A deputy with the Weld County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Thursday on suspicion of stalking, assault, harassment and tampering with evidence as part of a domestic violence investigation.
Authorities took Alex Porter, 23, into custody after an internal investigation found that the deputy was allegedly involved in a domestic violence incident in late May, according to a press release issued by the sheriff’s office Friday.
No details were provided about the victim or victims in the case or how the victims might have been related to Porter.
Porter faces two counts of third-degree assault, a count of stalking— repeatedly follow, one count of first-degree official misconduct, one count of tampering with physical evidence and three counts of harassment with “strikes, shoves and kicks.”
Porter has been with the Weld County Sheriff’s Office for four years. He is on unpaid administrative leave pending the outcome of the internal and criminal investigations.
“Law enforcement officers are expected to hold themselves to a higher standard than the average citizen,” Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams said in a statement. “It is unfortunate that this incident occurred but justice must be applied equally.”
Porter is in custody at the Weld County Jail as of 10 a.m. Friday, according to Weld County Jail arrest records. Court information for his case was not immediately available.
Updated 10 a.m. June 19, 2026: Because of a source’s error, this article misreported the charges the suspect faces. It has been corrected to note that one of the charges was for stalking—repeatedly follow.
