Brief by Central Staff
Local Politics – November 2000 – Colorado Central Magazine
Chaffee County Sheriff Ron Bergmann has pleaded guilty to one charge of second-degree official misconduct. Since that’s only a petty offense, not a felony, he can stay in office, but he was sentenced to 50 hours of community service and to donate $3,000 to charity.
The case began in 1999, when Dean Schumacher of Buena Vista was sentenced to six months in the county jail for driving while ability impaired, and three months for driving with a suspended license.
