DENVER—The Colorado attorney general’s office has been appointed special prosecutor in the case of a former sheriff accused of trading methamphetamine for sex.
Gov. John Hickenlooper announced the move Thursday in the case of 68-year-old Patrick Sullivan Jr., a former Arapahoe County sheriff. The Arapahoe County district attorney asked to withdraw from the case.
Sullivan faces charges of possession of methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, attempting to influence a public servant and solicitation of a prostitute.
He was arrested in November. Until he was released on bond on Dec. 6, he was being held in a jail that was named for him.
Sullivan was sheriff from 1984 until 2002.
A spokesman for the attorney general’s office says Deputy Attorney General Michael Dougherty will be the lead prosecutor.
