Author: Mackenzie Bodell
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Constitution or family? Possible deportation threatens to split family of Fort Carson soldier set for deployment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Sgt. Tyler Garza took his oath of enlistment, he promised to defend the Constitution, but he never foresaw that his promise could be at the expense of his family. Garza, a Fort Carson 4th Infantry Division squad leader, is on the brink of deploying…
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Woman accused of starting Colorado wildfire competent to face trial, judge rules
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Teller County judge ruled that the woman accused of sparking the Highland Lakes fire that burned more than 150 acres near Divide last year is competent to proceed to trial. Lowa Tillitt, 77, also referred to as Lacey Tillitt in public records, was arrested…
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Second suspect in 2022 Old Stage Road homicide sentenced to prison
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The woman convicted of accessory charges related to the May 2022 murder of her cousin on Old Stage Road was sentenced to five years in state prison on Thursday. Laina Curtis, 40, turned herself in to law enforcement in October 2022 shortly after her boyfriend…
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Colorado Springs eyed for ICE detention centers, federal documents show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado may soon be home to six new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, including two in Colorado Springs, according to federal documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU made the announcement late Wednesday…
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Texas judge rules family of Boulder attack suspect receiving due process, rejects motion to stop deportation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the family of Mohamed Soliman, who was charged with a hate crime after a fire-involved attack in Boulder last month, can be deported, stating the family members are receiving their due process. The ruling by Judge Orlando Garcia of the…
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Colorado funeral home co-owner gets 20 years in prison on federal charges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Shackled at the ankles and wrists, Jon Hallford — co-owner of the infamous Penrose Return to Nature Funeral home — appeared calm in federal court Friday morning as a Denver judge handed down a 20-year prison sentence, with three years of supervision, for one count…
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‘Please listen … help us’: Boulder attack suspect’s wife, detained in Texas, releases first public statement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The wife of Mohamed Soliman, the man charged with a hate crime after the June 1 firebomb attack on marchers in Boulder, released her first public statement on the situation Wednesday. Hayam El Gamal and her five children have been detained since June 3 in U.S.…
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Judge sides with family of Boulder attack suspect
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge in Denver on Thursday ruled that the deportation case for the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, charged with a hate crime after the June 1 firebomb attack on marchers in Boulder, will be heard in the Western District of Texas, not…
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Federal judge rules to halt deportation of Boulder attack suspect’s family
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: an earlier version of this story mistakenly identified attorney Susanna Dvortsin as a family friend to Soliman’s wife. The wife and five children of an Egyptian man charged with a hate crime after an fire-involved attack in Boulder over the weekend were headed for deportation…
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Department of Homeland Security: Boulder attack suspect was in the U.S. illegally
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a group participating in a peaceful demonstration on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder Sunday, injuring 12, filed an asylum claim in September 2022 after coming into the United States on a visitor visa the month…