Maketa Re-Trial Begins Soon With Jury Selection
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - Jury selection will soon start for a former El Paso County sheriff.
Terry Maketa is scheduled to stand trial on four charges which jurors were deadlocked on in Maketa's July trial.
The former sheriff is accused of abusing his power and faces charges including felony extortion which accuse Maketa of trying to undermine the credibility of three deputies and threatening to end a contract with a jail's health provider if it did not fire an employee who refused to support then-Undersheriff Paula Presley's candidacy to succeed him.
A jury acquitted Maketa in July of witness tampering, conspiracy to commit witness tampering and official misconduct.
