Stealing newspapers doesn’t stop the news.

It’s bad enough (you would think) that the stepson of the Ouray, Colorado police chief and two of the stepson’s pals were arrested for sexual assault during a late-night party at the chief’s home while he and the rest of the fam slept upstairs. But all of the copies of the Ouray County Plaindealer with a front page story outlining the alleged assault, charges and ongoing case, were stolen from newspaper racks this week.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/newspapers-stolen-on-day-it-publishes-story-with-allegations-of-teens-rape-at-colorado-police-chiefs-home/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ouray-stolen-newspapers-police-chief-rape_n_65aa9f5fe4b076abd7ab6a90#

You can draw your own conclusions as to who might have been involved in that theft. Factor in the brain power behind the theft from the news racks in the face of an online edition of the Plaindealer, social media, and the fact that the story is now national news. Nicely done.

As reported in the Huffington Post, the Plaindealer is accepting donations to print a rerun of the paper.

https://checkout.fundjournalism.org/memberform?org_id=reportforamerica&campaign=701f40000003GXw&theme=Ouray+County+Plaindealer+newspaper&installmentPeriod=once

Under additional information, “I’m donating because . . .,” I wrote “Because police chief’s stepson.” 

Donate if you can. 

Southern District of West Virginia | Federal Jury Finds Mercer County Couple Guilty of Witness Tampering Conspiracy | United States Department of Justice

Southern District of West Virginia | Federal Jury Finds Mercer County Couple Guilty of Witness Tampering Conspiracy | United States Department of Justice
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