Tag: Custody
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Man at Keystone Resort dies in police custody after traffic stop
A man wanted on three outstanding warrants died soon after police arrested him at Keystone Resort on Monday. The 43-year-old man, who police are not currently publicly identifying, died an hour after he was placed into handcuffs around 1:15 p.m. Monday, despite refusing medical attention, according to a Tuesday news release from the Colorado Bureau…
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Appeals judge raises questions about review of custody decisions
A member of Colorado’s second-highest court suggested last week that appellate judges should have more leeway to decide whether trial judges correctly terminate or decline to terminate parents’ legal rights over their children. At the same time, the three-judge Court of Appeals panel agreed that no specific person has to be identified in order for…
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A jail death in Denver raises questions about intake policies — and how a man with a violent history kept getting released early
On June 30, deputies from the Denver Sheriff Department responded to an overnight call for help in the agency’s Downtown Detention Center. They found a man — later identified as 34-year-old Vincent Chacon — unresponsive in his cell, where he was pronounced dead, the police said in a news release. Police investigators later said the…
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Woman dies in custody at Denver County Jail on Friday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A woman died in custody at the Denver County Jail Friday afternoon. The woman, who was in the custody of the Denver Sheriff Department, was discovered to be non-responsive in a housing unit at about 2:40 p.m. Friday, according to a news release sent by…
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Denver police arrest two brothers in connection with Monday LoDo shooting
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver police arrested a pair of brothers in connection with a shooting in LoDo Monday evening. Joseph Valdez, 18, and Randall Valdez, 22, were taken into custody hours after the incident on suspicion of several charges, including attempted first degree murder and felony menacing, according…
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Claims of tribal heritage not enough to trigger ‘Indian child’ protections, Colorado justices say
Family members’ assertions that a child has American Indian heritage are insufficient to trigger the longstanding federal protections for tribal children in welfare proceedings, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The justices resolved an issue that has split the state’s Court of Appeals and focused attention on a key section of the Indian Child…
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Man killed overnight in Denver following family disturbance
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Police say they arrested a man in a Thursday night fatal shooting that followed a family disturbance in Denver’s College View neighborhood. Matthew Vasquez, 33, was held in the the department’s downtown detention center on suspicion of murder. He was scheduled to make a court appearance Friday morning. Officers responded to a report of a…