Tag: Adams County Sheriff’s Office
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Adams County deputies who shot, killed attempted murder suspect won’t face charges
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday the officers involved in the 2022 shooting of a murder suspect will not be charged. On Aug. 5, three Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies — Lance Kestel, Isiah Acosta and Robert Bacigalupo — shot at and killed…
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No ‘red flag’ order sought despite earlier threats by man in murder-suicide outside Jehovah Witnesses worship hall
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The man who killed his wife and then himself on Christmas Day outside a Jehovah’s Witnesses worship hall, which he tried to blow up with pipe bombs, made shooting and bomb threats to family members and businesses more than a year earlier. Enoch Apodaca, 46, possessed guns, had been investigated before for bomb making and had…
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Adams Co deputies fatally wound attempted murder suspect
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An attempted homicide suspect was shot and killed by Adams County sheriff’s deputies on Friday, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies contacted the suspect, who was wanted for attempted murder, at a home in the 300 block of Malley Drive in Northglenn, according to a news release from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office posted on Twitter…
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Man punches Adams County deputy in face, leads authorities on chase
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A man was in custody Thursday after crashing his vehicle during a high-speed chase on Interstate 70 that began after authorities say he punched an Adams County sheriff’s deputy in the face. At 11:45 a.m., deputies were sent to a King Soopers in Brighton for a report of a suspicious person asking underage girls for…
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2 Adams County sheriff’s administrators resign amid investigation
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two administrators with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office recently resigned amid an investigation into their conduct, the agency announced Thursday. Undersheriff Tommie McLallen and Training Division Chief Mickey Bethel both left the agency at the end of February to “pursue other endeavors,” according to a…
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Man fatally shot at motel in Adams County
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A man was shot and killed at a motel in Adams County on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. A man was killed at the Venture Inn Motel in Adams County on Tuesday March 15, 2022. Courtesy of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were sent to the Venture Inn Motel at…
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Thornton man led police on high-speed chase with infant in car, police say
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Frankie Diaz Courtesy of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office A Thornton man was arrested Wednesday night after he led Adams County deputies on a lengthy chase with an infant in the car. Frankie Diaz, 30, is being held at the Adams County Detention Facility on suspicion of vehicular eluding, felony menacing, child abuse, reckless endangerment…
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3 Adams County Sheriff’s Office administrators under investigation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Adam County undersheriff and two of his fellow administrators are under investigation, Adam Sherman, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said Tuesday. Undersheriff Tommie McLallen and Training Division Chief Mickey Bethel were placed on administrative leave Jan. 29. An outside company is handling the investigation.…
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Former Adams County sheriff’s deputy convicted of sexual assault
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An Adams County jury found a former Adams County sheriff’s deputy guilty of sexual assaulting a co-worker in 2018, according to the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Michael Benson, 34, was convicted Monday of sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact following a six-day jury trial. He is scheduled to be sentenced April 7, according to…
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Denver sheriff’s deputy killed in apparent murder-suicide
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A deputy sheriff with the Denver Sheriff’s Department was found dead Monday in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide, according to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said they found a man and woman dead at around 9:45 a.m. Monday inside of a home in the 1300 block of West 67th Avenue after responding to…