Tag: Swat Team
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Adams County officials seize 70 pounds of methamphetamine, 5 guns during traffic stop
Adams County officials, in collaboration with several other law enforcement agencies, seized a swath of drugs and firearms during a traffic stop and search warrant execution last week. Collected during the operation were 70 pounds of methamphetamine, 1.29 kilograms of cocaine, five guns — four handguns and a rifle — and several thousand dollars, according…
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8-hour Centennial Christmas standoff leads to arrest of suspected shooter
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The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office’s SWAT team arrested a Centennial man Wednesday after a nearly eight-hour Christmas Day standoff. The sheriff’s office received a call from a neighbor around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in the 3200 block of East Hinsdale Place. The neighbor reported that the suspect had fired unprovoked at them with a rifle.…
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SWAT activity in Wheat Ridge, according to social media
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A significantly sized raid reportedly occurred in Wheat Ridge Wednesday, according to a post on the Denver Reddit forum. “Looks like a bunch of people getting raided. Taking people in white unmarked vans,” said Reddit user Canroth8442 on Wednesday morning. The event was said to have occurred at an apartment complex near Wadsworth Boulevard and West…
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Denver officers justified in shooting attempted murder suspect, DA says
Two members of the Denver Police Department’s SWAT team were justified in shooting a suspect last month in the city’s University Hills neighborhood, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. District Attorney Beth McCann determined that the officers won’t face charges because the suspect, 36-year-old Vincent Martinez, pointed a gun at the officers and was…
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Man dies after shootout with Arapahoe County deputies
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A man died Saturday after engaging in a shootout with deputies at a Centennial home, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday. The incident began at around 9:45 p.m. when deputies responded to reports of a fight between two men at a family gathering in the 5200 block of South Jericho Street, deputies said. One…
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Armed domestic violence suspect surrenders after standoff with SWAT team in Aurora
An armed suspect in a domestic violence case was arrested Thursday morning after a multihour standoff with the Aurora Police Department SWAT team. Police responded to the suspect’s home to arrest him on domestic violence charges about 6 a.m. in the 1800 block of South Truckee Street, next to Mrachek Middle School. The suspect was…