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Ex-cop gets prison for child sex assault

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Former Grand Junction Police Officer Eric Janusz, previously found guilty on one of four counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, was sentenced this morning to serve eight years to life in prison. Janusz at times wept during the hearing this morning at the Mesa County Justice Center.

City keeps taxes exempt from TABOR

Grand Junction will continue to exclude a 0.75 percent sales tax, and the city’s less than 1/3 of 1 percent portion from Mesa County’s sales tax, from limits set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. The move breaks step with Mesa County commissioners, who Monday decided to again include sales tax revenue in their TABOR calculations.

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Deputies Ben Marsh and Mike Dillon sat at a yellow picnic table with fellow Mesa County officers Wednesday. They shared stories, about their craziest calls and the times they’d saved people’s lives.

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