The matriarch of a rural Weld County family facing several felony counts for allegedly taking matters into their hands against suspected criminals will not be getting out of jail any time soon.
But her attorney, Bob Ray, wonders why Pamela Pino is behind bars anyway, suggesting that county prosecutors would present a “dog-and-pony show” preliminary hearing to convince Weld District Court Judge Todd Taylor that there was enough evidence against her to take the case to trial.
Pino, 57, was present Sept. 26 at her rural Hereford home when her sons caught a trespasser intent on stealing marijuana plants. The sons, Lazarus, 35, and Juan, 22, are charged with beating and torturing the Carpenter, Wyo., man while he was tied to a telephone pole. That man, Craig McFarlin, 43, is now in Laramie County Jail in Cheyenne on allegations of selling marijuana at his home, according to a report published in the Wyoming Tribune- Eagle. There is no word on whether Weld sheriff’s deputies are looking to charge him with any crimes for admitting he broke into the Pino property to steal marijuana. Greeley Tribune
