Author: Julia Cardi The Denver Gazette
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Pankey trial: Witnesses recall 1984 night when Jonelle Matthews disappeared
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the hours before 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews disappeared from her Greeley home in 1984 after a holiday choir concert, none of the last people to see her alive remember anything unusual. The seventh grader didn’t seem upset or scared, and the family friend who gave…
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Car thefts in 2022 on pace to exceed 2021 numbers: Colorado State Patrol
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Automobile thefts in Colorado are on pace to exceed numbers in 2021, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Reported thefts increased 18% in January through May this year over 2021, the agency said in a…
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Colorado traffic deaths involving impaired drivers up 44% since 2019
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Traffic fatalities involving an impaired driver have increased 44% since 2019, according to data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Transportation. There were 691 traffic deaths statewide in 2021, according to a news release.…
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Police: Teens accused in fatal Denver arson targeted wrong house; web searches led to arrests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For investigators digging into the arson that killed five members of a Senegalese immigrant family in a Green Valley Ranch home in August 2020, the break came when they decided to get a warrant for Google searches of that address spanning to a few weeks…
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Specialty courts work, but fairness of access questioned
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save District attorneys tout specialty courts and diversion programs, designed to rehabilitate rather than incarcerate, as a success story. The worth of these programs is a rare topic both Republican and Democratic district attorneys often agree on. In Colorado, specialty courts — also known as problem-solving…
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Chief Pazen Q-and-A: 2020 hits retentions, but he’s proud of officers’ resolve
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In its 161 years, the Denver Police Department has weathered global pandemic, recession and civil turmoil. But never all three at once. The turbulence of 2020 has hit the police department’s recruiting and retention hard. By the end of May, the Denver Police Department saw…
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ACLU report recommends adopting long-term practices to reduce jail populations
Colorado’s jail populations have fallen by as much as 46% statewide since March, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought on an urgent need to reduce jail populations to slow the spread of the disease. In a new report, the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado said it wants to translate measures taken by counties to keep…
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9News unaware man acting as private security for outlet was armed, management says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Management for 9News released a statement Tuesday saying the company was not aware a man acting as their private security, who has since been arrested for investigation of first-degree murder, was armed. Matthew Dolloff, 30, has been held since Saturday for the shooting of Lee…
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Police ID suspect in fatal Civic Center protest shooting
Denver Police have identified the man being held in connection with a fatal shooting Saturday afternoon in Civic Center park as 30-year-old Matthew Dolloff. He is being held pending investigation for first-degree murder, police said. Denver police said the Office of the Medical Examiner would later release the name of the victim, but multiple media…
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One person killed in shooting during opposing rallies at Civic Center, suspect identified Sunday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A mostly peaceful afternoon of opposing demonstrations in Denver’s Civic Center park suddenly turned deadly on Saturday when a man was fatally shot. Denver police said on Twitter Saturday night that the suspect in the shooting was a private security guard with “no affiliation with…