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• Officer fired for beating Pueblo man gets his job back Play Video

  March 1, 2013 7:45 PM

  A Pueblo County Sheriff's deputy and his family are calling for more to be done to keep dangerous police officers off the streets. The beating of Anthony DeHerrera's son, Michael, was captured on video tape back in 2009. Anthony DeHerrera is employed with the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office.... more »

• Denver police arrest suspect in beating death

  February 23, 2013 5:29 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Police have arrested a 47-year-old man suspected of beating another man to death near downtown Denver earlier this week. Police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez says Martin Trusty was arrested early Saturday morning for the Monday death of 44-year-old Darwin Brown. Trusty is being held for investigation of first-degree... more »

• Denver officers won't be charged in beating case

  February 9, 2013 1:48 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A 23-year-old man who was beaten by three Denver police officers after he questioned their authority to search the trunk of his car says the Justice Department has decided not to charge any of the officers with civil-rights violations stemming from the case. Alexander Landau tells The... more »

• Judge caught on tape beating daughter

  November 3, 2011 7:02 AM

  PORTLAND, Texas (AP) - Until last week, only a couple of close friends knew about the savage beating Hillary Adams received in 2004 from her father, a Texas judge who handles child abuse cases. Now the beating is on YouTube thanks to a secret video she made when she... more »

• Judge threatens to seize Denver police records

  October 22, 2011 6:23 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A U.S. District Court judge is threatening to send U.S. marshals into Denver city offices to seize records sought in an excessive-force lawsuit filed against Denver police. The Denver Post reports that Senior U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane Friday told a city attorney that... more »

• Castle Rock woman dies from beating

  October 15, 2011 9:40 AM

  A Castle Rock woman who was beaten by her boyfriend in September has died. Michelle Stella, 42, died Monday from injuries inflicted by Jason Melledy, 39, of Peyton. Melledy killed himself after beating Stella at a wedding in Gothenburg, Neb. Stella was recovering in her home when she... more »

• Alleged beating turns into murder case

  March 7, 2011 1:40 PM

  An alleged beating over a missing necklace ended in the death of one man and a murder charge pending against the other. Ted Gomez of Pueblo, 60, died yesterday at a Pueblo hospital. He had suffered a beating on February 27 and was hospitalized on the 28th with head... more »

• Man robbed, beaten with club

  September 19, 2010 8:07 AM

  A Colorado Springs man is in stable condition this morning after being beaten with a club during a robbery near Fountain Creek. Police say Robert Weegar had been napping along the edge of the trail near the creek and South Tejon when another man woke him up and demanded his... more »

• Teenage girl arrested in assault on Greeley jogger

  September 3, 2010 9:45 AM

  Greeley police have arrested a 17-year-old girl in the assault of a jogger in a city park. Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych said Thursday that a 47-year-old Greeley woman was jogging in the park Aug. 24 when she saw a group of teens watching a girl beat up another girl.... more »

• Minority groups call for firing of two Denver Police Officers

  August 19, 2010 5:01 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Latino and African-American leaders in Denver are urging the city's safety manager to fire two of the police officers caught on video roughing up residents. They told Safety Manager Ron Perea on Thursday that he should fire the officers caught on video arresting 24-year-old Michael DeHerrera... more »

• Son of Pueblo Sheriff's veteran speaks out over cop beating

  August 14, 2010 11:34 PM

  Michael DeHerrera is your average 24 year old from Southern Colorado. Being the son of a Pueblo Sheriff's Deputy he's stayed out of trouble. But that all changed when he went out in downtown Denver in April 2009. "He (Michael) was saying, they're beating up Shawn, they're beating up... more »

• Caught on tape: Police Officer under investigation

  April 16, 2010 2:29 PM

  A Streamwood, Illinois police officer accused of beating a motorist with his baton is being held on $50,000 bail. Video from Officer James Mandarino's dashboard camera appears to show him abusing the motorist despite the fact the motorist appears to be complying with the officer, prosecutors say. "At... more »

• 18 year-old beating victim dies from injuries

  September 14, 2009 12:51 PM

  An 18 year-old victim, identified as Matt Maez, died on Sunday from injuries related to a beating that happened over a week ago in Pueblo. Maez was attacked on September 5th by 28 year-old Jayson Oslund from Fowler, during a party on the east side of town near Damson and... more »

• Suspect search forces evacuation

  September 11, 2009 11:29 PM

  A High School football game had to be evacuated in Otero County, Friday evening. It happened at Fowler High School, east of Pueblo. Law enforcement descended on the small town, on word that an armed suspect wanted in a brutal Pueblo beating was in the area. Some 150 fans... more »