Quotes on Patrick Sullivan’s Arrest

“This is a sadness for this organization. This is a sadness for men and women that serve with pride and integrity every day at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. And it’s a sadness for our community. But beyond, and well beyond the sadness, no one is above the law.”

-Current Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson

“Yeah, we’ve sat at Cheeseman [Park] in the back seat of his car, or his SUV and smoked the (expletive) out of a lot of dope.”

-William Hadley, Man on video claiming he did drugs with Sullivan

“When you look at the kind of people that he hung around with, all very young, all very troubled boys.  It’s hard to say if he was using them or as much as they were using him.  Pat had pension.  Pat had power.  Pat had stability.  What these kids did not have.”

-Andrew Pino, Boyfriend of Sean Moss

“I’ve heard that he used to be the sheriff of Arapahoe County, so it’s just quite shocking to know that a sheriff was next door to my house conducting in drug transactions.”

-Amanda Cardenas, Neighbor of home where Sullivan was arrested

“We are absolutely stunned….”

-Mary Chesley, Cherry Creek Schools Superintendent

“Sullivan was subsequently transported to the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. detention facility and booked….”

-Sullivan’s Arrest Report, as noted by Agent Matthew Hanagan of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Dept