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3/28/2013

Prosecutors in James Holmes' case ask for more time to consider deal

Posted 9:47 PM 3/28/2013 by JD Downing

DENVER - News 5 has just learned from our partners in Denver, KUSA, that the prosecutors in the Aurora theater shooting suspect's case have filed documents saying James Holmes' public defender broke the pre-trial publicity order.

Prosecutors claim the defense presented a plea on their (More)

3/27/2013

Woman arrested for allegedly illegally transferring gun to Evan Ebel

Posted 9:51 PM 3/27/2013 by Connie Murphy

KUSA - Authorities with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation arrested a Commerce City woman they allege provided Evan Ebel the gun used to kill Colorado prison chief Tom Clements.

Stevie Marie Vigil, 22, was arrested Wednesday night. Vigil was arrested on suspicion of an alleged illegal (More)

3/22/2013

Man tied to Colo. prison chief death dies

Posted 9:42 AM 3/22/2013 by JD Downing

DECATUR, Texas (AP) - A medical examiner's office says a man identified as a parolee possibly linked to the slaying of Colorado's state prisons chief has died after he was gravely wounded in a high-speed police chase in Texas.Tarrant County Medical Examiner's spokesman Roger Metcalf (More)

3/20/2013

Governor Hickenlooper expected to speak on Clements' death

Posted 8:08 AM 3/20/2013 by Eugene Daniels

Governor Hickenlooper has scheduled a press conference to begin sometime after 8 a.m. today. He is expected to address the death of the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections John Clements.

KOAA will be bring you the press conference live as soon as it is available.

3/15/2013

Wildfire in Northern Colorado continues to grow

Posted 6:19 PM 3/15/2013 by JD Downing

Larimer County - A wildfire west of Fort Collins continues to grow. The Galena Fire (formerly called Soldier Fire) is currently burning more than 700 acres and moving south-southeast, fueled by heavy winds. The blaze has been burning near Lory State Park since before noon Friday afternoon. At (More)

3/14/2013

Red Rocks Canyon Park brush fire is now contained

Posted 6:50 PM 3/14/2013 by Patricia Collier

Colorado Springs Fire remain on the scene investigating a 5-acre brush fire at Hwy 24 and 31st Street around the Red Rocks Canyon Park.

Fire officials say the fire is contained and they are working to mop up the area of any hot spots.

We will keep you posted on all the latest developments.

3/12/2013

Juvenile accused of starting a school fire

Posted 9:02 PM 3/12/2013 by Connie Murphy

A juvenile suspect is now being accused of arson in connection to a school fire at Evans International Elementary.

The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says a juvenile male lit a toilet paper roll inside of a toilet dispenser on fire in the school's bathroom.

Officials say the (More)

3/7/2013

UPDATE: UN approves sanctions against North Korea

Posted 8:37 AM 3/7/2013 by Adam Atchison

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, a move that sparked a furious Pyongyang to threaten a nuclear strike against the United States. The vote Thursday by the U.N.'s most (More)

2/26/2013

Students and Motorists stranded

Posted 8:51 PM 2/26/2013 by Connie Murphy

Approximately 60 students from Miami Yoder are stuck at school because of hazardous road conditions in the area.

El Paso County Sheriff Lt Jeff Kramer tells KOAA, that the students are safe at school waiting out the storm.

The school staff is supervising the students and they do (More)

2/19/2013

UPDATE: Homicide in Pueblo

Posted 1:44 PM 2/19/2013 by Jeff Langan

Pueblo police are confirming a homicide at 1108 Mass Street in Pueblo this morning.

They received a call from a neighbors house, and found a 34-year-old female dead around one o'clock a.m.

The suspect, her husband, a 35-year-old male, was killed shortly after, in a fatal motorcycle accident at Highway 50 and Baxter Rd.

We will update as we receive more information.

2/17/2013

UPDATE: Shooting on Vermijo St.

Posted 8:18 AM 2/17/2013 by Jeff Langan

CSPD have confirmed there was a shooting on W. Vermijo St early Sunday morning.

One person was shot, and suffered critical to life threatening injuries.

Police say no one has been arrested, and are in the process of investigating the shooting.

We will update as soon as we receive information.

2/16/2013

UPDATE: Man killed at apartment complex identified

Posted 3:43 PM 2/16/2013 by Matt Stafford

The El Paso County Coroner's Office has identified the man found dead at the Park Ridge apartment complex on Friday as 46-year-old Gregory Martin.

On Friday morning police say employees interrupted a burglary in progress. Police found a man dead with what they called blunt force trauma (More)

2/15/2013

Crime scene at apartment complex

Posted 1:15 PM 2/15/2013 by Elaine Sheridan

Police are on the scene of a possible stabbing near Maizeland and Academy.

Details are still sketchy, but the first call came as a burglary at the Park Ridge Apartments in the 26-hundred block of Serendipity.

The entire apartment complex is taped off right now, so no one is being allowed in or out of their apartments.

A possible suspect is in custody.

We have a crew on-scene, and we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it.

2/12/2013

UPDATE: One dead in accident at Judge Orr Rd.

Posted 5:56 AM 2/12/2013 by Jeff Langan

Colorado Springs Police say one person is dead after an accident at the intersection of Judge Orr Rd. and Log Rd.

The intersection is closed while police investigate the scene.

Police ask commuters to avoid the area.

2/11/2013

UPDATE: Pope Benedict XVI stepping down

Posted 4:39 AM 2/11/2013 by JD Downing

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March.The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a (More)

2/8/2013

Search continues for Cascade suspect

Posted 7:32 PM 2/8/2013 by Siera Santos

One suspect is under arrest and another is still on the loose as agencies continue to search the Cascade area for a male suspect in his 20s.

Around 6 PM, a pursuit ensued when a state trooper attempted to stop a stolen black Honda vehicle near Green Mountain Falls. Colorado State Patrol (More)