Trinidad & Las Animas County

Unhoused systems coordinator stuns Trinidad city council with local homeless population data, unemployment ranking, substance overdose fatality rankings 

The county’s unhoused systems coordinator, Chelsea Meece, took to City Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 18, to provide the Trinidad City Council an update on the homeless population after she and 11 volunteers conducted a Point in Time (a snapshot of homelessness on a given night in January) and a by-name list of individuals experiencing homelessness within the area.  

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Trinidad man with list of warrants, purportedly smokes fentanyl, leads authorities on chase, collides with patrol cars, more

Details emerged regarding an incident that took place in late January where a man who reportedly had multiple warrants, including felony burglary warrants, attempted to elude authorities while high on fentanyl before he eventually collided with patrol cars.

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