Overview

• Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams said he was legally required to free 21-year-old Debisa Ephraim on Monday after a court found him incompetent to stand trial under HB24-1034.
• Ephraim was arrested in April in Greeley on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and related charges, with a second case later adding burglary and menacing.
• The sheriff released clips he linked to Ephraim that depict two men being knocked unconscious and struck repeatedly during separate fights in Fort Collins and Greeley.
• Reams said prosecutors sought to extend detention or secure mental-health placement but exhausted options under the statute, leaving the jail without authority to hold him.
• Pointing to limits on deportation without a conviction, Reams urged Gov. Jared Polis to call a special legislative session to address what he describes as a legal gap.