STERLING — Local authorities say they were unaware that a halfway house was going to transport a man to Weld County, where he was facing criminal charges, and Denver7 Investigates found that it took hours to alert the public after the suspect escaped.
A release from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said that Byron Roth was not handcuffed or restrained in any way when the Advantage Treatment Center in Sterling, where Roth was in custody, drove him to Weld County for a warrant, where Roth was facing charges of aggravated robbery and felony menacing.
Now, the state’s Division of Criminal Justice is involved, requiring Advantage Treatment Center to conduct a review of the incident and its policies and is also considering launching an investigation of its own…