Differing Accounts Emerge Of Park County Deputy Discipline

By Brian Maass
DENVER (CBS4) – The day after CBS4 reported one Park County deputy resigned and the undersheriff was suspended with pay, dramatically different accounts emerged of what led to Deputy Welles Tonjes’ resignation.
On Monday, Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener informed Tonjes that he was being demoted from his sergeant position. Tonjes then resigned.
The Tonjes resignation and suspension of Undersheriff Monte Gore came less than a week after Park County Cpl. Nate Carrigan wa