Tag: Larimer County Sheriff’s Office
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Larimer County child welfare caseworker arrested on 99 charges
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Larimer County officers arrested a former Child Protection Services caseworker on 99 charges of forgery, fraud and other crimes over the last year. The Larimer County Department of Human Services (DHS) hired 45-year-old Sandra Spraker of Wellington in April 2022. After training, she began working…
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Colorado Attorney General awards $4 million to opioid crisis programs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One thousand, one-hundred and sixty. That’s how many people died of opioid overdoses in Colorado in 2022 — a nearly 54% uptick from the 620 deaths in 2019, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. As part of the efforts to combat the…
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Former Loveland officer charged with assault after allegedly hitting woman who spat on him
After a criminal investigation, the former Loveland Police Department officer who hit a woman who spat on him now faces an assault charge. The incident happened May 20, when a handcuffed woman in police custody spit on LPD officer Russell Maranto, 28, who then hit her, according to a Larimer County Sheriff’s Office news release. …
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Water balloons thrown from overpass damage vehicles in Larimer County
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Over the past several weeks, drivers have reported water balloons being dropped onto their vehicles from an overpass in Larimer County. Nobody has been injured by the balloons, but six cars sustained “significant damage,” according to a Larimer County news release. The overpass is along West County Road 10E, near Berthoud. Deputies in Berthoud are…
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Drug task force arrests 5 on suspicion of fentanyl distribution in Loveland
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Northern Colorado Drug Task Force officers arrested five people on suspicion of fentanyl distribution last week during a sweep in Loveland, according to the Larimer County Sheriff. Investigators opened the case in June 2022 that led to search warrants served at three places around Loveland where “distribution amounts of fentanyl” were found along with a…
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Marijuana trafficking investigation targets five Fort Collins locations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Northern Colorado Drug Task Force has taken down a marijuana trafficking operation with suspected involvement in nationwide distribution, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. The investigation took a year and the task force served search warrants in mid-April in five Fort Collins locations.…
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Domestic violence shooting in Estes Park leaves 2 dead
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A domestic violence-related shooting in Estes Park left two people dead Friday evening, according to police. At 8:45 p.m. Friday, Estes Park Police got a 911 call and heard gunshots and yelling after the caller gave them an address on Button Rock Road in Pinewood Springs, according to a news release. Responding officers found a…
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Larimer County deputies cleared in November fatal shooting
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three Larimer County Sheriff’s deputies were justified in shooting dead a suspect in a stolen truck that led them on a high-speed chase in November and was armed with a rifle, according to a Friday news release from the Eighth Judicial District Attorney’s Office. On…
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Denver metro woman shot, killed in alleged carjacking incident
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A woman from the Denver metro area died on Sunday after she was shot in what investigators believe was an attempted carjacking in Boulder County. The 21-year-old woman arrived at a hospital in Longmont with an apparent gunshot wound early on Sunday morning, according to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office. She died shortly after arriving…
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Man in custody after allegedly kidnapping woman in Greeley
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A 33-year-old man is in custody after authorities say he kidnapped a woman in Greeley overnight. Authorities became aware of the incident early Saturday after a Larimer County sheriff’s deputy was flagged down by a woman near the 10100 block of West Highway 34 in Loveland around 2 a.m. The woman told the deputy she…