Tag: Assault
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Suspect arrested after fatally ‘smashing’ rock on man’s head in Denver on Saturday, police say
Denver police arrested a man on suspicion of first-degree murder after he allegedly used a 30-pound rock to kill another man in downtown Denver on Saturday. Edgardo Jimenez-Alvarad, 30, faces a first-degree murder charge after he allegedly “smashed” the rock onto another man’s head in the 1300 block of Larimer Street just before 6:30 p.m.…
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Denver police officer fired after assault, another cited for reckless driving
Two Denver police officers were cited for separate incidents, the department announced Wednesday evening. Officer Gabriel Lucero was seen assaulting an individual at a business on 16th Street, Denver police officials said. Lucero was already on probation at the time of the incident and was fired Wednesday, according to a news release. Officer Javon Leach…
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Divided appeals court reverses assault conviction over insufficient guidance about paramedics’ authority
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s conviction last week for assaulting a paramedic, concluding that a Denver judge needed to give jurors additional information about the duties that paramedics are legally authorized to carry out. Two paramedics were attempting to take Chakib E. Ez-Zahir to a hospital against his will. After one paramedic blocked his…
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Costilla County sheriff, 4 deputies indicted in abuse of a corpse, assault cases
Two grand juries in the 12th Judicial District indicted five members of the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office in separate cases on Thursday involving improperly collecting remains and assaulting a citizen. Former Costilla County Sheriff Danny Sanchez and former Deputy Keith Schultz faced indictments after allegedly putting human remains into a paper bag, leaving some behind…
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Castle Rock man in custody after fleeing state before sexual assault conviction
A Castle Rock man who fled the state after being convicted of sexually abusing a child was arrested Sunday in Chaparral, N.M., authorities said. Jorge Alberto Campos, 42, failed to appear in court Friday, when a jury found him guilty of five counts of sexual assault on a child as part of a pattern of…
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Ex-Littleton bus aide sentenced in abuse case involving nonverbal student
A video caught a Littleton school bus aide striking a nonverbal student in 2024 — and now she’s headed to prison for more than four years after pleading guilty to 10 child abuse charges. Arapahoe County District Judge Laqunya Latrese Baker-McKay sentenced 29-year-old Kiarra Jones to four-and-a-half years in prison last week after she pleaded…
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Thornton man sentenced to 68 years for kidnapping, assaulting teen girl
A Thornton man was sentenced to nearly 70 years in prison Friday for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 2023. Phillip Torres, 44, received 68 years-to-life in prison, the maximum allowable sentence under the law, for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in his home on June 20, 2023, according to a…
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Police say Cherry Hills officer shot alleged thief during medical exam
A Cherry Hills Village police officer shot an alleged thief Thursday evening after the suspect attacked the officer during a medical exam, according to a department post on X. After arresting the suspect on suspicion of an auto theft earlier in the day, the officer was present while the suspect was undergoing a medical examination…
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Highlands Ranch man sentenced after assaulting woman holding his infant
A Highlands Ranch man was sentenced to 60 days in jail and five years of probation after assaulting the mother of his child while she held the infant. Kayahn Golgoon, 25, was convicted of second- and third-degree assault as well as child abuse by a Douglas County jury in late February after he choked the…
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Former Centennial teacher sentenced to 60 years for sexually assaulting children
A former teacher at a Centennial private school was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday for sexually assaulting multiple children in his care. Christopher Ballard, 28, of Lakewood, had been charged with nearly 24 sexual offenses against 12 child victims at the Journey Academy, where he had been employed since 2021, according to a…