Tag: Aurora Police Department
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Aurora police investigating 3 overnight weekend shootings
Aurora police are investigating three separate shootings that occurred over the weekend, leaving one person with life-threatening injuries and two others wounded. Officers first responded shortly after 12:15 a.m. Saturday, to reports of a juvenile who arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound. Investigators determined the shooting occurred in the 1400 block of North…
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Fatal Aurora police shooting of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield referred to grand jury
The Aurora police shooting that killed Rajon Belt-Stubblefield was referred to a grand jury for further investigation Friday. The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office referred the case following the completion of Critical Incident Response Team and district attorney’s office reviews, according to a news release Friday afternoon. Belt-Stubblefield was shot during a traffic stop on…
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Aurora faces federal lawsuit over police shooting of Lewis
The Kilyn Lewis family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Aurora, claiming the city’s policies, practices and “longstanding customs” led to his fatal shooting. Lewis, 37, was shot by Aurora Police Department SWAT Ofc. Michael Dieck on May 23, 2024, while officers were attempting to arrest him on an attempted murder…
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Aurora communication policy changes raise concerns for public safety, press freedom
Proponents argue arestees have a right to privacy until adjudicated An Aurora City Council decision to alter social media policies for the police department has raised concerns from press freedom and public safety advocates, who worry that limiting what police can release to the public will impact safety and limit media professionals’ ability to access…
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Aurora City Council votes to create police social media policy to bar ‘editorializing’
The Aurora City Council voted to alter social media policies for the Aurora Police Department on Monday night to bar department officials from posting mug shots and suspect names until a suspect is convicted or pleads guilty. The resolution, which passed with four “no” votes, directs the city manager to develop a social media policy…
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Aurora man arrested in connection to 4-year-old’s death
Aurora Police Department officers arrested a 24-year-old man Saturday in connection with a 4-year-old boy’s death. Police took Alexander Martinez-Armstrong into custody on suspicion of first-degree murder after police found the young boy unconscious and injured Saturday night, according to an APD news release. The boy later died at the hospital from his injuries. Martinez-Armstrong…
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Aurora lawmakers to cast initial vote on police oversight office creation
Aurora lawmakers will discuss the creation of a police oversight office in Monday night’s City Council study session as the police department’s consent decree with the attorney general’s office nears its end. Aurora’s Community Advisory Council will brief the council Monday on the consent decree’s progress and future, then councilmembers will make an initial decision…
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Aurora officer stabbed in head with ‘butcher knife,’ suspect dead in shooting
An Aurora police officer remains hospitalized and a man is dead after a stabbing and police shooting near Cherry Creek State Park, Aurora Police Department officials said Thursday. On Friday afternoon, the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office identified the suspect as 23-year-old Amare James Garlington and declared his cause and manner of death to be homicide…
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Aurora police update ICE facility response agreement 1 year after detainees escaped
Aurora City Council members approved moving forward with a memorandum of understanding Monday that outlines guidelines for Aurora police officers responding to the GEO Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Since the facility is in Aurora, the Aurora Police Department is the responding party for detainees who escape the facility, Chief Todd Chamberlain told council members…
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Aurora police, DEA tout partnership to crack down on illegal drugs, reduce overdose deaths
In the year since the Aurora Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration partnered to crack down on drug trafficking in Aurora, the amount of seized fentanyl and other deadly drugs has spiked in the city, according to authorities. In a joint news conference between the APD and the DEA on Monday, officials touted…