Author: Lance Benzel [email protected]
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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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Colorado man to face trial in killing of woman whose body was ‘kicked’ off mountain cliff
A Colorado Springs man strangled his ex-girlfriend before concealing her body in a plastic tote and kicking it off a cliff on a remote mountain road, investigators alleged in court Monday. Daveon Artez Rogers, 31, will face a first-degree murder trial in the killing of 28-year-old Elizabeth Michelle “Lizzy” Kremer, 4th Judicial District Chief Judge…
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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 forms, trapping 27,000-lb. fire engine in Colorado
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 4700 block of Ranch Drive near Union and Academy boulevards — revealed that an unseen, subterranean water main break had undermined…
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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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Airplane makes emergency landing on Colorado highway
A small aircraft downed by engine failure made an emergency landing on a stretch of Highway 50 near Penrose, the Colorado State Patrol said. No injuries were reported, and the plane has been towed to an airport, said Master Trooper Gary Cutler. “The whole thing took about 30 minutes,” he said. The landing occurred about…
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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…