Moffat County detective involved in violent encounters was previously accused of criminal behavior

Moffat County detective involved in violent encounters was previously accused of criminal behavior

Within two years of joining the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office, Kurtis Luster took part in the fatal shooting of a 52-year-old man in downtown Craig and participated in another incident in which sheriff’s personnel intentionally rammed an SUV into a man walking down a country road with his hands in the air. But people who’ve had run-ins with Luster say he shouldn’t even have been hired by the northwest Colorado sheriff’s office in 2021. Police r…