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Colorado deputies return stolen bike to 12-year-old boy
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - Days after a 12-year-old boy had his bike stolen, his story has a happy ending!. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office issued a plea to the community on June 21 to help find the bike. The boy had locked it outside a Walmart in Littleton -- only for a man to follow him into the store to shoplift bolt cutters and use them to take the bike.
Man, 83, convicted of murdering wife and disabled daughter because he ran out of money
When cops arrived they noticed two large trash cans in the living room. The severed body of his wife was in one bin while the other held his daughter, according to prosecutors. The post ‘Dispose of their bodies like trash:’ Man, 83, convicted of murdering, chopping up wife and disabled daughter because he ran out of money first appeared on Law & Crime.
“It seems like they hunted him down like an animal or something,” says loved one of Kilyn Lewis, Aurora man killed by police
About 70 demonstrators rallied at the Aurora City Council meeting last week to protest the police shooting of another unarmed Black man, 37-year-old Kilyn Lewis— who police shot and killed last month in Aurora. Lewis’s death comes two years after Colorado Attorney Phil Weiser imposed a consent decree on the city of Aurora mandating the city fix “patterns of racially biased policing and excessive use of force in the Aurora Police Department.”
Don’t call 911: Here’s how to report illegal fireworks in Colorado
DENVER (KDVR) – Despite fireworks being outlawed in Colorado, you might still see people using them around the Fourth of July. Any firework that explodes or leaves the ground is illegal in Colorado – the only ones allowed in the state, according to Colorado law, may not contain more than 50 milligrams of explosive composition.
Denver police: Window washing at intersections is illegal
It has been months since Denver drivers first started noticing window washers at many busy intersections across the metro area. Now, it is almost a usual sight to see a few men in groups, squeegees and water bottles in hand approaching cars waiting for the stoplight.
Lanes on I-70 reopen in Wheat Ridge after motorcycle crash
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — Eastbound lanes on Interstate 70 reopened in Wheat Ridge after a motorcycle crash Saturday morning. Wheat Ridge Police posted at 9:38 a.m. on social media that four eastbound lanes were closed just before the Wadsworth Boulevard exit. Investigators believe the motorcyclist rear-ended another car, and...
In Colorado, when and how police bodycam footage is released depends on the department
The nine shootings involving officers throughout Denver metro stretching from Lakewood to Arapahoe County since April 29 underscored police departments' differences in their levels of responses to media inquiries and in their policies governing the release of body camera footages. With each shooting leading to a multi-agency investigation that sometimes...
Denver jewelry store owners remain hopeful after robbery
A federal law enforcement operation at a Motel 6 in El Paso, Texas, may be linked to a Denver jewelry store armed robbery that occurred on Monday.Authorities have not officially confirmed this connection to CBS News Colorado. However, the owners of the family-owned business Joyeria El Ruby, which was targeted in the jewelry store heist earlier in the week, believe this operation could lead to finding the eight suspects.CBS News Colorado asked several law enforcement agencies to verify the news but said it's still an active investigation.After receiving news from a source, the owners were hopeful and in better spirits...
Suspect in Smoky Hill Rd shooting charged with attempted murder, bond at $2M
The suspect in the Smoky Hill Road shooting in Aurora has been charged with first-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault, according to jail records. On Thursday, two women and a man were shot near homes in the area of E. Smoky Hill Road and E. Quincy Avenue in Aurora."We don't believe that the suspect knew any of these people," said Aurora Police Spokesman Matthew Longshore. Upon arrival, APD officers discovered multiple scenes of violence. In the 4400 block of South Eagle Circle, APD officers located a 50-year-old woman in her vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. "While officers were surveying the immediate...
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