CBI official fights firing

Rocky Mountain News ^ | 19 Apr 05

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Probe finds decade of questionable conduct by agent

By Brian D. Crecente and Marilyn Robinson, Rocky Mountain News April 19, 2005

A high-ranking law enforcement official is fighting his dismissal from Colorado's top crime-fighting agency after a drunken driving accusation unearthed a decade's worth of questionable conduct, including allegations of serial domestic violence.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation fired former Pueblo Agent-in-Charge Leroy Roybal after learning of the allegations for the first time last fall.

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--another Colorado agency needs to clean up its act--

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In one year alone, records show, Roybal's then-wife called deputies for help six times alleging domestic violence. In one case, she was hospitalized with three broken ribs and a possible collapsed lung. Prosecutors did not pursue charges in any of the incidents.

Roybal later told investigators that his level of intoxication was probably an eight on a scale of one to 10, he was blacking out and was so drunk he "could have raped ten nuns," the file says.