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Semi crashes into power pole, motorcylist injured on South Parker Road
A semi crashed into a power pole and a motorcyclist was injured on South Parker Road on Monday afternoon. All lanes of South Parker Road were closed for several hours in both directions between East Iliff Avenue and South Dayton Street. Power was turned off in that area due to the downed power pole, according to Xcel Energy crews. The crash happened at the intersection of South Parker Road and Emporia Street about 12:15 p.m. What happened leading up to the crash is being investigated.
Self-proclaimed 'serial entrepreneur' indicted for fraudulently obtaining $5 million in COVID relief funds
A Castle Rock couple who who were relieved of $4.6 million in bankruptcy debt four years ago were recently charged with illegally obtaining more than $5 million in government assistance on behalf of the businesses that had been shuttered by the bankruptcy. Joshua Lybolt, 45, and Magdalena Lybolt, 46, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Colorado on June 27. The couple surrendered their Indiana real estate license in 2019, according to online public records. In early 2020, they "told a U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee, under oath, that all of the businesses included in their bankruptcy filing were closed and no longer operational,"...
Semi truck carrying Acai berries caught fire, closes lanes of E-470
A semi truck fire closed the right lanes of northbound E-470 in Aurora around 5 a.m., Monday. Firefighters from the Aurora Fire Rescue and Sable Altura Fire Rescue responded to the truck fire shortly after 5 a.m., near East 26th Avenue and E-470, according to Aurora Fire. Due to smoke and the fire, E-470 was closed for approximately 30 minutes, Aurora Fire said. ...
Elderly Colorado Family Annihilator Gets Life for Shocking Crime
A heinous crime took place on March 25, 2023, in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Colorado in which an elderly man brutally and senselessly ended the lives of his wife and daughter. The man, 83-year-old Reginald Maclaren, initially called authorities to report the deaths while maintaining his innocence, but later...
Gym Staffers Save 74-Year Old Man Who Collapsed in Colorado Recreation Center
Personal trainer Tim Velazquez was one of the heroes. "I wanted to make sure that I'm doing the best I can to save somebody else's life and make sure that they're able to go home to their kids or to their grandkids," he tells Inside Edition.
STILL MISSING: 8 years later the FBI is still looking for Lashaya Stine
AURORA, Colo. (KKTV) - Lashaya Stine, now 24, was last seen in Aurora eight years ago, on July 15, 2016. The Denver FBI shared information on Monday, reminding people, 8 years later, to continue looking for Lashaya Stine. She was born on Feb. 8, 2000, and she was 16 on...
Police looking for suspect in deadly hit-and-run in Aurora
AURORA, Colo. — Aurora Police are looking for the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run that occurred Saturday morning. Around 9:39 a.m., police said officers responded to a call for an auto-pedestrian crash at East Hampden Avenue and South Uravan Street where they located the victim. The victim, a man,...
Fire updates, Former Greenwood Village police officer sentenced in shooting death, Denver breaks record high temperatures
*Correction: A previous edition of this post incorrectly stated that a former “Aurora police officer was sentenced.” The officer is not part of the Aurora Police Department. They were formerly of the Greenwood Village Police Department. Dinosaur fire update. The Dinosaur Fire, which started this past Friday near...
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