Tag: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
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Criminal investigation ongoing into former Jeffco chief of schools
There’s little information as to why Jefferson County Public Schools abruptly fired its Chief of Schools last Thursday. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office said that David Weiss has not been arrested but that “a criminal investigation is ongoing” and “reports are not complete,” according to spokesperson Jacki Kelley. A Jefferson County Schools spokesperson would only…
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An ‘unthinkable crime’: Man sentenced for grave robbing in Wheat Ridge cemetery
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A Jefferson County district judge sentenced a man to three years in prison Friday for grave robbing in 2023. John Belknap, 47, was sentenced to three years in prison, plus time served, after pleading guilty to charges of abuse of a corpse, criminal mischief and carrying a concealed weapon in November, according to a social media…
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Morrison Police Department to disband after town board vote
The quaint streets of downtown Morrison will no longer be policed by the aptly named Morrison Police Department. Morrison town trustees voted to dissolve the tiny town’s police department during a board meeting Tuesday evening due to “various financial concerns,” according to a news release from the Town of Morrison. During the meeting, the town…
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Evergreen flasher pleads guilty to exposing himself to women on several Colorado trails
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Evergreen man who was accused of hiking naked and exposing himself to women on multiple Jefferson County trails pleaded guilty to three charges on Thursday. Glenn Braden, 21, pleaded guilty to attempt to commit sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact and indecent exposure after a…
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Wildfire updates: All mandatory evacuations lifted in Jefferson County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Residents who were rushed out of their homes over the past week due to the raging fire near Deer Creek Canyon Road can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Jefferson County Sherriff’s Office announced on Tuesday that people affected by the mandatory evacuations in…
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Eastbound I-70 closed after crash involving dump truck
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 are closed Tuesday afternoon in Jefferson County following a crash involving a dump truck and several other vehicles. The crash happened around 2:15 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the highway near the Lookout Mountain Road exit. A spokesperson…
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2 arrested in Jefferson County after disabled abuse victim found with broken hips
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people after finding a woman with broken hips and septic shock lying on an air mattress in a garage. The two were the caretakers of the woman and one of them was her son. Brian Seitz, 36, and…
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Man sentenced for killing Jefferson County K-9
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A man who shot and killed a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. Eduardo Armando Romero, 30, pleaded guilty to the following charges in February: • Aggravated cruelty to animals: 18 months in the Department of Corrections • Identity theft: 12 years in DOC • Menacing: 3 years in…
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Golden man sentenced to 35 years for kidnapping hikers at gunpoint
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A First Judicial District judge sentenced a man to prison nearly two years after he attempted to kidnap two hikers outside of Denver. Judge Ryan Loewer sentenced Kerry Endsley, 75, to 35 years in prison on Wednesday for charges of attempted first-degree murder and attempted disarming of a police officer with a crime of violence sentence…
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Police investigating explosive device placed in ATM machine
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Would-be thieves attempted to break into an ATM machine with an explosive device. They were unsuccessful. Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an explosion at a Walmart in the area of West Bowles Avenue and West Coal Mine Avenue around 4:30 a.m. on…