Hundreds of newspapers were stolen in Colorado following the publication of an article about the rape of a teenage girl at a police chief's home.
By the time the story hit the front page of The Plaindealer newspaper on Thursday, nearly all of the copies had been stolen from shelves in Ouray and Ridgway.
“Obviously someone didn’t want the community to read the news this week. “I’ll let you draw your own conclusions about the story you shouldn’t read,” the local newspaper reported, according to Fox New.
On Friday, the day after the crime, deputies with the Ouray County Sheriff's Office got their hands on a suspect. However, the latter would have no connection to the police chief or the defendants involved in the rape story.
“We will not stop fulfilling our mission, which is to highlight important issues in our community and keep you informed. This person is not going to end press freedom by stealing a few hundred newspapers. Our community will not tolerate this, and neither will we,” The Plaindealer stressed, adding that tyrants “don’t do that.” [font] what to strengthen [la] determination [de son équipe]”.