Tag: Brighton Police Department
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Carjacking suspect arrested after police chase, crash in Brighton
A suspect in an attempted carjacking was arrested Monday after engaging in a high-speed chase with police and crashing on Interstate 76, the Brighton Police Department said. Police said the incident began at 1 p.m. when the suspect tried to steal a parked car in the 300 block of South 29th Avenue in Brighton. The…
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Brighton High School homecoming postponed by shooting threat
Brighton High School postponed its annual homecoming dance Saturday after police received a tip about a potential shooting at the event. Principal Shelly Genereux announced the postponement on Facebook at 4 p.m., hours before the dance was scheduled to begin. Genereux said there was a “potential threat to the safety and security of students” at the…
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Littleton police establish Venmo account for donations for shot officer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Littleton Police Department has established a Venmo account for the public to make donations to assist the family of an officer shot last week while responding to a call. Venmo is a money-sharing app that allows people to transfer funds to another person on…
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Thornton officer released from hospital following crash on Wednesday
A Thornton police officer was discharged from a local hospital Wednesday afternoon, one day after their patrol unit was rammed by suspect driving a stolen vehicle. Police said a woman passenger was also discharged Wednesday, while the driver, an unidentified man, remains hospitalized with serious injuries. The incident unfolded around 3:20 a.m. after members of…
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Thornton officer rammed by suspect driving stolen vehicle in Brighton
A Thornton police officer was injured when their cruiser was struck by a suspect driving a stolen vehicle in Brighton early Tuesday morning, the Thornton Police Department said. The incident began when Brighton officers began chasing the suspect at 3:20 a.m. In addition to driving a stolen vehicle, one of the vehicle occupants was wanted…
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Police investigating armed carjacking in Brighton
Brighton police are looking for multiple people who they say were involved in a carjacking on Saturday night. Officers were dispatched to the area of Bromley Lane and Fulton Area around 7:30 p.m. and located a man who said he was carjacked, according to a release from the Brighton Police Department. The victim told investigators…
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Deadly I-76 crash possibly caused by fatigue, drug use during cross-country road trip: Police
The car crash on Interstate 76 that killed two people and injured two others Saturday might have been caused by fatigue and drug use, the Brighton Police Department said Tuesday. Police said investigators believe it was a single-vehicle crash with no one else involved. The four occupants of the vehicle were driving through Brighton while…
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Two dead, two seriously injured in crash on I-76
Interstate-76 in Brighton has reopened following a deadly crash that killed two and seriously injured two others early Saturday. Portions of the interstate between Eagle Boulevard and Bromley Lane were closed around 7:30 a.m. as a result of the crash. Both lanes fully reopened around 1:30 p.m., said Brighton police Sgt. Monce Portillo. Police said officers…
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Officers ambushed, suspect shot in Commerce City
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Commerce City officers were ambushed while investigating a homicide Tuesday evening, police said. One shot grazed the sleeve of an officer, but he and the other officers are uninjured. One suspected shooter was struck after five officers fired at him, said Commerce City Police…
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Missing Brighton man’s body found near Firestone, death investigated as ‘suspicious’
The Weld County Sheriff’s Office and Brighton Police Department are seeking information about the death of a man reported missing last month. Officials said 33-year-old Ryan Coburn was found dead on June 29 near Weld County roads 20 and 19, just east of Firestone. Coburn was reported missing to Brighton police on June 23 and…