Clerk And Recorder Investigating County Attorney’s Residence

Roosevelt County Clerk and Recorder Cheryl Hansen said Monday, Nov. 28, that her office has begun its investigation in to a complaint filed claiming that Roosevelt County Attorney Frank Piocos falsely filed as an elector for the 2022 election.

Roosevelt County resident and Northern Plains Independent publisher Darla Downs filed an affidavit of individual challenging an elector which claims that Piocos, who ran unopposed in the Nov. 8 election, falsely claimed 202 Broadway Ave. Apartment 300 in Culbertson as his residence. Lessor, NPI editor James Walling, says Piocos has never occupied that commercial office and the lease was not for an apartment.