire Restrictions shall go into effect immediately and the following are prohibited:

On April 22, 2018 at approximately 12:46 AM, a clerk at the Value Inn located at 6875 Space Village Avenue, called the Sheriff’s Office to report a man with a gun.  As units were responding to the area, dispatch received another call that a man was shot and lying in the middle of the road.  The

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On Saturday, April 14, 2018, at approximately 1:52 AM, Deputies were dispatched to the 13500 block of Hobby Horse Lane in reference to a check the welfare.  When deputies arrived on scene, they located two deceased individuals.

On Sunday, April 15, 2018, at approximately 3:40 PM, fire personnel with Donald Westcott Fire Department (DWFD), Tri Lakes Fire Department and Palmer Lake Fire Department (PLFD) responded to a structure at a residence in the 14000 block of Allegiance Dr.

On Sunday, April 15, 2018, at approximately 1:06 PM, a structure fire was reported at a residence in the 23800 block of Blue Roan Circle.  Members of the Calhan Fire Department responded and, while extinguishing the fire, discovered a deceased individual inside the residence. 

On Saturday, April 14, 2018, at approximately 1:52 AM, Deputies were dispatched to the 13500 block of Hobby Horse Lane in reference to a check the welfare.  When deputies arrived on scene, they located two deceased individuals.

On January 1, 2018, House Bill 17-1220 concerning measures to stop diversion of legal marijuana to the illegal market was put into law.  Sheriff Bill Elder made it one of his top priorities to go after black-market marijuana and the illegal marijuana grows in El Paso County.

On April 5, 2018, at approximately 8:07 PM, a deputy was at Gladiator and Main Street in Security CO, when she heard several shots fired coming from the Shots Tavern located at 1831 Main Street.  She immediately arrived on scene and was informed by a witness that a white male had just shot at a

On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, members of the Sheriff's Office Rural Enforcement Outreach, SWAT, Crime Reduction Unit and the Metro Vice Narcotics Intelligence executed two search warrants on properties where there were illegal marijuana grows.

On Friday, March 30, 2018, we will be holding a Teen Job Fair from 10:00 AM - Noon, at the Meridian Ranch Elementary School, located at 10480 Rainbow Bridge Drive.  There will be representatives from McDonalds, 7-11, Safeway, Domino's, Culvers', Villa Sport, Walmart and many others.

On March 25, 2018, at approximately 4:52 AM, Deputies, along with other outside agencies, were dispatched to 7393 Bonterra Lane in reference to a shooting.

On Saturday, March 17, 2018, at approximately 5:41 PM, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing 2-year-old named Nain Dominguez DOB: 09/24/15.  Nain was last seen near the Stratmoor Hill Trailhead Park, located at 1215 Forest Road.  El Paso County Deputies along with n

The Carson Midway Fire is now out except for tires and trash piles that are actively burning and smoking in the 20800 block of Prairie Fire Point.  All fire personnel from El Paso County, Pueblo County and Fort Carson have cleared the fire.  Fire personnel from Hanover Fire Department will cont