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Sheriff arrested for alleged DUI
Sheriff Lance FitzGerald's mug shot, courtesy VineLink/Montrose County Jail
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By Erin McIntyre, on December 3, 2019
Sheriff arrested for alleged DUI

The Ouray County Sheriff was arrested by one of his own deputies for alleged DUI last week, after he was found to have a breath-alcohol level almost twice the legal limit after driving.

According to court documents detailing the incident prior to Lance FitzGerald’s arrest, FitzGerald called one of his deputies to report his girlfriend had punched him in the face on Nov. 27.

Deputy Monty English responded to FitzGerald’s house in Elk Meadows and found FitzGerald was inebriated, according to the...

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