Tag: Stabbing
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Denver police arrest suspect in fatal July 4 triple stabbing
Denver police have arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with a stabbing that left one woman dead and two other people injured Saturday. Officers responded to the 1300 block of North Lowell Boulevard on Saturday after a report of a stabbing. Investigators subsequently arrested Bobby Tafoya, 40, in connection with the incident. Tafoya is being…
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Aurora officer stabbed in head during shooting remains hospitalized
An Aurora police officer who was stabbed in the head during a shooting in early April remains in the hospital about two weeks later, the department said Tuesday. Mark Moore, who joined the department in 2012 and was assigned to the K-9 Unit in 2019, sustained life-threatening injuries during the altercation in which he shot…
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Man charged in connection to March homicide in Thornton
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office officially charged a 25-year-old man in connection to a fatal stabbing. Zamien Rivas now faces a single first-degree murder charge following the death of a 29-year-old man on March 25, according to a Thursday news release from the district attorney’s office. Thornton Police Department officers responded to the intersection…
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Woman stabbed at Union Station bus terminal
A woman was hospitalized, and another is in custody on charges of stabbing her repeatedly, after what appeared to be a random attack at Denver’s Union Station’s Regonal Transportation District bus terminal Sunday night. Denver Police Department officers confirmed the attack and the arrest of Nakila Marie Green, 37, on charges of first-degree assault. If…
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Suspect arrested in connection with fatal Highlands neighborhood stabbing
Police announced Wednesday they had arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing in Denver’s Highlands neighborhood Monday night. Christopher Fielder, 38, faces second-degree murder charges on allegations he fatally stabbed a man in the 4200 block of North Lipan Street just before 10 p.m. Monday, according to a news release from the Denver…
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Two hospitalized after being attacked with hammer, knife at Loveland tanning salon
Two people were hospitalized after a man attacked them with a hammer and knife at a Loveland tanning salon Tuesday night. Both victims required emergency medical treatment after Loveland Police Department investigators said Kyle Behrens, 20, entered Endless Summer Tanning located in the 1500 block of Madison Avenue around 7 p.m. Tuesday. Behrens, known to…
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Man charged with attempted murder in stabbing of Thornton teacher
A man was charged with attempted murder and assault Tuesday in connection with the stabbing of a teacher in Thornton last week. Damien Brooks, 31, allegedly stabbed an adult male teacher outside Meadow Community School teacher around 3 p.m. last Thursday, according to news releases from the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office and the Thornton…
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A jail death in Denver raises questions about intake policies — and how a man with a violent history kept getting released early
On June 30, deputies from the Denver Sheriff Department responded to an overnight call for help in the agency’s Downtown Detention Center. They found a man — later identified as 34-year-old Vincent Chacon — unresponsive in his cell, where he was pronounced dead, the police said in a news release. Police investigators later said the…
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First-degree murder charge filed against woman who allgedly stabbed mother to death in Westminster
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday the filing of murder charges against a woman accused of fatally stabbing her mother in Westminster on Sunday. Sarah Riste, 37, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal stabbing of her mother inside a home along 92nd Place in Westminster, according to a news…
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Man awarded $4.3 million after being stabbed by motorcycle gang prospect in Jefferson County
A Jefferson County man was awarded nearly $4.3 million Thursday after suing the man who stabbed him multiple times in 2022. David Mello sued 53-year-old Richard Gribble for $4,286,713 after an incident that occurred between the two on Sept. 9, 2022. A Jefferson County District jury settled the civil case — which was filed on…