Week of Oct. 12, 2026: Denver Sheriff's Deputy Arrested in June for Domestic Violence Charges
Welcome to our weekly sum-up. Every Monday we send out a short summary of the last week’s officers that have landed on Colorado’s Peace Officer Standards and Training public database of law enforcement misconduct and actions. These actions from POST are not necessarily only those that have happened in the last week, but those that have been added, and consist of any other context we could find. Additionally are officers with otherwise obvious misconduct from around the same time.
This week we have a litany of terminations and resignations, with two from Westminster Police Department that have been added to the POST database particularly late, one almost a year afterwards.
Evan Potter (CO-124625)
- Terminated for cause as an officer with Denver Police Department on Sept. 17.
- Formerly an officer with Thornton Police Department.
Sources:
- POST Database
- Denver Police Department
- Thornton Police Department
Athena Garcia (CO-131082)
- Resigned in lieu of termination for cause as an officer with Pueblo Police Department on Sept. 29.
- Criminally charged with two counts of official misconduct for alleged offenses from July 12 as an officer with Pueblo Police Department.
- Pueblo Police Department told Blue Surveillance Garcia has one internal affairs investigation and it is ongoing so cannot be released.
- Previously a sergeant with Fremont County Sheriff’s Office and a detective with Canon City Police Department.
Sources:
- POST Database
- Court records
- Town of Pueblo
Dale Gurule (CO-6150-1888)
- Resigned while under investigation as an officer with Ignacio Police Department on Oct. 7.
- Formerly with Southern Ute Police Department
Sources:
- POST Database
Stephen Lewis (CO-4203-5390)
- Terminated for cause as an officer with Lafayette Police Department on Oct. 5.
Sources:
- POST Database
Harrison Olmstead (CO-818-003)
- Terminated for cause as a trooper with Colorado State Patrol on Sept. 18.
- Issued a credibility report as a trooper with Colorado State Patrol on Sept. 30.
Sources:
- POST Database
Ryan Holmes (CO-125446)
- Retired while under investigation as a sergeant with Colorado State Patrol on Sept. 30.
- Issued a credibility report as a trooper with Colorado State Patrol on Oct. 6.
- Previously arrested on domestic violence-related charges of second degree assault through strangulation and witness/victim intimidation.
- Previously reported on here.
Sources:
- POST Database
- Court Records
James DeSchryver (CO-748-637)
- Terminated for cause as an officer with Fairplay Police Department on Oct. 9.
Sources:
- POST Database
Matthew Calhoon (CO-113395)
- Resigned in lieu of termination for cause as an officer with the Westminster Police Department on June 3.
Sources
- POST Database
Luquam Hill (CO-7847-3905)
- Resigned in lieu of termination for cause as an officer with the Westminster Police Department on Dec. 24, 2025.
Sources:
- POST Database
Kevin Lacy (CO-254-448)
- Terminated for cause as a detention deputy with Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 6.
- Arrested on charges of sexual conduct in a correctional institution — a felony — and official misconduct involving a female inmate.
- Previously reported on here.
Sources:
- POST Database
- Court Records
Patrick Meehan (CO-4879-1716)
- Resigned while under investigation as as sergeant with Boulder Police Department on Oct. 5.
Sources:
- POST Database
Christopher Cleaver (CO-018-728)
- Terminated for cause as a deputy with Denver Sheriff's Department Sept. 23.
- Arrested June 30 on domestic violence-related charges of felony menacing, criminal mischief and failure to leave premises. According to Denver County Court records, a protection order was filed against Cleaver on July 1 and he was required to relinquish his firearms, though later the same day the charges were dropped.
- The Denver City’s Attorney Office, Clerk of Denver County Court and District Attorney’s Office filed a petition to the Denver District Court on Oct. 2 to seal Cleaver’s criminal record. This case is still open, but the latest proceedings show an order to seal.
Sources:
- POST Database
- Denver County Court
- Denver District Court
Officer updates:
Records that must come directly from a law enforcement agency are not required to be released within three business days, as it is with CORA requests to municipalities. Sometimes an officer is added to the database later in the week, and there isn’t time for records requests to come before the newsletter has to be sent out. Sometimes the records we get back are resumes or job applications without much more information, but sometimes they are documents that do lend more important details. Whenever any of these updates come in, we’ll put them here.
Zachery Chevere (CO-227-204)
- Terminated for cause as an officer with Florence Police Department on Sept. 23.
- Florence Police Department has not responded to a Oct. 8 request for criminal justice records.
- Updates: Termination letter
- According to Chevere’s termination letter dated Sept. 24, he was terminated for “serious policy violations, substandard performance, and gross misconduct stemming from an incident of excessive force” on May 16.
- The letter states those policy violations as including “Unwarranted Escalation and Excessive Use of Force,” “Non-Compliance with Mandatory Use of Force Reporting,” “Violation of Standards of Conduct And Operational Integrity” and “Failure to Meet Established Employment Expectations.”
Connor Theobald’s (CO-722-527)
- Terminated for cause as a deputy with El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 31.
- Updates: Termination letter
- Terminated for violation of multiple internal policies: “Disobedience to Orders,” “Standards of Performance and Neglect of Duty” and “Unsatisfactory Work Performance.”
- El Paso County SO denied the internal affairs investigation relevant to Theobald’s termination claiming it did not involve misconduct while on-duty or involving a member of the public.
