RBC | Shield 616, a Colorado Springs–based nonprofit focused on supporting first responders, hosted a family night on Dec. 30, 2025, for the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office and donated protective vests to deputies as a show of appreciation for their service. The event brought together deputies and their families[Read More…]
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Helicopter crash northeast of Meeker – ongoing investigation
UPDATED: The helicopter was a privately owned MD500 and the pilot has been identified as 59-year-old Thomas Prenzlow of Meeker, Colorado, who was the sole occupant. MEEKER | The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office has reported a helicopter crash northeast of Meeker. According to a press release June 26, RBC[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: JANUARY 7-13, 2024
ARRESTS A 38 yr old female turned herself in on 1/11/2024. She is in Moffat County Jail awaiting a sentence. A 49 year old male was arrested 1/11/024 for violation of protection order and transported to Moffat County Jail. He was issued a PR bond on 1/12/2024. A 42 year[Read More…]
Rio Happenings: December 24-29, 2023
ARRESTS No arrests this week. CALL SUMMARIES 12/24/2023 @ 1:06 pm. There was a hit and run accident at Watts Ranch Market. The driver’s side mirror was hanging down when they returned to their car. 12/28/2023 @ 1:41 pm. An ambulance was called out to the Ripple Creek parking lot[Read More…]
Rio Happenings: June 25-July 1
ARRESTS On 6/26/2023 a 40 year-old male was arrested on a Meeker PD warrant. The subject was transported to Moffat County jail and released on a PR bond by Magistrate McConaughy. CALL SUMMARIES 6/26/2023 @ 2:36 pm. A male party was arrested by Meeker PD for failing to register as[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: JANUARY 22-28, 2023
ARRESTS There were no arrests in Rio Blanco County this week. CALL SUMMARIES 1/22/2023 @ 6:45 pm. Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office assisted Rangely Fire Dept. and Rangely PD with a backhoe that caught fire. 1/24/2023 @ 7:28 pm. A bull elk was hit by a vehicle on Piceance Creek[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: July 18-24, 2022
Editor’s Note: The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office has compiled the following information for publication to keep residents apprised of law enforcement activity within Rio Blanco County. ARRESTS: 40 Yr old male sentenced to 18 months county jail on child abuse charges by Judge Norrdin 43 Yr old male sentenced to 90[Read More…]
DONATION …
The owners of Marvine Ranch have donated $275,000 to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office as a “thank you” for duties performed by Undersheriff Travis Mobley and others in the department following the abduction of a female employee from Westlands (property owned by Michael Bloomberg) in February. The woman was[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County welcomes Mobley to undersheriff position
RBC I On March 11, 2022 there will be a new Undersheriff serving Rio Blanco County, as current Undersheriff Jeremy Muxlow submitted his resignation in February. In a letter to Rio Blanco County staff, Sheriff Anthony Mazzola stated, “Jeremy has made a decision based on his priority of his family.[Read More…]
RBCSO explores jail changes
RBC I In an effort to trim its budget in the face of declining revenue, the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office is exploring the feasibility of closing operations at the detention center and contracting with Moffat County to house inmates from RBC. The 2021 budget for the detention center was[Read More…]
Appeals court rules in favor of RBCSO
RBC | Rio Blanco County sheriff’s employees did not unconstitutionally ignore the risk of suicide to a woman who died inside the county jail in 2016, the federal appeals court based in Denver has ruled. Although there were allegations the employees failed to check on Catherine Rowell hourly, as the[Read More…]
Update: County Road 8 fire 100% contained
RBC | A fire approximately eight miles up County Road 8 had Rio Blanco Fire, BLM, RBC Road and Bridge and Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s office responding early Sunday afternoon on April 11. The sheriff’s office asked the public to stay clear of the area to allow crews to work.[Read More…]
