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Horrific Air Force Academy Bike Crash Nets $7.3M Verdict a Decade Later

Horrific Air Force Academy Bike Crash Nets $7.3M Verdict a Decade Later

By Michael RobertsMarch 29, 2019

James Nelson has been fighting for almost eleven years over a bike crash that nearly cost him his life.

Claim: Dillon Blodgett’s Preventable Jail Suicide Part of Disturbing Pattern

Claim: Dillon Blodgett’s Preventable Jail Suicide Part of Disturbing Pattern

By Michael RobertsMarch 28, 2019

An in-custody suicide at a Western Colorado jail that prompted a lawsuit is one of four in fewer than three years at the same facility.

Fifteen Unsolved Denver Murders and What They Have in Common

Fifteen Unsolved Denver Murders and What They Have in Common

By Michael RobertsMarch 28, 2019

The fifteen unsolved homicides from one recent year in Denver share more in common than tragedy.

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Auditor, Sheriff’s Department Disagree on Handcuffing Best Practices

Auditor, Sheriff’s Department Disagree on Handcuffing Best Practices

By Conor McCormick-CavanaghMarch 22, 2019

A new audit report criticizes the Denver sheriff’s handcuffing protocol.

Columbine Survivors Talk About the Wounds That Won’t Heal

Columbine Survivors Talk About the Wounds That Won’t Heal

By Alan PrendergastMarch 19, 2019

Twenty years after the day that changed everything, Columbine has also become a case study for the long-range trauma inflicted by a mass shooting.

Kratom Addiction: Colorado Clinics’ Widely Different Reports

Kratom Addiction: Colorado Clinics’ Widely Different Reports

By Michael RobertsMarch 18, 2019

One expert sees a rising number of kratom addictions, while another characterizes it as still fairly rare.

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Bill Would End Bail Requirement for Some Low-Level Offenses

Bill Would End Bail Requirement for Some Low-Level Offenses

By Conor McCormick-CavanaghMarch 14, 2019

Representative Leslie Herod believes the proposal would create a fairer judicial system.

Racist Group Identity Evropa Rebrands but Doesn’t Lower Heat From Colorado

Racist Group Identity Evropa Rebrands but Doesn’t Lower Heat From Colorado

By Michael RobertsMarch 13, 2019

Identity Evropa is now the American Identity Movement, but those fighting against the group aren’t fooled by the change.

Boulder and Racism: Why Distrust Runs So Deep for People of Color

Boulder and Racism: Why Distrust Runs So Deep for People of Color

By Michael RobertsMarch 12, 2019

People of color in Boulder look upon law enforcement with considerably less trust than white residents.

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Englewood Police Shot Chayley Tolin. Were They Both in the Wrong?

Englewood Police Shot Chayley Tolin. Were They Both in the Wrong?

By Michael RobertsMarch 12, 2019

If police were following best practices established over forty years ago, the shooting would not have happened.

15th and Market Murder One of Block’s 21 Violent Crimes in Past Five Years

15th and Market Murder One of Block’s 21 Violent Crimes in Past Five Years

By Michael RobertsMarch 11, 2019

The shooting on the block is at least the third since September, and the second one to prove deadly.

Denver City Attorney Will Revamp “Rigid” Property Seizure Ordinance

Denver City Attorney Will Revamp “Rigid” Property Seizure Ordinance

By Ana CampbellMarch 1, 2019

In 2017, 1,781 nuisance cases made their way through Denver’s courts, up from about 1,300 in 2012.

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Ex-Broncos Great Demaryius Thomas Busted for Vehicular Assault

Ex-Broncos Great Demaryius Thomas Busted for Vehicular Assault

By Michael RobertsFebruary 28, 2019

Demaryius Thomas was behind the wheel in a spectacular crash that injured him and his two passengers.

Officer-Involved Shooting No. 16: Cries, Evacs, Gun-Down in Lincoln Park

Officer-Involved Shooting No. 16: Cries, Evacs, Gun-Down in Lincoln Park

By Michael RobertsFebruary 26, 2019

The violence ripped open a quiet evening at the Marquis on the Parkway apartment complex.

America Can’t Look Away from Murder Details of Colorado Mom Kelsey Berreth

America Can’t Look Away from Murder Details of Colorado Mom Kelsey Berreth

By Michael RobertsFebruary 20, 2019

The alleged murder of Woodland Park mom Kelsey Berreth is the latest Colorado crime to go national, and international.

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Federal Court Frees Fort Collins Nipples, U.S. Supreme Court May Be Next

Federal Court Frees Fort Collins Nipples, U.S. Supreme Court May Be Next

By Michael RobertsFebruary 15, 2019

A federal court ruling about a female toplessness ban could set the case on a course to the U.S. Supreme Court.

15 Colorado Kids, Teens Dead From Gun Violence in Year Since Parkland

15 Colorado Kids, Teens Dead From Gun Violence in Year Since Parkland

By Michael RobertsFebruary 14, 2019

On the anniversary of the Parkland school shooting, we remember the fifteen Colorado kids and teens killed by gun violence since then.

El Chapo Is Likely to Spend the Rest of His Life in Supermax

El Chapo Is Likely to Spend the Rest of His Life in Supermax

By Conor McCormick-CavanaghFebruary 14, 2019

After being convicted of ten charges related to drug trafficking, El Chapo will likely spend the rest of his life in ADX Florence.

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Denver Police Shooting Update: “I Don’t Know If I’m Going to Kill You or Him”

Denver Police Shooting Update: “I Don’t Know If I’m Going to Kill You or Him”

By Michael RobertsFebruary 13, 2019

The incident in East Denver was Colorado’s fifteenth officer-involved shooting of 2019.

This Call for Help Came From Inside the Lake County Sheriff’s Office

This Call for Help Came From Inside the Lake County Sheriff’s Office

By Rachel WoolworthFebruary 12, 2019

The Leadville-based dispatchers say they were harassed by the then-undersheriff.

Man Arrested for First-Degree Attempted Murder Following Explosion on Santa Fe

Man Arrested for First-Degree Attempted Murder Following Explosion on Santa Fe

By Conor McCormick-CavanaghFebruary 11, 2019

Todd Norman Perkins has been charged with first-degree arson and first-degree attempted murder.

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Alleged State Capitol Vandal Arrested for Second-Degree Burglary

Alleged State Capitol Vandal Arrested for Second-Degree Burglary

By Ana CampbellFebruary 11, 2019

Elias Anthony Dominguez, 26, allegedly broke into the Capitol in January.

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