An undercover surveillance video shows former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick Sullivan Jr. delivering methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia to two men at an Aurora home on the day he was arrested by sheriff’s deputies.

The video capturing Sullivan’s activity was released to the public Wednesday, a day after he pleaded guilty to felony possession of methamphetamine and soliciting for prostitution.



Sullivan, 69, was sentenced to 30 days in jail, two years of probation and a $1,100 fine.

The video was taken Nov. 29, when Sullivan showed up at a home where two men, confidential police informants, were waiting for him to deliver drugs in exchange for sex.

When he arrived, he handed one of the men a T-shirt and a muscle shirt as a gift, the video shows.

Sullivan takes off his baseball cap and a vest, and he lies down on a bed.

“Is it OK if I get comfortable?” he asks the informant.

As Sullivan sprawls out across the bed, he watches pornography on a portable DVD player he brought with him.

Sullivan tells one of the informants that the DVD is one he will enjoy.

“It’s all young guys,” Sullivan says.

The informant takes drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine out of a bag and asks Sullivan whether he consumed any of it.

“No,” Sullivan says. “It’s a social issue; why smoke by yourself?”

After a few moments, deputies raid the bedroom and put handcuffs on Sullivan.

As he is being arrested, Sullivan tells a deputy he has a “bad leg” and asks him not to break it.

Deputy Attorney General Michael Dougherty, who prosecuted the case, said Sullivan used his position as a former sheriff to gain the confidence of gay men who were methamphetamine users and brought them gifts to manipulate them.

Sullivan is serving his sentence in the county jail that is named after him.

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