Tag: Brian Mason
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‘Deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced’: DEA seized record amount of fentanyl in Colorado last year
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A total of 522 people died from drug overdoses in Denver in 2023, the most since tracking began in 1923, according to Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner. Around 40% of those deaths involved the use of fentanyl, according to the office. In an effort to battle the ongoing fentanyl war that has blazed since…
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Adams County father convicted of multiple charges in toddler’s fentanyl poisoning
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An Adams County jury convicted a Brighton man of five charges in connection to the fentanyl poisoning and death of his two-year-old daughter after he left her unattended for 14 hours. Alonzo Montoya, 33, was convicted of the following charges following a two-week trial that began on Jan. 8, according to a news release from…
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Westminster man receives life sentence for stabbing brother with sword
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Westminster man who swung a large sword, striking and killing his brother, will serve a life sentence in prison, authorities said. Adams County District Judge Brett Martin sentenced 62-year-old Kenneth Sargent to life in prison without parole for charges of first-degree murder on Tuesday,…
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Man who kidnapped girl walking home from school sentenced to prison
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A man who pushed a 12-year-old girl into his truck while she was walking home from school in Broomfield was sentenced to six years in prison earlier this week. Shane Hammond was found guilty of second-degree kidnapping in April. Following his release, Hammond, will serve an additional three years on parole, according to the 17th…
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Man sentenced to nearly 100 years in prison for multiple crimes
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A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 98 years in prison on Friday for trying to drown his girlfriend’s cousin in a bathtub and strangling and sexually assaulting her in 2020, according to the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Fermin Gonzalez-Flores was found guilty last August of multiple crimes including second-degree attempted murder, kidnapping, three counts…
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Gov. Jared Polis, lawmakers, law enforcement officials announce public safety bill package
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday unveiled a $113 million public safety package designed to take Colorado from the middle of the pack to one of the top states in the nation for public safety. Ahead of the package’s rollout at a Thursday state Capitol news…