Tag: Douglas County
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Littleton woman sentenced to 36 years in fentanyl death of 22-month-old son
A Douglas County judge Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old Littleton woman to 36 years in prison in the fentanyl overdose death of her 22-month old son in 2022. Judge Ryan Stuart sentenced Hanna Gilmour, 29, on convictions of felony child abuse resulting in death and misdemeanor child abuse in the death of her late son, Layton…
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Douglas County judge sentences NYC man in licking, stabbing incident involving ‘Bachelor’ TV personality
A Douglas County judge sentenced a New York City man for his involvement in a fight after his girlfriend licked the face of a TV show personality in 2021. Douglas County District Judge Victoria Klingensmith sentenced Carlos Vega Jr., 42, to five years in the Colorado Department of Corrections on convictions of second-degree assault and…
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Prosecuter questions Castle Rock DUI vehicular homicide sentencing
The sentencing of a man in a Castle Rock DUI vehicular homicide case left a grieving family seeking more justice and prompted the 23rd Judicial District Attorney to call for stronger punishments for DUI-related fatal crashes. Douglas County District Judge Elizabeth Volz sentenced Samuel Robert Michael, 28, on Monday to four years in prison after…
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Appeals court rules civil trial over Kendrick Castillo’s death not required if STEM School pays max damages
Colorado’s second-highest court determined on Thursday that a civil trial over the 2019 shooting death of Kendrick Castillo is not required after the defendant agreed to pay the maximum damages available to Castillo’s parents, without admitting liability. John and Maria Castillo, the parents of Kendrick, sued STEM School Highlands Ranch in 2021, two years after…
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Douglas County teacher arrested on child sexual assault, internet exploitation charges
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office detectives are looking for any more victims after authorities Monday arrested a middle school teacher on sexual assault charges. Teresa Whalin, 28, of Centennial, has been employed by the Douglas County School District since July 2021. She is currently placed on administrative leave as an integrated wellness teacher teacher at Ranch…
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Douglas County school board rejects charter school renewal proposal, tackles transgender policy
The outgoing members of the Douglas County School District board spent their final meeting on Tuesday debating a last-minute proposal to amend charter school contract renewal timelines. The current board also discussed – but took no action on a proposal dealing with transgender athletes. Progressive-leaning members are set to take over the conservative board in…
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Douglas County school board to discuss policy on transgender athletes
The Douglas County School District’s governing body, currently made up of a conservative majority, is discussing sports policy as it applies to transgender athletes right before four new progressive-leaning school board members are set to take over in about two weeks. The board plans only to discuss – not act – on any policy, according…
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Outgoing Douglas County School Board to vote on last-minute 10-year charter school extensions
Lame duck elected leaders do not get held accountable for their actions. They have already been voted out or have reached the end of their term limits. Four conservative Douglas County school board members, voted out in last week’s election, will meet Tuesday for one last meeting and decide a last-minute agenda item to extend…
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Douglas County targets teen addiction, recovery in new campaign
A new campaign focused on youth in Douglas County aims to raise awareness against drug abuse, while also allocating dollars on treatment programs. The county said it plans to earmark millions of dollars in state opioid settlement dollars to address drug abuse, particularly around rehabilitation resources. “We launched a campaign not just against substance use…
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Douglas County school board members ran on progressive values
The winners of Tuesday’s election of Douglas County School District board members campaigned on progressive values. Douglas County voters chose Clark Callahan, Kelly Denzler, Kyrzia Parker and Tony Ryan to make up four of the seven-member board. All four candidates were endorsed by the county’s Democratic Party. Their Republican opponents mostly ran on partisan issues.…