Tag: Driving Under The Influence
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Man arrested for DUI with 3 kids in trunk in Westminster
A man was arrested in Westminster in late January for driving under the influence with three children in his trunk. Body camera footage captured by a Westminster police officer with the time stamped just after 5 p.m. Jan. 23 and published on social media Tuesday evening shows a man getting pulled over while driving a…
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Police arrest man for allegedly drunk driving wrong way on I-25
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Colorado State Patrol troopers arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly driving the wrong way on Interstate 25 near Fort Collins earlier this month. A witness contacted CSP around 7 p.m. on Aug. 10 to report a black Mercedes driving recklessly on I-25 near milepost 278, just north of Fort Collins. The witness claimed the vehicle…
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State patrol arrests Commerce City man for pointing laser at aircraft
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Colorado State Patrol troopers arrested a man for allegedly pointing a laser at overhead aircraft in Commerce City Thursday night. Jose Alonzo Duarte-Campos, 41, faces multiple charges including a felony of unlawfully aiming a laser device at an aircraft, driving under the influence of drugs and possession of methamphetamine, according to a news release from…
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Suspected DUI driver arrested after fatal Wheat Ridge crash
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The Wheat Ridge Police Department arrested a driver Thursday morning after he crashed into another vehicle while allegedly intoxicated, killing one and injuring a toddler. Officers responded to the two-vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate 70 near Ward Road around 5 a.m., according to a social media post by the department. One person was pronounced dead…
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Colorado sees increase in DUI deaths while enforcement drops
Impaired driving deaths increased 41% between 2013 and 2023, but DUI arrests and case filings decreased by about 30%
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Commerce City officer injured in suspected DUI crash on I-270
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A Commerce City police officer was injured early Tuesday morning after a suspected drunk driver rammed into the back of the officer’s patrol vehicle. The officer was in the hospital in serious condition Tuesday. The suspect is also in the hospital and could be charged with vehicular assault, Commerce City Police spokesperson Joanna Small said.…
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Man with multiple prior DUI convictions pleads guilty in fatal crash
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A man with four previous alcohol-related convictions pleaded guilty Thursday to a single charge after he struck and killed a man who was standing in a Denver yard. James Corpuz was arrested after the April 15 crash at the intersection of West Mississippi Avenue and South Irving Street. According to a probable cause statement of…
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Man convicted in DUI crash that killed Commerce City officer
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An Adams County jury convicted a man of vehicular homicide after a 2020 DUI crash left a Commerce City Police Department detective and another victim dead. Following a three-day trial in an Adams County District Court, 49-year-old Fructuoso Rosales-Cano was convicted Thursday of two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of driving under the…
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Man charged in suspected DUI crash that killed Golden police officer
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A day after Golden Police Officer Evan Dunn was laid to rest in Littleton, the man suspected of crashing into the officer and killing him was officially charged in a Jefferson County court. First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King charged 43-year-old Stephen Geer Thursday morning with one count of vehicular homicide, two counts of vehicular assault,…
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Driver accused of deadly crash pleads guilty
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The driver accused of causing a deadly crash in June has entered a guilty plea. Ilya Slavin, 37, plead guilty to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and cruelty to animals, according to the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The remaining counts in the case were dismissed. On June 5, just before 6 a.m., Slavin was involved…