Tag: Thornton
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Thornton police close homicide case nearly 2 months after suspect’s suicide
Thornton police on Friday announced the department has concluded its investigation into a March homicide case that ended with the suspect’s suicide. Thornton Police Department officers on March 15 responded to a home in the 13200 block of Downing Street after Chad Gililland, 42, called 911 to report his wife Cheyenne Gililland, 43, was unresponsive.…
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Man breaking into Thornton vehicles fatally shot, police say
Thornton police are investigating an early-morning homicide Sunday that occurred in the 9700 block of Ogden Court. Officers were dispatched to the area shortly after 3 a.m. when a caller reported someone attempting to break into a vehicle and said shots had been fired, police said. A 34-year-old man was found near a crashed truck…
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Man arrested in connection with Thornton woman’s death
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 66-year-old woman found dead in Thornton last week. Thornton Police Department officers on Friday responded to the 1900 block of West 101st Avenue on a welfare check and found the body of a woman. She was believed to have been killed sometime in…
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Thornton police seek public assistance in homicide case
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a person of interest identified in a homicide reported Friday. The Thornton Police Department said investigators are seeking information about 35-year-old Joshua Pittman. Police described Pittman as a person of interest and said he is believed to have known the victim in a news release. Authorities…
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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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Thornton police arrest man in connection with March homicide
Thornton police arrested a man suspected of committing a fatal stabbing. The stabbing happened just before 11 p.m. on March 25 near the intersection of East 88th Avenue and Grant Street, authorities said. Thornton Police Department officials said Zamien Rivas, 25, was arrested Thursday with the help of Arvada Police Department officers. Officials said he…
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Nature Library with outdoor education, nature kits to open in Thornton
In August, a new kind of library — a nature library — will open in Adams County. Officials said the library will seek to connect people with the natural world through education, programming and outdoor gear rentals. Anythink Libraries announced the facility’s August opening in late March. The 33,000-square-foot facility, which has been in construction…
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Thornton police investigating homicide
Police in Thornton are investigating a homicide that happened late Wednesday night. Thornton Police Department officers responded just before 11 p.m. near the intersection of East 88th Avenue and Grant Street after a 911 caller reported someone bleeding. Upon arrival, officers found a 29-year-old man on the ground bleeding from a wound, a news release…
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Thornton daycare provider charged with child sexual assault
Thornton police have arrested a man the department said sexually assaulted a child at a daycare he ran with his spouse. According to a social media post and news release, Thornton police arrested David Chambers, 81, and he has been formally charged by the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office with sexual assault on a child…
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Operator of auto shop burned in smoky Thornton fire sets up fundraiser
The operator of an automotive shop damaged in Wednesday’s fire in Thornton that threw thick black smoke over the Denver area is seeking the community’s support. Jason Rol, operator of Rol Race Motorsports, an auto restoration shop located in the 480 block of West 84th Avenue, told The Denver Gazette on Wednesday the vegetation fire…