Tag: Aurora Crime
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Report: Denver, Aurora see sharp decline in crime rates
Violent and property crime rates in Denver and Aurora saw sharp declines over three years, though Colorado’s most populous city led the list in violent crimes, a new report found. Denver’s crime rates declined steadily since 2022, mirroring a statewide trend, according to the report from the Common Sense Institute. Still, Denver topped the list…
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Colorado could save $1.8 billion adopting Aurora’s crime policies, report says
The state of Colorado could have saved $1.8 billion last year if statewide approaches to crime matched those in Aurora, a Common Sense Institute study reported. The report looked at crime data across Aurora and the entire state of Colorado over the past several years, comparing trends specifically in auto theft to determine how much…
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15-year-old Aurora boy dies when shot by teen playing with gun, according to police
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A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by a teen playing with a gun before it discharged inside a northwest Aurora mobile home Sunday night. At around 7:30 p.m., Aurora Police Department officers responded to a local hospital where two 15-year-old boys had self-transported with gunshot wounds, according to a Monday news release. Investigators learned…
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Aurora police gang unit arrests 2, seizes cocaine, 3D printed gun
Aurora Police Department’s gang unit arrested two fugitives on Dec. 27, seizing drugs, cash and a 3D printed gun, according to a news release on Friday. The arrests were part of a narcotics investigation involving an Aurora man, 28-year-old Abel Gebretsadik, with “known gang ties,” according to the news release. Gebretsadik also had an active felony…
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Aurora gang unit makes 3 arrests on felony warrants
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Aurora Police Department gang unit officers arrested three men with illegal weapons last week, according to a department news release Tuesday. All three of the arrested men — Isaiah Hughes, 22, Raheim Kyser, 23, and Adonai Kalala, 22 —had active felony warrants for their arrest, the release said, and were all taken into custody at the…
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Stealing more than $100 worth of goods, or dining-and-dashing, results in Aurora jail time
Aurora adopted harsher penalties for theft in the city, a move that supporters said will help reduce theft and one that opponents said will cost the city more in incarceration costs for a strategy that isn’t effective. Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky brought forward two ordinances at Monday night’s council meeting that add to the original ordinance…
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A ‘suspicious incident’ that turned into a kidnapping case ends up with girl safely located
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A “suspicious incident” that police later thought might be a case of kidnapping ended with the woman — who was seen on video being pulled into a car by several men — safe, with no charges expected to be file, the Aurora Police Department said. Authorities on Tuesday asked for the public’s help about the incident…
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16-year-old charged in Nome Park mass shooting that injured 6 teens
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Prosecutors have filed more than a dozen charges against Daniel Ruelas, a 16-year-old boy accused of injuring six teenagers in a mass shooting at Aurora’s Nome Park in November. Ruelas faces 16 counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree assault, one count of possession…
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2 arrested, charged with attempted murder in Aurora shooting
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Investigators arrested two suspects in connection with a shooting in Aurora, the Aurora Police Department announced Monday. DeSean Young-Davis, 24, of Denver and Keevin Newsom, 38, of Aurora were arrested by the District Two Investigations Unit and Fugitive Apprehension Surveillance Team, police said. Both men were charged with attempted murder and first-degree assault. The shooting…