Ex-Sheriff Booked into Jail Named after Him
Friday, December 02, 2011
Patrick J Sullivan Jr. (AP photo)
The Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility in Colorado this week took in an unexpected prisoner: Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. himself.
The former sheriff of Arapahoe County (1983-2002), for whom the jail was named, was arrested on charges of trying to sell drugs for sex with a man. Sullivan, 68 and now retired, came under investigation a couple weeks ago after informants told the sheriff’s department of the ex-lawman’s efforts to trade methamphetamine for male sexual services.
The one-time national Sheriff of the Year (2001) faces multiple counts of unlawfully selling a controlled substance, which could get him up to six years in prison. Sullivan, who is married and a grandfather, may also face other charges still to be filed.
In 1995, President Bill Clinton appointed Sullivan to the National Commission on Crime Control and Prevention. In 1998 he served as co-chair of Citizens Against the Legalization of Marijuana.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
Witness: Ex-Sheriff Gave Meth To Recovering Addicts (by Alan Gathright, 7 News)
Former Sheriff's Arrest in Colorado Meth-for-Sex Case Bewilders Friends (by Kevin Vaughan, Carlos Illesca sand Sara Burnett, Denver Post)
Former Sheriff Pat Sullivan Arrested, Held in Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility (by ProgessiveCowgirl, ColoradoPols.com)
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