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REELEY — Former House District 50 Rep. Rochelle Galindo who stepped down from her office on May 12, 2019 amid allegations she sexually assaulted two minors who worked on her campaign, is scheduled for a jury trial in June for a charge stemming from those accusations. Galindo was never formally charged with the alleged assaults; however, she was charged with one count of providing alcohol to a minor. Galindo pled not guilty to the charge on March 2 before Weld County Judge Charles Unfug. A jury trial on that charge is scheduled to begin on June 24. Galindo was facing...

A Democratic state legislator in Colorado facing a recall effort over her anti-fracking vote announced Sunday that she has resigned following allegations reportedly stemming from a sexual-misconduct complaint. State Rep. Rochelle Galindo, who was elected in November, posted a statement denying the allegations without providing details, but House Speaker K.C. Becker said they were related to accusations of sexual misconduct outside the state legislature, according to 9News in Denver. Colorado Public Radio said that the Greeley police confirmed that a report “was filed against Galindo last week by a woman who worked on Galindo’s campaign. The contents of the report...

She voted us out of our jobs; let's vote Galindo out of hers. ... A group of residents within House District 50, including Greeley, Garden City, and Evans, have united to form an issue committee to recall State Representative Rochelle Galindo because she voted us out of our oil and gas jobs. Now it’s time to vote her out of her job. Galindo must think she represents Boulder because she regularly stands with Boulder against the hard working people of HD 50. Most recently she voted in favor of SB19-181, a bill that is a de facto ban on new...

MIAMI -- As a child, Lazaro Galindo cut open the family puppies "to see all the pretty colors inside." As a teenager, he kept a black cauldron filled with hatchets and knives, all tools he used to sacrifice animals for his religion. He once told a detective he had an insatiable desire to eat human flesh. He used his cherished weapons to butcher a romantic rival. He said he cut off the victim's leg and fingers because an evil spirit he called Candelo told him to. He described the grisly murder in a nearly 40-page confession, which was detailed at...