Grand Jury Indicts Former El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa On 9 Counts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4/AP) - A grand jury has indicted former El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa on nine counts.
The counts against Maketa include extortion, tampering, second-degree kidnapping and false imprisonment.
The grand jury also indicted former Undersheriff Paula Presley with whom the married Maketa allegedly had an affair.
Former Sheriff's Cmdr. Juan San Agustin was also indicted.
Before Maketa resigned under a cloud in 2014 he was accused of having affairs with three women in his department and promoting them to high-paying jobs.
Maketa and Presley are accused of threatening to terminate a $5.2 million contract with a company that provided medical services to the county jail if the company didn't fire an employee who documented what she said were inappropriate comments made to her by a sheriff's commander.
Maketa, Presley and San Augustin also are accused of coercing a woman who was involved in a domestic dispute with a deputy to recant her story. The woman was then arrested.
Attempts to reach Maketa, Presley and San Agustin were unsuccessful.
LINK: Read The Indictment (PDF File)
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