Tag: Aurora Crime
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Aurora police seek suspect vehicle in fatal pedestrian hit-and-run
The Aurora Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding the driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 28-year-old man on Sunday. On Wednesday, police said the suspect vehicle is believed to be a black 2005 to 2010 Dodge Charger or Dodge Magnum. The vehicle should have damage to the driver-side front-fender…
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4 wounded in 3 overnight shootings in Aurora
Four people were wounded overnight after three shootings broke out in Aurora, according to the Aurora Police Department. No arrests had been made in any of the shootings as of Tuesday morning. Police said they do not believe the shootings were connected. The first shooting happened in the 800 block of North Havana Street, near…
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57-year-old killed in late-night Aurora shooting
A 57-year-old man was shot and killed in Aurora late Sunday night, according to the Aurora Police Department. Police said the shooting happened shortly before 11 p.m. in the 900 block of South Peoria Street, near the intersection of South Peoria Street and East Mississippi in the Aurora Hills neighborhood. Officers found the victim suffering…
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Woman wounded, man arrested in Aurora shooting
Aurora police on Sunday arrested a man in connection with a shooting that wounded a woman in the Sable Ridge neighborhood. Police said the shooting happened at around 12:50 a.m. Sunday in the 14000 block of East Iowa Drive, near the Florida Station Apartment Complex and Gateway High School. The victim was found suffering from a…
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Man killed in Christmas shooting at Aurora apartment complex
A man was killed on Christmas evening after a shooting broke out at an apartment complex in Aurora, according to the Aurora Police Department. The fatal shooting happened just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday outside of the Chelsea Park Village Apartments at 86 N. Oakland St., near the Aurora Hills Golf Course, police said. Police said…
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Ex-police officer charged in shooting death of 17-year-old boy in Aurora
Almost a month after a teenager was shot to death over an argument over reckless driving, prosecutors have charged a former officer with the Greenwood Village Police Department in his killing. Adam Holen was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17 year old Peyton Blitstein, the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office announced…
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Aurora police: Man impersonated immigration official to sexually assault child
A man is accused of pretending to be an immigration official in order to sexually assault a 7-year-old girl in Aurora. Investigators arrested Kenneth Dean Lee, 65, on Dec. 10 and charged him with sexual assault on a child and first-degree burglary. Police said Lee went to the victim’s home in the 1300 block of North…
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Aurora man accused of hit-and-run, threatening witness with gun
An Aurora man was arrested overnight after allegedly getting into a hit-and-run crash and threatening a witness with a gun in Greeley. Johnathan Faulk, 31, was arrested after law enforcement announced a statewide search for him Monday, according to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office. Faulk is being held in the Weld County Jail and his…
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19-year-old gets 22 years in prison for shooting, robbing stranger in Aurora
A judge sentenced a 19-year-old man to 22 years in prison Friday after he shot and robbed a stranger in Aurora in 2019, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Colton Robichaud of Aurora pleaded guilty Oct. 8 to attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault causing serious bodily injury. Prosecutors dismissed other counts against…
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Man sentenced to decades in prison for killing teen at Aurora Mall
A man who shot and killed a teenage boy at the Aurora mall in 2019 was sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced. Kamyl Garrette, a 20-year-old Denver resident, received the maximum sentence allowed after he pleaded guilty to killing 17-year-old Nathan Poindexter Jr. “Mr. Garrette made the…