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‘I’m living a lie': On the streets of a Colorado city, pregnant migrants struggle to survive
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — She was eight months pregnant when she was forced to leave her Denver homeless shelter. It was November. Ivanni Herrera took her 4-year-old son Dylan by the hand and led him into the chilly night, dragging a suitcase containing donated clothes and blankets she’d taken from the Microtel Inn & Suites. It was one of 10 hotels where Denver has housed more than 30,000 migrants, many of them Venezuelan, over the last two years.
Colorado man accused of defrauding federal employer of $1.2 million over 15 years
A Lakewood man was indicted last week by a federal grand jury for putting more than $1.2 million in personal purchases on his government credit card.James Montoya, 54, worked as an Information Technology (IT) Specialist for the U. S. Geological Survey in a Lakewood office. The U.S. Department of the Interior, which has oversight of the USGS, recently found questionable transactions on Montoya's government charge card during a routine operation to identify credit card misuse.According to the indictment, Montoya is accused of altering and falsifying documents to conceal purchases he made for personal goods and services. He is alleged to...
Homelessness along the Front Range: Down in Colorado Springs, up in metro Denver
While homelessness increased in the metro Denver area, the numbers dropped in El Paso County, according to the results of a comprehensive survey conducted this year. The survey in major cities nationwide on one or two days each January highlighted anew the crisis plaguing metro Denver, whose local governments — notably Colorado's most populous city — have spent significant amounts.
Aurora officials heavily redact public documents related to landlord who claimed Venezuelan gang activity
Aurora officials heavily redacted public documents related to the eviction of 300 people at the Aspen Grove apartment complex last month, claiming the emails — to and from the city and the landlord’s lawyer — represented “attorney work product.”. Under the Colorado Open Records Act or...
Man caught transporting fentanyl pills on a bus in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY —A Denver, Colorado, man was sentenced in federal court last week for transporting thousands of fentanyl pills and methamphetamine through Kansas City aboard a bus and for illegally possessing a firearm. Ahmad Rashad Rhodes, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 15 years...
‘Our Lawyers Are Pretty F–king Good’: Colorado State Frat Members Threaten Student After He Accused Them of Using Blackface on a Recruitment Banner; Blamed Rain and Lighting
Colorado State is under scrutiny after a fraternity displayed a giant banner depicting Uncle Sam in what appeared to be blackface with the words, “We […] ‘Our Lawyers Are Pretty F–king Good’: Colorado State Frat Members Threaten Student After He Accused Them of Using Blackface on a Recruitment Banner; Blamed Rain and Lighting
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