Tag: Investigation
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Two arrested in Douglas County child exploitation investigation
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Douglas County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested two people in connection with an ongoing child exploitation investigation. On May 13, detectives with the Special Victims Unit arrested Michael Palestino, 33, of Castle Pines. A detective “received an email notification linking three National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTips with two attached ‘escalations’ associated with the…
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Man, woman found dead at UCCS campus identified
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police have released the names of a man and woman found dead Friday in a dormitory room on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus. Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, of Pueblo, and Samuel Knopp, 24, of Parker, were autopsied and identified by the…
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Aurora police, family seek information on August double homicide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Police found two young men shot to death in a north Aurora alley in August. With over a month of investigation, detectives have exhausted all leads. “All options are on the table. Right now, we’re really frustrated that we haven’t found the vehicle,” said Sgt.…
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403 fire in Park, Teller counties allegedly human caused: Sheriff
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fire that has burned more than 1,500 acres in Park and Teller counties was allegedly human caused, according to the Park County Sheriff’s Office. While the investigation is ongoing, it is believed that the…
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Senator says Polis personally profited from legislation he signed and used his office for financial gain, calls for inquiry
A state senator has called for an investigation into whether Gov. Jared Polis personally profited from legislation he signed, including Colorado’s legalized sports books, and whether state agencies have furthered promoted his real estate interests, The Denver Gazette has learned. In a stinging 6-page letter sent Tuesday to the Legislative Audit Committee of the General…
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2 Adams County sheriff’s administrators resign amid investigation
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two administrators with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office recently resigned amid an investigation into their conduct, the agency announced Thursday. Undersheriff Tommie McLallen and Training Division Chief Mickey Bethel both left the agency at the end of February to “pursue other endeavors,” according to a…
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Republican Tina Peters hit with contempt of court citation in Mesa County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was ordered on Wednesday to appear later this month before a Mesa County District Court judge on a contempt of court citation alleging that she lied to another judge about videotaping a court hearing. Peters, a Republican candidate for Colorado…
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Denver police investigate fatal shooting in North Capitol neighborhood
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The Denver Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Wednesday night in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood near East Colfax Avenue and Clarkson Street. A man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name, as well as his cause and manner of death, will be released by the Denver Office of the Medical…
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3 Adams County Sheriff’s Office administrators under investigation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Adam County undersheriff and two of his fellow administrators are under investigation, Adam Sherman, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said Tuesday. Undersheriff Tommie McLallen and Training Division Chief Mickey Bethel were placed on administrative leave Jan. 29. An outside company is handling the investigation.…
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Firefighters say cause of blaze that destroyed 81 units in Whittier Apartment complex is ‘undermined’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Authorities have been unable to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed 81 units in the Whittier Apartment complex in October, Boulder Fire Rescue announced on Friday. Despite the official cause being declared as “undetermined,” officials said in a news release that there was…