Tag: Federal Bureau Of Investigation
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Officials worry about youth violence levels even as Denver homicides dip in 2022
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Homicides in Denver decreased in 2022 after two years of increases. But December saw more than the average for the year, and teenage victims and suspects continue to worry officials. Denver police counted 88 homicides last year, down from 96 in 2021. Nine were tallied in December. “It’s not a number that we’re happy with,…
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FBI data does not support Polis’ claim that Colorado is in ‘middle of the pack’ on crime
In his State of the State address Tuesday, Gov. Jared Polis claimed that Colorado falls in “the middle of the pack on crime rates.” “Every person deserves a safe home and a safe community, and in three years I want Colorado to be closing in on our goal of becoming one of the top ten…
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Evergreen man faces charges alleging threats against Denver FBI and Homeland Security offices
An Evergreen man faces federal charges after allegedly making shooting threats against Denver’s FBI building and Homeland Security office, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado. He also made mass shooting threats against a Colorado performing arts group. Kyle William Staebell, 33, allegedly made one threat directly to…
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FBI, Mexico police arrest man suspected of Aurora quadruple homicide
A man Aurora police believe to have killed four people Oct. 30 was arrested in north central Mexico Saturday following a manhunt which crossed national borders, according to a news release. Authorities caught up with Joseph Mario Castorena, 21, who was considered armed and dangerous, in Aguascalientes. The team searching for the suspect with Aurora Police…
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FBI confirms Denver Gazette report that it received tip in 2021 about Club Q suspect
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday confirmed the agency received information a day before authorities arrested Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in the Club Q shooting where five people died, for allegedly threatening family members in 2021. “As part of the assessment, the FBI coordinated with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, which arrested…
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Colorado Springs woman pleads guilty in fentanyl death of high school student
A Colorado Springs woman has pleaded guilty to selling a fentanyl pill that caused a Mitchell High School student to fatally overdose, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. In a change-of-plea hearing on Wednesday, Alexis Wilkins, 27, submitted to a charge of “distribution of fentanyl, resulting…
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Plagued by crime, metro Denver is among the worst in America: CSI report
A new report paints metro Denver as an urban region plagued by rising crime – with numbers that are among the worst in the country. Car theft in Denver is second highest in the nation, and three other Colorado cities rank in the Top 10, according to the Common Sense Institute, a free enterprise think tank. Indeed,…
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Denver area law enforcement identify ‘Empty Promise Bandit’
FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force Friday identified the “Empty Promise Bandit” as Jack Jordan McMullen, 33. “The suspect pictured above is believed to be responsible for multiple bank robberies within the Metro Denver area, including one attempted bank robbery,” according to the FBI. “No weapons were seen in any of the incidents however,…