Magers pleads guilty to criminal assistance

DAVENPORT-Former Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of third-degree criminal assistance and was ordered to complete 40 hours of community service by Garfield County District Court Judge Thomas W. Cox Wednesday, Aug. 24, concluding an 18-month saga stemming from a Feb. 2021 incident involving Magers and his son, Colton W. Magers.

Wade Magers' official sentence was 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, all of which was suspended by the presiding judge upon completion of community service in an agreed-to recommendation by the state and defense.

The court dismi...