Janusz sentenced

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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.

Glenwood Canyon open again after crash

A woman was killed, three others were hospitalized and Interstate 70 was closed roughly nine hours today in Glenwood Canyon after a fiery head-on crash involving a semi-tractor trailer and a passenger car.

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Deputies Ben Marsh and Mike Dillon, recipients of 2013 Phoenix Awards for emergency response to cardiac arrest patients.

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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