Tag: Colorado Department Of Corrections
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Tina Peters will remain in state custody, Colorado corrections agency says
Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters will remain in state custody amid a push by the federal corrections department to transfer her to its jurisdiction, the Colorado Department of Corrections said Tuesday. The Colorado agency does not have any plans to transfer Peters to federal custody at this time, a state spokesperson told 9News. Peters…
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Trump-backed Tina Peters faces state resistance in transfer to federal custody
Colorado’s attorney general said he opposes efforts to move former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from a state prison to a federal one, though he refused to comment on the specifics. In a statement to Colorado Politics on Monday, Phil Weiser said there is “no basis” for a request to transfer Peters, who was convicted…
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Lee fire grows to 5th largest in Colorado history
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of three wildfires burning in Colorado reached historic proportions on Monday, while another fire was now “out of control.” The Lee fire — which is raging southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County — grew to 113,378 acres by Monday morning, according to the Rio Blanco County…
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16th Street stabbing suspect competent to stand trial, evaluators conclude
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An evaluation of a man accused of a string of stabbings in January in downtown Denver concluded he is competent to stand trial. The defense attorneys of Elijah Caudill, meanwhile, are seeking to prove otherwise. Denver District Judge Karen Brody scheduled a competency hearing for the…
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Former Colorado parental evaluator’s deception costs her 4-year prison sentence
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Judges throughout Colorado once relied on Shannon McShane’s custody recommendations, but the lies she made to those judge as a court-appointed parental evaluator and her retaliation against a parent who exposed her deceptions landed her a sentence of four years in prison. Denver District Court…
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Man sentenced for killing police officer in 2005 applies for early release
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On Oct. 26, 2006, then 21-year-old Raul Gomez-Garcia was convicted and sentenced to 80 years in prison for the murder and attempted murder of two Denver Police Department detectives. Nearly 20 years since the shooting, Gomez-Garcia, a Mexican national, has applied to receive early parole through Colorado’s Department of Corrections Program for Juvenile Offenders, according…
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Defense attorneys: 16th Street Mall stabbing suspect suffering from ‘debilitating mental illness’
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Defense attorneys for the 24-year-old suspect in the 16th Street Mall stabbings filed a motion to reduce pretrial publicity because of the suspect’s mental health. Colorado State public defender Ariana Burnette — the defense attorney appointed to Elijah Caudill — filed a supplemental motion in Denver District Court on Jan. 17 requesting that the court limit pre-trial…
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Adams County deputies actions deemed justified in fatal shooting
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office ruled three Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies were justified in shooting and killing a wanted man in 2023. Following an investigation by the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT), District Attorney Brian Mason announced the actions of deputies Charlie Ramos, Jarrod Losh and Jeffrey May didn’t warrant any criminal charges…
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Federal judge green-lights former inmate’s disability discrimination claim for trial
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge last month agreed a jury would decide whether the Colorado Department of Corrections intentionally discriminated against an incarcerated man by imposing restrictions on him after he failed to report to work because of his disability. However, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y.…
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Inmate dies while in Denver Sheriff Department custody
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man in custody at Denver’s Downtown Detention Center died Thursday morning. His death is now being investigated by the Denver Police Department. Denver Sheriff Department deputies found the man unresponsive in a housing unit at the Downtown Detention Center — located near Civic Center Park —…