Former Sheriff Lance FitzGerald will not stand trial for his DUI arrest, unless he fails to complete the terms of an agreement to participate in a yearlong adult diversion program with the Sixth Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

FitzGerald, who won election by 11 votes in November 2018 and removed from office by more than 90 percent of voters in Ouray County’s first recall election in June, was scheduled to have a two-day jury trial this month. The case stemmed from his arrest last Novembe...