PULLEN, Colton Gene

Colton Gene Pullen

• 2021-03-26
• 2022-11-08 Mari Mae
• 2023-01-20 letters mailed

DOB: 3/31/92
Booked:3/30/2021
Cause: 80702-C
Charge: Capital murder by terroristic threat
Atty: Harwood

On March 26, Amarillo Police conducted a wellness check at a residence on the 3400 block of North Hill where they found the body of 23-year-old Trevor Riley.

Based on evidence gathered at the scene and witness statements, authorities issued murder warrants for Brent Bernard Smith, Colton Gene Pullen, and Ricky Lee Peebles.

Smith was arrested the next day. On March 30, police released a statement that a SWAT task force apprehended 28-year-old Colton Pullen at a residence in the 6000 block of Amarillo Blvd.
Pullen was booked into Potter County Detention Center on the charge of Capital Murder. A grand jury indicted Pullen and two other co-defendants on June 1, 2021.

Pullen has an extensive history of crimes and was on parole at the time of the offense. He remains in Potter County in lieu of a $750,000 bond.

Read More: Amarillo Crime: Record High of 27 Murders for 2021

Events and Hearings

• 03/29/2021 COMPLAINT FILED

• 03/29/2021 ATTEST TO WARRANT - COMPLAINT

• 03/30/2021 MAGISTRATE'S WARNING

• 03/30/2021 FINANCIAL INFORMATION STATEMENT

• 03/31/2021 ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL 

  • Darrell Carey

• 04/05/2021 WARRANT - SERVED

• 06/01/2021 INDICTMENT (OCA)

• 06/01/2021 ISSUED PRECEPT - SERVICE OF CERTIFIED COPY OF INDICTMENT

• 06/21/2021 PRECEPT - SERVED

• 08/05/2021 REQUEST FOR BOND REDUCTION 

• 08/18/2021 BOND REDUCTION HEARING 

• 08/23/2021 COPY OF DISPOSITION CARD

• ? 01/17/2023 NOTICE OF HEARING 

  • ? Monday June 5, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

• 01/23/2023 STATES' APPLICATION FOR SUBPOENA

  • 01/23/2023 ISSUED SUBPOENA(S) - STATE

• 03/06/2023 STATES' APPLICATION FOR SUBPOENA

• 03/06/2023 ISSUED SUBPOENA(S) - STATE

• 03/09/2023 STATES' APPLICATION FOR SUBPOENA

• 03/09/2023 ISSUED SUBPOENA(S) - STATE