GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - District Attorney Pete Hautzinger is planning to leave his job this fall to become the U.S. Attorney’s Office branch chief in Grand Junction.
The Daily Sentinel reports (https://bit.ly/1LBrBxL) Hautzinger must pass a background check before resigning from his current job in Grand Junction, likely in August, and taking over as the federal office’s top prosecutor.
Gov. John Hickenlooper will appoint a replacement and voters will elect a new district attorney in November.
Hautzinger was elected in 2004 and is in the third year of a final term that expires in January 2017.
Grand Junction is currently without a federal prosecutor. Those cases are being handled in Durango and Denver.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel, https://www.gjsentinel.com
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