GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Authorities have arrested a Palisade police officer whose ex-girlfriend says he repeatedly sent her text messages, called and knocked on her apartment door in the middle of the night.
Mesa County sheriff’s investigators arrested 26-year-old Stephen James Tonello on Friday on suspicion of harassment. He is free on a $200 bond.
Tonello has an unlisted phone number and couldn’t be reached for comment.
In August, former Grand Junction police officer Courtney Crooks was arrested on charges he physically harassed his wife. He has pleaded not guilty. This month former Grand Junction police officer Glenn Coyne committed suicide after he was arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her home.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
