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Former Mesa County elections manager takes deal, will testify against Tina Peters
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Dec 01, 2022 03:57pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, December 1, 2022 09:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Mesa County Elections Manager Sandra Brown pleaded guilty Wednesday to two charges related to an election equipment tampering case in Mesa County and has agreed to testify against her former boss, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters.
Brown is the second former employee of the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's office to take a plea deal in exchange for agreeing to testify against Peters. Former Deputy Clerk Brenda Knisley also agreed to a plea deal in August, in which she pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges and was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation and to perform 150 hours of community service. Knisley's plea deal required her to testify against both Peters and Brown, if needed.
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Peters' term as clerk and recorder will end on Jan. 10. She did not run for re-election for a second term, instead choosing to launch a failed bid for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State.
In September, Peters pleaded not guilty to 10 charges in all, seven felonies and three misdemeanors, related to tampering with election equipment in the Mesa County elections office in May, 2021.
A jury trial is set in Mesa County District Court for March 6-14, 2023. Barrett is scheduled to preside over that trial. |
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