Tag: Alcohol Abuse
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Suspected DUI driver arrested after fatal Wheat Ridge crash
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The Wheat Ridge Police Department arrested a driver Thursday morning after he crashed into another vehicle while allegedly intoxicated, killing one and injuring a toddler. Officers responded to the two-vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate 70 near Ward Road around 5 a.m., according to a social media post by the department. One person was pronounced dead…
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Colorado sees increase in DUI deaths while enforcement drops
Impaired driving deaths increased 41% between 2013 and 2023, but DUI arrests and case filings decreased by about 30%
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Commerce City officer injured in suspected DUI crash on I-270
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A Commerce City police officer was injured early Tuesday morning after a suspected drunk driver rammed into the back of the officer’s patrol vehicle. The officer was in the hospital in serious condition Tuesday. The suspect is also in the hospital and could be charged with vehicular assault, Commerce City Police spokesperson Joanna Small said.…
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Man convicted in DUI crash that killed Commerce City officer
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An Adams County jury convicted a man of vehicular homicide after a 2020 DUI crash left a Commerce City Police Department detective and another victim dead. Following a three-day trial in an Adams County District Court, 49-year-old Fructuoso Rosales-Cano was convicted Thursday of two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of driving under the…
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Man charged in suspected DUI crash that killed Golden police officer
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A day after Golden Police Officer Evan Dunn was laid to rest in Littleton, the man suspected of crashing into the officer and killing him was officially charged in a Jefferson County court. First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King charged 43-year-old Stephen Geer Thursday morning with one count of vehicular homicide, two counts of vehicular assault,…
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Driver accused of deadly crash pleads guilty
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The driver accused of causing a deadly crash in June has entered a guilty plea. Ilya Slavin, 37, plead guilty to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and cruelty to animals, according to the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The remaining counts in the case were dismissed. On June 5, just before 6 a.m., Slavin was involved…
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Douglas County woman arrested on DUI charges after allegedly hitting boy on bike
The victim was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries
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Broomfield woman sentenced after DUI crash kills 2 changing tire
Dusti Arsensdorf, 43, was sentenced to 24 years in prison following the 2023 crash
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Aurora man convicted in DUI crash that killed mother, 6-year-old child
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Arapahoe County jury found an Aurora man guilty of vehicular homicide in a DUI-related crash that killed a mother and a six-year-old daughter and seriously injured two others. 32-year-old Juan Pablo Pascual-Licea was found guilty after a three-day trial following the DUI crash that…
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Officials warn of increased alcohol, substance abuse in Colorado this winter
At the end of a historically stressful year, mental health officials worry that alcohol and substance abuse among Coloradans is going to increase further this holiday season, the Center for Mental Health in Montrose said last week. The center said numerous triggers are coming together to create a perfect storm of isolation, including COVID-19 fears…