CENTENNIAL, Colo.—Defense attorneys for a former sheriff accused of trading methamphetamine for sex with men will get to learn the identities of two informants in the case.
Former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick Sullivan was arrested late last year and faces charges of possession of methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, attempting to influence a public servant and solicitation of a prostitute.
Sullivan’s attorneys have been seeking the identities of informants in the case so they can properly defend him. Prosecutors had wanted to wait until after Sullivan enters a plea before making the informants known.
At a hearing Wednesday, a judge denied prosecutors’ motion to keep the identities secret.
Sullivan was sheriff of Arapahoe County from 1984 until 2002. He is free on bond.
