{"id":21543,"date":"2020-02-21T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/kremmling-awaits-info-with-chief-still-on-leave\/"},"modified":"2020-02-21T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T18:37:00","slug":"kremmling-awaits-info-with-chief-still-on-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/kremmling-awaits-info-with-chief-still-on-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremmling awaits info with chief still on leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/KPD-shn-020520-1-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/KPD-shn-020520-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/KPD-shn-020520-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/KPD-shn-020520-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/KPD-shn-020520-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/KPD-shn-020520-1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Lucas<\/strong><br \/><em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Kremmling officials are waiting for all of the information about the investigation and subsequent criminal charges filed against Kremmling Police Chief Jamie Lucas before taking any further action in the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Town Manager Dan Stoltman said the town is expecting to get all of the discovery information from the 14th Judicial District Attorney\u2019s Office this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe will review that with our attorneys and then we will have an executive session with our attorneys,\u201d Stoltman explained of the town\u2019s next steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Lucas was charged with 12 misdemeanors and three petty offenses on Jan. 31 after an investigation into allegations that he mishandled an animal abuse case, in which three juveniles are alleged to have killed a cat on a property outside Kremmling town limits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Based on the investigation, the DA charged Lucas with multiple counts of first degree official misconduct, second degree official misconduct and official oppression for charging the juveniles outside the proper jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Lucas also faces three counts of false reporting for statements he allegedly made to the Fraser Winter Park Police Department during its investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The investigation began in December and the town placed Lucas on paid administrative leave Dec. 20. Stoltman said Lucas will remain on paid administrative leave until further notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Lucas is scheduled for court at 8:45 a.m. March 17.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/kremmling-awaits-info-with-chief-still-on-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas Kremmling officials are waiting for all of the information about the investigation and subsequent criminal charges filed against Kremmling Police Chief Jamie Lucas before taking any further action in the matter. Town Manager Dan Stoltman said the town is expecting to get all of the discovery information from the 14th Judicial District Attorney\u2019s Office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 14:22:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}