Tag: Sheriff
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Adams County deputy found dead while on duty Monday, no foul play suspected
An Adams County sheriff’s deputy was found dead while on duty Monday morning in an incident authorities do not believe involved foul play. Karl Smalley, 67, was found by deputies responding to a missing persons report near Box Elder Creek in Watkins on Monday morning, according to a Tuesday news release from the Adams County…
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Boulder sheriff launches online reporting system for misdemeanor crimes
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The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office began an online service to allow residents to report petty crimes. As of Aug. 18, residents can use the link at BoulderSheriff.gov to report non-emergencies and non-violent crimes that occur in unincorporated Boulder County, or the towns of Lyons, Nederland or Superior, according to a press release from the sheriff’s…
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Woman dies in custody at Denver County Jail on Friday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A woman died in custody at the Denver County Jail Friday afternoon. The woman, who was in the custody of the Denver Sheriff Department, was discovered to be non-responsive in a housing unit at about 2:40 p.m. Friday, according to a news release sent by…
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Deputies: Man admitted to murdering in-laws to police dispatch, asked to be shot
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who was fatally shot by police at the scene of a double homicide in Adams County Friday morning allegedly called 911 dispatch, confessed to the killing and asked police to shoot him, Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies say. The 51-year-old man, identified as the son-in-law…
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Adams County Sheriff’s deputy not charged in February 2024 shooting
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced that Adams County Sheriff’s Deputy Lane Paintin was not charged in the shooting of a man in Denver last year. Paintin, who fired his handgun four times at Francisco Cruz, shooting him in the chest, was found to…
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One dead after crash, shooting in Douglas County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A person is dead after an overnight vehicle crash and shooting in Douglas County Monday. In what initially appears to be a self-inflicted incident, the driver of the car crashed into a house in the 8210 block of Big Thompson Street in unincorporated Douglas County,…
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Colorado Supreme Court rules police-guided text messages from victim’s father did not coerce defendant
‘An officer’s repeated exhortations for a suspect to be honest don’t necessarily overbear a defendant’s free will,’ wrote Justice William Hood
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Federal judge allows excessive force claims to proceed against Moffat County, Craig officers
Chief Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak wrote he ‘cannot conclude that Plaintiff posed an immediate and significant threat to the safety of Defendants or anybody else at the time he was struck by the vehicle’
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Andy Buen leaves the Clear Creek County Courthouse while on trial for Glass killing
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Clear Creek County deputy Andrew Buen leaves the Georgetown, Colo. courthouse he is standing trial in for his role in the death of Christian Glass on April 17, 2024. Buen is accused of firing the fatal shots which killed Glass, an amateur geologist who had himself called the police after getting his car stuck.
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Denver City and County offices closed Monday for César Chávez Day
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All City and County of Denver offices will be closed Monday for César Chávez Day, a city holiday. Chávez led a varied life, serving in the United States Navy for two years, as well as cofounding the National Farm Workers Association, which later evolved into the United Farm Workers labor union. In 1994, Chávez was…