By Clayton Sandell
ABC News
DENVER, Colo. — A Colorado judge went into hiding for two weeks and received police protection after alleged death threats from a prison gang for his role in the murder investigation of the state’s prison chief earlier this year, investigators say.
Authorities say El Paso County judge Jonathan Walker received threats from the 211 Crew, a prison gang with ties to white supremacists and drug trafficking, the officials said.
Walker apparently angered the 211 Crew after he signed about 20 search warrants for investigators looking into the March murders of a pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon and Tom Clements, the head of Colorado’s prison system. Police say 211 Crew member and recent parolee Evan Ebel was the shooter.
“We executed several search warrants and this judge signed those warrants,” El Paso County Undersheriff Paula Presley said.
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