Weld County inmate files red flag petition against sheriff, but judge throws it out
WELD COUNTY, Colo. — An inmate at the Weld County Jail filed a "red flag" petition against Sheriff Steve Reams this month, but the case was thrown out by a judge, officials said Friday night.
The inmate, Leo Crispin, wrote in his petition on Feb. 19 that Weld County deputies were "intimidating and excessively abusing inmates" by carrying shotguns in the jail. Judge James F. Hartman dismissed Crispin's petition this week, writing that his complaint does not "even warrant a hearing" under the state's new extreme risk protection order law, which can allow a judge to temporarily remove a person's guns if they are found to be a danger to themselves or others.