Ecstasy Suspect Jailed In Drug Case
Boulder Deputy Suspended Over Handling Of Drug Call
One of the people accused of supplying the Ecstasy
pill blamed in the death of a 16-year-old girl has been jailed in
another drug case.
Travis Schuerger, 20 (pictured left), was accused of selling ecstasy to an
undercover Denver officer at a November rave party before he was
arrested in the Brittney Chambers' case in Superior, Colo.
A magistrate on Thursday revoked Schuerger's bond. The judge
said that Schuerger also missed two court-mandated drug tests.
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Travis Schuerger, 20 (pictured left), was accused of selling ecstasy to an
undercover Denver officer at a November rave party before he was
arrested in the Brittney Chambers' case in Superior, Colo.
A magistrate on Thursday revoked Schuerger's bond. The judge
said that Schuerger also missed two court-mandated drug tests.
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He is accused of giving ecstasy pills to high school senior
Rebecca A. Sheffield, 18, who is accused of selling one pill for
$25 to four girls who wanted to give it to Chambers as a birthday
present.
Schuerger and Sheffield were married shortly after their Feb. 2
arrest.
Chambers became ill after taking the drug Jan. 28 at a birthday
party at her mother's house in Superior. She slipped into a coma
and died Feb. 2 after life support was removed.
In a related incident, a Boulder County sheriff's deputy was suspended for three days
without pay on Thursday and transferred to his former position at
the county jail for unspecified problems in the way he responded to
the call at Chambers' house, Sheriff George Epp said.
A second deputy's actions during a call to the Chambers' house are still under review.
Epp did not release the deputies' names or any details of their
actions.
Denver police arrested Schuerger during a rave party last November. The party was located at Imago Dei, a north Denver church.
According to court documents, Schuerger approached an undercover Denver police detective and asked him if he wanted to buy some "x" for $25 a pill.
Police said that Schuerger had nine ecstasy pills.
Police are taking a closer look at the Imago Dei church's operations. A woman inside the church told 7News that it was a church. She said that it didn't hold "raves," but rather after-hours youth outreach programs.
However, Imago Dei is featured prominently on a Colorado rave Web site that is promoting upcoming raves at the church location.
Sources told 7News that because of the Schuerger drug bust and other alleged problems there, police are investigating the possibility of using the city's public nuisance ordinance to close down the church.
- February 13, 2001: Teen Suspected Of Taking Ecstasy Released From Hospital
- February 13, 2001: Ecstasy Case Arrest Expected
- February 12, 2001: Ecstasy Death Caused By 'Water Intoxication'
- February 9, 2001: Lab Tests Show Fatal Ecstasy Pill Untainted
- February 8, 2001: Boulder Probe Into Ecstasy Party Continues
- February 7, 2001: Boulder Deputies Suspended Over Ecstasy Case
- February 5, 2001: Ecstasy Suspects Due In Court This Week
- February 4, 2001: Ecstasy Suspects Post Bond, Victim's Family Plans Memorial
- February 3, 2001: Girl In Ecstasy-Induced Coma Dies
- February 1, 2001: Arrests Are Near In Ecstasy Sale
- January 31, 2001: Girl Remains In Coma As Authorities Issue Ecstasy Warning
- January 29, 2001: Girl In Critical Condition After Consuming 'Ecstasy' Drug
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