The indictment of half of Costilla County's sheriff department "represented the culmination of years of negligence, incompetence, unethical behavior and, at times, illegal activity perpetrated by the people sworn to serve and protect the community," @samtabachnik.bsky.social writes
The mishandling of criminal cases has been a common occurrence in Costilla County for years, prosecutors and former employees say. So they weren’t entirely surprised when the San Luis Valley DA announced the indictment of half the…
