Tag: Juvenile Crime
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Alleged teen LoDo shooter hearing postponed
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 17-year-old who allegedly opened fire into a crowd outside of a LoDo bar last September has a hearing to determine whether she will be tried as an adult more than a year after the shooting, September 25. Keanna Rosenburgh injured five people who happened…
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Denver police arrest juvenile following school stabbing
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Denver police arrested a juvenile suspect after he allegedly stabbed another boy on Thursday afternoon. Officers responded to a reported stabbing at the Marie L. Greenwood Academy school at 5130 Durham Court at 1:53 p.m., according to the Denver Police Department. They had the suspect in custody by 1:58 p.m. The alleged stabbing happened inside of the…
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Reporter Carol McKinley talks about Denver Gazette’s ‘Kids in the Crossfire’ series
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Gazette reporter Carol McKinley published the first story in the ‘Kids in the Crossfire’ series Sunday. She talks about how she reported the tragic tale of the shooting death of 12-year-old Elias Armstrong, who police said was shot and killed by the owner of…
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Colorado report explores gaps in services if children can’t be criminally charged until 13
A task force studying the gaps in services if policymakers raise the minimum age that Colorado children can be charged with crimes released its final report, recommending a slew of changes to mitigate potential impacts. The Pre-Adolescent Task Force was created by House Bill 22-1131, passed by the legislature in June. The bill originally sought…
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Colorado lawmakers advance bill to prevent police from lying to minors during interrogations
Lorenzo Montoya spent more than 13 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In 2000, when Montoya was 14 years old, he confessed to committing a murder after Denver police told him there were fingerprints, shoe prints and saliva at the crime scene proving his guilt. Montoya said the police told him he would go to…
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East High School closes school after Monday’s shooting; police say suspects not from the same school
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#DPD Update on 17th/Esplanade shooting. https://t.co/LwRkEDWycG — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) February 14, 2023 East High School officials decided to close today following the shooting of a student Monday afternoon. Meanwhile, Denver police revealed that the suspects in the shooting are not students from the same school — although they are students from the Denver…
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Denver residents near where 12-year-old alleged car thief shot to death say gunshots common
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Denver Police Department crime scene tape still dangles from a tree where a 12-year-old Denver boy died bleeding from a gunshot wound in an allegedly stolen car. More questions than answers exist about the case that’s gotten national attention. The boy, Elias Armstrong, allegedly stole an Audi from the Harkins Theater parking lot in the…
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12-year-old car theft suspect fatally shot after shootout with owner in Denver
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A 12-year-old car theft suspect died of a gunshot wound after being confronted by the car’s owner, according to the Denver Police Department. Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner reported Tuesday that Elias Armstrong, 12, died of a gunshot wound Sunday. Police received a report of an auto theft in the 8300 block of E.…
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Polis OKs study on raising minimum age to criminally charge children
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a bill into law to study raising the minimum age that Colorado children can be charged with most crimes. House Bill 1131 will create a task force to recommend how to better serve children ages 10, 11 and 12…
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16-year-old charged in Nome Park mass shooting that injured 6 teens
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Prosecutors have filed more than a dozen charges against Daniel Ruelas, a 16-year-old boy accused of injuring six teenagers in a mass shooting at Aurora’s Nome Park in November. Ruelas faces 16 counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree assault, one count of possession…