Five Years Ago
July 7, 2016
“This is coming to a stop.” That’s the message from Sheriff Bruce Conrad after a rowdy Fourth of July weekend that nearly claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy at a party on the Shrine Hill.
Conrad said the youth suffered severe alcohol poisoning and was airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Durango early Tuesday morning, July 5.
“The kid essentially died but we saved him,” …