Tag: Brighton Police Department
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Brighton police arrest 50-year-old man after discovery of woman’s body
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Brighton police arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found Friday in an abandoned vehicle. On Saturday, the Brighton Police Department announced the arrest of James Benavidez, 50, who faces multiple charges, including first-degree murder. On Friday, authorities…
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Commerce City teacher charged in sexual assault case from 2016
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office charged a former Commerce City teacher with sexual assault on a child stemming from an incident in 2016. Prosecutors charged 44-year-old Michelle McMillan with one felony count of sexual assault by a person in a position of trust on a child under the age of 15, according to a news…
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Deputy shot in Adams County SWAT standoff
Editor’s note: following the incident, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office added that three deputies were shot in the standoff overall. All suffered non-life threatening injuries. A deputy was shot after the serving of a search warrant turned into a barricade situation at a home in Adams County Thursday morning. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office SWAT…
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Armed suspect killed by Adams County deputy after deadly assault of family member
An Adams County deputy shot and killed a homicide and carjacking suspect in an exchange of gunfire Saturday morning. The Brighton Police Department said at around 8:44 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a report of an assault victim in the 200 block of North 11th Avenue. Officers found a 72-year-old man who had been killed…
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Officers won’t face charges in fatal Commerce City shooting
Two local police officers will not face criminal charges in an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead last summer. 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason wrote a letter to corresponding police chiefs Wednesday regarding the justified use of force from Brighton Police Department Ofc. Tyler Sandusky and Commerce City Police Department Sgt. Tyler Ahlem…
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Driver crashes into back of Brighton school bus, taken to hospital
An SUV crashed into the back of a Brighton school bus early Thursday morning, leading to the driver being taken to a nearby hospital. Brighton police responded to a crash report involving a school bus on East Bridge Street near South 11th Avenue around 8 a.m. Thursday, according to a press release from the Brighton…
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Adams County father convicted of multiple charges in toddler’s fentanyl poisoning
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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19-year-old arrested in Brighton fatal crash involving speed, alcohol
Brighton Police officers arrested a 19-year-old man on multiple charges, including vehicular homicide, after a fatal two-vehicle crash in Brighton Saturday that left both cars in flames. The crash occurred on Saturday at 4:45 a.m. near the intersection of Highway 85 and East 144th Avenue, according to a Brighton Police Department news release. The area…
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Brighton shooting injures 1, suspects found by Prairie View High School
A shooting in Brighton injured one person and schools were placed on secure and lockdown safety protocols Wednesday afternoon. Brighton police responded to a report of shots fired near South 9th Avenue and Bush Street, next to Innovations and Options High School, around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Brighton Police Department Chief Matt Domenico. School…
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Police investigate homicide at Brighton hotel
The Brighton Police Department arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a woman found in a Brighton motel room Wednesday, according to a news release. Officers responded to a report of a victim with a gunshot wound in a hotel on Brighton Road at 12:06 p.m. Wednesday. The 28-year-old victim was pronounced dead on…