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CRIME & SAFETY
South Adams County Fire Department changes policies following CBS report
The South Adams County Fire Department has revamped its travel and expense policies following a CBS News Colorado investigation, which showed thousands of taxpayer dollars had been used for years for department spouses to travel to professional conferences.Department chiefs spent lavishly on themselves and their spouses during conferences and would often arrive days before events started and leave days after they ended, prompting one firefighter to say the trips looked more like a vacation than work.Maria Carabajal, the department's public information officer, said the new directives are "part of our commitment to transparency and efficient operations" and have now been distributed...
Colorado Man Arrested for ‘Fowl Play’ With Over 3 Dozen Chickens
A Colorado man has been arrested and the chickens on the property have been seized. According to the Adams County Sheriff's Department, the suspect has been accused of using more than 30 roosters for cockfighting. The joint investigation involved the Adams County Sheriff's Office and Adams County Animal Management with...
Semi-truck driver sentenced to 22 years for shooting Arapahoe County homeless woman
A semi-truck driver who shot and killed an Arapahoe County homeless woman for throwing rocks at his vehicle was sentenced to 22 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections with five years mandatory parole. John David Thoren III, 44, an Iraq War veteran, was also ordered to pay funeral expenses...
Colorado sheriff’s office seizes 39 birds in illegal cockfighting operation
Adams County Sheriff’s Department deputies on Friday seized dozens of birds being trained for an illegal cockfighting operation. The property owner of where the animals were found was arrested on felony animal cruelty charges, according to the sheriff's office. In a small shack on a 35-acre property near 4300 Hudson Road in Watkins, several miles south of Denver International Airport, Adams County deputies found 39 total birds, 32 of them...
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