Sheriff Potter responds to allegation as investigations into impairment continue

Box Elder County Sheriff Kevin Potter is responding publicly to allegations that he was impaired during a January encounter that has drawn widespread attention, saying he did not break the law and expects ongoing investigations to confirm that. “I wasn’t intoxicated,” Potter said. The Jan. 19 incident began as a dispute along a public road leading to a trailhead across the Kingston ranch, where Potter said he had parked on the shoulder partway up the road due to muddy conditions and was hiking. It escalated into a 911 call and a Utah Highway Patrol investigation. James Knight, who approached the...

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