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Teen set fire to wrong home, killing 5 innocent family members, in attempt to get revenge for stolen iPhone
Kevin Bui on Friday pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for setting fire to a Colorado family's home because he believed someone inside stole his phone. The post Teen set fire to wrong home, killing 5 innocent family members, in attempt to get revenge for stolen iPhone first appeared on Law & Crime.
Scammers find new ways to steal private information, including card skimmers
A family in Denver is searching for answers after their credit card information was stolen over Mother’s Day weekend, and they still don’t know how. FOX31's Rachel Saurer spoke to law enforcement about card skimmers.
Residents in Aurora spark concerns over Host Home following shooting with police
An Aurora community is speaking out in frustration over a home in their neighborhood they say has become a problem property, attracting bad behavior and drug use."Something like this doesn't need to be in our neighborhood," said Wendy Ratkin.Ratkin lives less than a block away from a home in the 4500 block of Himalaya Circle that was put in the spotlight earlier this week after a shooting with police."We saw SWAT marching down the street I just thought, not my neighborhood," she said. "This can't be."On Wednesday, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of a woman being...
Jeremy Rocha convicted of murder in 2022 deadly shooting on I-70
A jury returned a guilty verdict Friday for Jeremy Jacob Rocha in the deadly shooting on I-70 that stemmed from a street racing incident. The shooting happened June 18, 2022, in Aurora along I-70 between Tower Road and Colfax Avenue.Rocha was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree murder- extreme indifference and four counts of attempted murder. John Jaros died in the presence of his wife and three children after shots were fired into their truck from potential street racers. Aurora police investigators said that traffic was stopped on I-70 between Tower Road and 470 for a street racing event. That's when Jaros, 37, went around the stopped traffic and police said Rocha fired multiple shots, killing him. Jaros lived in Estes Park and was the Assistant Chief of the Glen Haven Area Volunteer Fire Department. Sentencing is scheduled for Rocha at 10:30 a.m. on May 23 in Adams County Court.
'There's nothing you could do' | Witness describes tanker crash, fire that closed I-70
DENVER — Moments after a vehicle crashed into a tanker on the shoulder of Interstate 70 west of Denver on Thursday, killing one of the drivers and causing an hourslong shutdown of the interstate, Aeh Jay Hollenbeck came around a bend to a wall of smoke and fire. "I...
Woman found dead in Glendale, death investigated as homicide
GLENDALE, Colo. — Police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old woman in Glendale this week as a homicide. Glendale Police officers responded around 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday to 635 S. Forest St. for a report about an "unresponsive" person. When they arrived, they found a woman, identified as Clarinda Blackburn, unconscious. She had obvious "blunt force" injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Pro-Palestine protesters call encampment a 'win'
After over three weeks of camping on the Tivoli Quad of the Auraria Campus, pro-Palestine protesters packed up and left on Friday night. FOX31's Rogelio Mares reports that the protests cost the campus an estimated $290,000, although specifics of that figure have not been released.
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