Colorado sheriff’s deputy disciplined for helping immigration agents resigns, ending lawsuit
The deputy shared detailed information with federal agents, leading to a student's arrest and prompting a lawsuit that was dropped following his resignation, said Colorado officials.
- Alexander Zwinck, a former Mesa County Sheriff's deputy, resigned amid a lawsuit alleging he illegally shared information with immigration agents.
- Colorado's attorney general dropped the lawsuit against Zwinck after he agreed to resign, as the law no longer applied to him.
- The lawsuit accused Zwinck of purposely stalling a nursing student with an expired visa so federal agents could arrest her.
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Colorado sheriff’s deputy who alerted ICE to Utah student resigns; AG drops lawsuit
Mesa County sheriff's deputy Alexander Zwinck resigned Tuesday, almost three months after he was accused of violating state law by sharing information with federal officials that led to Utah college student Caroline Dias Goncalves' immigration arrest.
Colorado attorney general drops lawsuit against deputy who shared information leading to woman’s ICE arrest
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser last week dropped his lawsuit against a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy whose decision to share information with federal immigration officials led to the June arrest of a 19-year-old college student from Utah. Mesa County Sheriff’s Deputy Alexander Zwinck is resigning effective Tuesday. Because of his decision, Weiser, a Democrat, can no longer sue him under a Colorado law prohibiting state and local law enforc…
DENVER — A Colorado sheriff’s deputy disciplined for helping federal immigration agents arrest a Brazilian college student has resigned. Alexander Zwinck no longer works for the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, department spokeswoman Heather Benjamin said Tuesday. Zwinck’s departure prompted the state attorney general to drop a lawsuit against him over allegations that the deputy illegally shared information with immigration agents. After Zwinck st…
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