MONTROSE — Gunnison County jail employees have been arrested on suspicion of perjury, official misconduct and false reporting.
Melissa Rogers, 27, and Michelle Zadra, 39, appeared in court in neighboring Montrose County on Thursday.
District Attorney Myrl Serra said 25-year-old Tawnya Sponable, a sheriff’s deputy who also worked at the jail, was arrested Wednesday night as part of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s probe into alleged misconduct at the jail. She is suspected of conspiracy to introduce contraband, conspiracy to commit perjury, first- degree official misconduct, false reporting, theft under $500 and possession of a controlled substance, according to the CBI.
Rogers, a sergeant at the jail, and Zadra, the jail captain, were arrested on suspicion of first-degree perjury, conspiracy to commit perjury, first-degree official misconduct and false reporting to authorities. The Associated Press
