‘We Definitely Aren’t In Oakland Anymore,’ Family Grateful After Weld County Deputies Cover Hotel Expenses

From CBS Denver:

By Dillon Thomas

November 6, 2020

WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A mother seeking to improve the lives of her children was able to have a safe place to stay thanks to Weld County deputies. Deputies Antonio Cano, Kayla McKinney and Andrew Welch used their own out-of-pocket money to cover a hotel room for a family which was experiencing financial difficulties.

According to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office, the trio responded to a hotel in the Del Camino area, (in the southwest corner of the county) on reports of a disruptive customer at a hotel. When they arrived the learned a woman was having financial difficulty covering a hotel room for the night.

The woman, who was not publicly identified, had just arrived in Colorado from Oakland. She told law enforcement she was moving her family to Loveland in search of a better life, but the housing they were seeking fell through upon their arrival.

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