Tag: Weld County
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Woman dead in house fire near Longmont
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Firefighters found a woman deceased inside of a house fire near Longmont Friday morning. Mountain View Fire Rescue responded to a residential fire near the intersection of Weld County Road 7 and Colorado Highway 119 — just east of Longmont — around 3:30 a.m. Friday, according to a…
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Bandimere Speedway eyes drag strip comeback with Weld County land purchase
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Accelerating the dreams his parents realized decades ago, John Bandimere Jr. now envisions a new era for his iconic Colorado drag racing venue. After operating in Jefferson County since 1958, Bandimere Speedway is poised to build a new drag racing venue after purchasing land northeast…
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Weld County woman convicted of first-degree murder, arson
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A Greeley woman will spend her life in prison after murdering a man and lighting his house on fire in 2021. After a two-week trial, 23-year-old Stacy Rodriguez was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree arson, tampering with a deceased human body and two counts of second-degree burglary by a Weld County jury on Wednesday, according…
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Appeals court says no automatic cross-examination of witnesses whose probation ends by trial
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If a person was serving a probationary sentence at the time they witnessed a crime, but their probation ended by the time they testified at trial, the defense does not have the right to let jurors hear about that witness’s connection to the prosecution, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. A three-judge panel for the…
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Colorado Supreme Court tells Weld County to follow state redistricting law
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Weld County must comply with the state law governing how boards of county commissioners are to draw their districts, and the county needs to adopt new maps by next year’s election, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Following the 2020 census, it was undisputed…
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CBI finds more than 1,000 cases impacted by DNA mishandling during scientist investigation
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The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has now identified more than 1,000 criminal cases impacted by the mishandling of DNA evidence while the bureau investigated former forensic scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods. The investigation into all of Woods’ cases began in September 2023 and, following the completion of the review, 1,003 cases were identified as “impacted” by…
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Whistleblower lawsuit: Colorado public defender fired after speaking out about caseload
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A former Colorado public defender fired for speaking out about his overwhelming caseload filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the Colorado Office of the State Public Defender. Travis Weiner was ousted in February for revealing what he said is “an open secret” among public defenders, not only in Colorado but across the country. He believes that…
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DNA scandal leads to plea deal that frees Colorado murder suspect from custody
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A suspect in a decades-old murder and rape in Weld County could be released from jail as early as Friday after the district attorney there “very reluctantly” agreed to a plea agreement because key DNA evidence in the case was compromised by an embattled Colorado…
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Weld County Fair’s junior livestock sale breaks record
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The future cowboys and cowgirls of northern Colorado set a record for sales in the 106th Weld County Fair’s Junior Livestock Sale. “We are extremely proud of the youth who participate in the Junior Livestock Sale,” said Chair Kevin Ross. “These youth have put numerous…
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Greeley woman sentenced to life in prison after 2022 shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Greeley woman will spend the rest of her life behind bars after shooting and killing a 21-year-old woman in 2022. Judge Allison Esser sentenced 28-year-old Mary Alicia Garcia to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday after a jury found her…