Tag: Transparency in government settlements

Albany County has paid $1.2 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the 2018 shooting of Robert Ramirez by a sheriff’s deputy. The confidential settlement, obtained by WyoFile after a prolonged legal battle, reveals the payment made to Ramirez’s mother, Debra Hinkel. The incident involved then-Albany County Sheriff’s Deputy Derek Colling, who shot…