Author: Lance Benzel lance.benzel@gazette.com
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Former Idaho nurse in Kelsey Berreth murder released on parole after resentencing
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former Idaho nurse who aided Teller County rancher Patrick Frazee after he brutally killed his fiancée Kelsey Berreth in Woodland Park was released on parole Tuesday after receiving a reduced sentence. Krystal Jean Kenney’s release from the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility came after she…
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Stepmother accused in killing of Gannon Stauch to appear in court for closed-door hearing
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Letecia Stauch, the woman accused of first-degree murder in the killing of her stepson, 11-year-old Gannon Stauch, heads into court Friday for what is likely to be a closed-door hearing about her request for new attorneys. Stauch, 38, is to appear at 2:30 p.m. before…
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Sinkhole snares Colorado Springs fire engine after water-main break
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs Fire Department’s newest fire engine became ensnared in an epic pothole early Sunday after a road collapsed beneath it during an emergency call. The incident — which occurred about 4 a.m. in the…
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New El Paso County DA criticized over demotion of longtime prosecutor
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Longtime El Paso County prosecutor Donna Billek is set to be demoted next week, a move that freed up her senior rank for a former district attorney recruited after a controversial tenure in Adams and Broomfield counties. Billek, a nearly 22-year office veteran who handled…
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El Paso County hospitals strained despite downward trend in new COVID-19 cases
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County hospitals remained strained even as new COVID-19 cases continued to drop across the Pikes Peak region, according to the latest data from county health authorities. On Sunday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis extended…
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Adams County paralegal pleads guilty in Gannon Stauch murder case to leaking document
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County paralegal accused of leaking a sealed court document divulging details of the investigation into the killing of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch has pleaded guilty. Sherie Farstveet, 54, pleaded guilty Dec. 10 in Adams…
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ACLU files lawsuit against El Paso County sheriff over record COVID-19 outbreak at jail
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the coronavirus swept through Colorado’s penal institutions, El Paso County jail inmates went months without access to masks, even facing threats of discipline if they tried to use bed sheets or underwear as face coverings, the ACLU of Colorado said Sunday in a class-action…
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Feds rule out death penalty for Planned Parenthood shooter Dear
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Federal prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty against admitted Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Lewis Dear Jr., the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. The decision — relayed without explanation in a one-sentence legal filing — comes days after the five-year anniversary of the Nov. 27,…
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Judge declares mistrial in slaying of 13-year-old Dylan Redwine of Monument
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Durango judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a southwestern Colorado father accused in the 2012 slaying of his son, 13-year-old Dylan Redwine of Monument. The ruling by 6th Judicial District Judge Jeffrey Wilson came after members of Redwine’s defense team cited…
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Coronavirus outbreak at Cañon City prison sickens dozens of inmates, 13 workers
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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 new coronavirus outbreak has sickened 74 inmates and 13 staff members at the Fremont Correctional Facility in Cañon City, the Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed Tuesday. The prison in Fremont County launched a round…