A Pitkin County deputy is on administrative leave for her role in an incident last week that led to multiple citations for a group of valley residents accused of unlawfully firing weapons and misbehaving at a Lake Powell campsite in Utah.
Amanda Schmitt, 25, who has been a deputy at the Pitkin County Jail for eight months, was suspended indefinitely, with pay, last week, Sheriff Joe DiSalvo confirmed Thursday. DiSalvo, who has been out of the office for most of this week after undergoing surgery to his upper spine on Monday, said he likely will decide about Schmitt’s future with his department next week.
Park rangers at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah summonsed her on the morning of June 10 on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon. The charge is a federal offense.
Schmitt was one of six Roaring Fork Valley residents ticketed, including who was fired in February for having . She also was initially charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust, pattern of abuse.
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