{"id":1310535,"date":"2019-05-21T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T01:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/das-office-plea-disposition-in-works-in-lake-christine-fire-cases-of-richard-miller-allison-marcus\/"},"modified":"2019-05-21T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T01:56:00","slug":"das-office-plea-disposition-in-works-in-lake-christine-fire-cases-of-richard-miller-allison-marcus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/das-office-plea-disposition-in-works-in-lake-christine-fire-cases-of-richard-miller-allison-marcus\/","title":{"rendered":"DA\u2019s office: Plea disposition in works in Lake Christine Fire cases of Richard Miller, Allison Marcus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.4770114942529\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-978812-301\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/LakeChristineFireSuspects-vdn-012419-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/LakeChristineFireSuspects-vdn-012419.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Aspen Times file | Allison Marcus, second from left, and Richard Miller, second from right, with their attorneys at a court proceeding earlier this year. A possible plea disposition will be unveiled in court Wednesday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Allison Marcus, second from left, and Richard Miller, second from right, with their attorneys at a court proceeding earlier this year. A possible plea disposition will be unveiled in court Wednesday.<\/strong><br \/>Aspen Times file<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/LakeChristineFireSuspects-vdn-012419.jpg\" alt=\"Allison Marcus, second from left, and Richard Miller, second from right, with their attorneys at a court proceeding earlier this year. A possible plea disposition will be unveiled in court Wednesday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/LakeChristineFireSuspects-vdn-012419-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/LakeChristineFireSuspects-vdn-012419-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Eagle County Sheriff's Office\/courtesy photo | Richard Miller\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Richard Miller<\/strong><br \/>Eagle County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\/courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/LakeChristineFireSuspects-vdn-012419-1.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Miller\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/LakeChristineFireSuspects-vdn-012419-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/LakeChristineFireSuspects-vdn-012419-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Eagle County Sheriff's Office | Allison Marcus\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Allison Marcus<\/strong><br \/>Eagle County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/LakeChristineFireSuspects-vdn-012419-2.jpg\" alt=\"Allison Marcus\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/das-office-plea-disposition-in-works-in-lake-christine-fire-cases-of-richard-miller-allison-marcus\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/das-office-plea-disposition-in-works-in-lake-christine-fire-cases-of-richard-miller-allison-marcus\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Eagle County District Attorney\u2019s office and the two suspects in the Lake Christine Fire have reached a tentative plea deal that will be unveiled in court Wednesday, according to the lead prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt looks like we\u2019re headed toward a disposition in both cases,\u201d Heidi McCollum, assistant district attorney in the 5th Judicial District, said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She declined to discuss specifics of the plea disposition. Both defendants are scheduled to appear at a hearing before Eagle County District Judge Paul Dunkelman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Richard Miller and Allison Marcus, both 24 and residents of the Roaring Fork Valley, were facing three felony counts of arson and a felony charge of setting fire to woods or prairie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">They were accused to shooting tracer ammunition at the Basalt shooting range on the evening of July 3. Those rounds allegedly caused a fire that eventually grew to 12,588 acres, destroyed three homes and caused the evacuations of thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Miller was scheduled to go to trial May 28 and Marcus on June 17. Their attorneys have received several favorable rulings in pre-trial hearings over what evidence can be introduced. Most recently, Dunkelman ruled May 7 that a sign at the shooting range that included wording that tracer wasn\u2019t allowed at the shooting range.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tuesday brought an abrupt reversal in the direction the case was going.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Prosecutors said in court last week they would <a id=\"N0x26d6330N0x27a0290:N0x26d6330N0x291e990\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/legal-sparring-could-delay-trials-for-lake-christine-fire-suspects\/\">file a petition<\/a> to the Colorado Supreme Court this week to try to get the decision on the sign overturned. Dunkleman agreed to put a \u201cstay\u201d on legal proceedings in both cases once that petition was filed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">However, McCollum said that motion wasn\u2019t filed Tuesday because of the potential plea disposition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Stan Garnett, attorney for Marcus, declined comment on Tuesday. Josh Maximon, attorney for Miller, couldn\u2019t be reached for comment as of press time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The DA\u2019s office has been under pressure from the community to require jail time, community service or both for Miller and Marcus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Restitution was also an issue. The cost of fighting the fire on private, state and federal lands exceeded $20 million and now there are reclamation expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Miller and Marcus would obviously like to get the number of charges reduced and avoid felony convictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While details of the plea disposition will be unveiled Wednesday, sentencing will be at a later time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:scondon@aspentimes.com\">scondon@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/das-office-plea-disposition-in-works-in-lake-christine-fire-cases-of-richard-miller-allison-marcus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allison Marcus, second from left, and Richard Miller, second from right, with their attorneys at a court proceeding earlier this year. A possible plea disposition will be unveiled in court Wednesday.Aspen Times file Richard MillerEagle County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\/courtesy photo Allison MarcusEagle County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Show CaptionsHide Captions The Eagle County District Attorney\u2019s office and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1310535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 20:05:53","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}