Posted 8:47 PM 5/20/2013 by Juice Godfrey
DENVER (AP) - A "not guilty" plea has been entered for a man accused of threatening a Colorado lawmaker as the Legislature debated gun control. A judge on Monday also set a Nov. 20 trial date for Franklin Sain. He is accused of sending profane and threatening emails and phone messages (More)
Posted 1:33 PM 5/18/2013 by Jacqui Heinrich, jheinrich@koaa.com
Three people have been arrested in connection to the murder of 47-year-old Miguel Barajas of Widefield, including the victim's wife and daughter. Barajas was found dead in his home on February 13, 2013, after his daughter called 9-11 to report she had arrived at the house in the 100 block of (More)
Posted 9:05 PM 5/17/2013 by Jacqui Heinrich, jheinrich@koaa.com
Police found shocking discovery at a home on the northeast side of Colorado Springs when they responded to a welfare check Thursday night: a 13-year-old autistic boy naked, living among dead and live rodents and human and animal excrement.
The boy has been in the care of a former Colorado (More)
Posted 6:46 PM 5/15/2013 by Andy Koen
COLORADO SPRINGS - The first people to be convicted of burglarizing evacuated homes in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood during the Waldo Canyon Fire were issued heavy sentences Wednesday.
Shane Garrett, 35, was sentenced to 48 years in prison with 5 years of mandatory parole. Belinda (More)
Posted 7:46 PM 5/14/2013 by Juice Godfrey
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday stopped the foreclosure auction of the house of a woman who is challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's foreclosure law. But it's unclear if the judge will rule on the law itself. Lisa Brumfiel says it's unconstitutional that (More)
Posted 8:38 AM 5/13/2013 by Adam Atchison
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia jury says it's deadlocked on two counts in the murder trial of a longtime abortion provider. Dr. Kermit Gosnell is accused of killing a patient and four babies allegedly born alive and then killed with scissors. The counts that divided (More)
Posted 5:00 PM 5/10/2013 by Andy Koen
COLORADO SPRINGS - A Colorado Springs police sergeant charged with filling out phony time sheets will get to keep his pension. The district attorney filed charges of theft and forgery against Sergeant James Butierres yesterday.
Just before making a court appearance, Butierres filed his (More)
Posted 7:14 PM 5/9/2013 by Juice Godfrey
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A group from Colorado Springs is suing the city in hopes of eventually banning oil and gas drilling, including hydraulic fracturing, within city limits. Colorado Springs Citizens for Community Rights filed the lawsuit Thursday, urging the 4th Judicial (More)
Posted 3:23 PM 5/8/2013 by Kirsten Bennett
PHOENIX (AP) - Jodi Arias has been convicted of first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing and shooting death of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona. Arias was charged in the June 2008 killing of Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home. Authorities say she planned the attack in a (More)
Posted 10:55 PM 5/7/2013 by Andy Koen
PUEBLO - All of the community corrections programs in Pueblo have a history of inadequately following state regulations, consequently increasing the risk to public safety.
As recently as (More)...
Posted 6:27 PM 5/6/2013 by Andy Koen
PUEBLO - The Pueblo halfway house Community Corrections Services Inc. (CCSI) that closed suddenly Friday morning had a history of security issues. In August, state auditors found "concerning public safety issues" at CCSI and determined (More)