Author: Esteban Candelaria
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Letecia Stauch changes plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, considering waiving jury trial
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Letecia Stauch, accused of murdering her stepson Gannon Stauch over two years ago, changed her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity during a Friday afternoon status hearing, and said through her attorneys she’s considering waiving her jury trial over concerns she won’t be…
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Mother enters plea on negligent homicide charge in 4-year-old’s shooting death
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs mother whose 4-year-old son accidentally shot himself outside a Manitou Springs marijuana store while she was looking after him has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, according to court records. During an…
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‘Get over it,’ man said before being sentenced to prison in Black Forest traffic killings
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who in 2020 stole a nursing home bus in Aurora and crashed it into oncoming traffic in Black Forest, killing two people, told victims’ family members to “get over it” Friday before he was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison. Daihauonzadre…
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Attorneys spar over evidence in motions hearing for Letecia Stauch
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Attorneys sparred over evidence to be used in the murder trial of Letecia Stauch, accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson Gannon Stauch two years ago today, at a Thursday afternoon motions hearing. Fourth Judicial District Judge Gregory Werner ruled on several motions filed by defense…
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Colorado’s jury selection process: Does ‘implicit’ bias create injustice?
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 1985, James Batson, still smarting from a failed appeal in the Kentucky Supreme Court bidding to overturn burglary and stolen goods convictions, brought his case to the United States Supreme Court. He alleged that his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights had been violated by…
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Former Florence city manager sexually harassed women, affidavit says
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Florence City Manager Mike Patterson repeatedly made inappropriate sexual advances toward several women he worked with, an arrest affidavit shows. Patterson, 54, was arrested Monday evening at the Denver International Airport on two alleged counts of felony stalking, among other charges, based on a…
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Colorado Springs school district completes investigation into taped mask claims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Teachers in a Colorado Springs school district told students to tape masks to their faces, according to results released Tuesday of an investigation by district staff. In a Monday night meeting with more than 75…
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First snows spotted throughout Colorado this week
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a fall chill settled over much of Colorado, winter thrill-seekers got their first taste of the coming ski season. Many of the the state’s ski areas saw flakes this week. While not enough to ski, snowboard, sled, or slide down, the snow is enough…
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Highway patrol closes I-25 to investigate fatal crash
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado State troopers closed southbound Interstate 25 Thursday morning to investigate a fatal crash that happened on Wednesday. After a Lakewood man who was ejected from his Jeep Wrangler on Wednesday died in the hospital,…
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Colorado Springs girl killed on mine drop ride was not strapped in, report says
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs 6-year-old girl on a mine shaft ride wasn’t strapped in before she was thrown and plummeted 110 feet, and operators ignored a system to warn them of the danger, state investigators said in a report. Wongel Estifanos, who died at Glenwood Caverns…