Tag: Public Safety
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Arapahoe County investigators searching for suspects in $120K fairgrounds theft
Arapahoe County investigators are searching for four grinches who stole $120,000 in trucks and tools from the county’s fairgrounds on Tuesday, according to a sheriff’s office news release Wednesday. Investigators said four suspects in masks entered the maintenance shop at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds, 25690 E. Quincy Ave. in Aurora, just before 10 p.m. Tuesday…
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GUEST COLUMN: Colorado’s ‘competency’ loophole imperils public safety
By Elizabeth Caven The evening the video of the brutal attack went viral, a wave of disbelief washed over Colorado: How could a man charged with attempted murder be free on the streets, not by bail or a plea deal, but because the law declared him unfit to stand trial and therefore not required to…
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DOJ launches investigation into Colorado prison, youth facility conditions
The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation into possible constitutional violations of Colorado prisoners through inadequate treatment and transgender housing policy, according to a release by the agency. The department’s letter of notice to Gov. Jared Polis on Monday identified housing “biological males” in female units in violation of religious freedom, inadequate medical care,…
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Pueblo man sentenced to 15 years for threatening Denver judge
A Pueblo man who threatened to kill a Denver judge was sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to a news release by the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday. A jury found Thomas Wornick, a 43-year-old combat veteran, guilty of three counts of retaliation against a judge after he sent nine threatening emails…
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Self-proclaimed Planned Parenthood gunman dies in federal prison nearly 10 years after shooting, records show
The man who allegedly killed three people in the 2015 Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs died while in federal custody, according to inmate records. The Federal Bureau of Prisons database shows that Robert Dear Jr., 67, died Saturday in at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners (MCFP) in Springfield, Mo. Officials within the…
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5 killed, including adult and children from Colorado Springs, in multi-vehicle Douglas County crash
A three-vehicle crash that began when one driver lost control killed five people, including three juveniles and seriously injured two juveniles, in Douglas County just south of Franktown on Monday evening. A Toyota hatchback traveling southbound on Colorado 83 near Russellville Road went off the right shoulder for an unknown reason before rolling into the…
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Denver police searching for 2 homicide suspects, including 1 from 1997 cold case
Denver police are looking for two suspects involved in two separate murder investigations, one from Oct. 3 and another from a cold case in 1997. Police are searching for the recent murder suspect, Gabriel Ortiz Trujillo, 26, following an Oct. 3 first-degree murder incident. The murder happened at 9:25 p.m. in the 8600 block of…
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Denver deputy arrested on suspicion of menacing, child abuse in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police arrested Denver Sheriff’s Deputy Darrel Killebrew, who is facing several charges, including child abuse, according to a news release by the sheriff’s department Thursday. CSPD officers responded to a domestic disturbance call for service on Monday after an adult female reported Killebrew, 33, broke a tablet and a laptop and pulled a…
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Man falls 2 stories at Sugar Mill near Longmont
A 23-year-old man was rescued from the Sugarmill property in the 11900 block of Sugarmill Rd in Boulder County on Sunday. The “Sugarmill” in Longmont refers to the historic, abandoned Great Western Sugar Factory at 11801 Sugar Mill Road, which closed in 1977 and has been the site of frequent fires due to vandalism and…
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DEA, FBI refuse to confirm or deny existence of warrants for Denver raids
Federal agents are refusing to release the warrants they used to breach doors at a southeast Denver apartment complex. Both the DEA and FBI issued what’s known as a “Glomar” denial — a response that allows agencies to neither confirm nor deny the records exist. Angela C. Davis, unit chief within the DEA’s Freedom of…