"Ex-sheriff is accused of swapping drugs for sex" December 01, 2011|By Dan Frosch, New York Times
DENVER - Patrick Sullivan was the kind of lawman Coloradoans loved: a straight-shooting Republican sheriff who once crashed a Jeep through a fence to rescue two deputies from a gun-toting man, a tireless law enforcement officer who pleaded with legislators to keep assault weapons off the street lest any more citizens get shot.
On Tuesday afternoon, though, investigators from the sheriff’s department he oversaw for nearly two decades found themselves monitoring a home near Denver that Sullivan was seen entering.
Soon after, the police arrested Sullivan, now 68 and long retired from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, on charges that he had been trying to exchange methamphetamines for sex with a man. He was booked that night at a local county jail that bears his name.
“The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is saddened, and this is a sad time for our community,’’ said Grayson Robinson, the current sheriff, who once served under Sullivan. “But we have a greater purpose, to serve our community with integrity and professionalism, and that’s exactly what we’ve done with this investigation.’’
Robinson said the police began an investigation into Sullivan’s activities Nov. 17 after several people informed the authorities that he might be involved with methamphetamines.
The investigation led the police to a home Tuesday where they say Sullivan agreed to provide drugs to a man, a longtime associate, in exchange for sex. He was taken into custody without incident, Robinson said.
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