A Ridgway man was cited this morning on suspicion of petty theft in connection with the theft of more than 200 printed copies of this week’s Ouray County Plaindealer. The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office cited Paul Choate, 41, who admitted to stealing the newspapers early Thursday morning. He returned them to the Plaindealer office Thursday night with an apology. Copies of this week’s edition, which featured a front page story...
It wasn’t the sheriff, the sheriff’s son, or the sheriff’s son’s friends.
So maybe it was a genius that wanted to get the story out. I wouldn’t have known about it otherwise.