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• 5 Uncovers: Sexual assault kits not being tested

  February 13, 2013 12:48 PM

  News 5 uncovers hundreds of sexual assault kits collected are not being sent off for testing. "We assume evidence is being submitted for testing after a victim comes to law enforcement and goes through the additional traumatic experience of having the evidence collected," House District 43 Representative Frank McNulty... more »

• Update: Woodland Park officer involved shooting

  January 23, 2013 12:15 AM

  Both eastbound lanes along Highway 24 in Woodland Park have been reopened following an officer involved shooting Tuesday afternoon. Around 2:30 p.m., an officer with the Woodland Park Police Department attempted to pull over an older model Saturn station wagon heading east on 24 near Wal-Mart. While attempting... more »

• CBI wants $500K to handle gun background checks

  December 29, 2012 1:34 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is planning to ask lawmakers for $500,000 to help it more quickly process the huge backlog of background checks for gun buyers that has swamped the agency after the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. The Denver Post reports that in November,... more »

• CBI investigating Elbert County payoff to sheriff

  April 16, 2012 8:05 AM

  KIOWA, Colo. (AP) - The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is trying to find out why Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap was paid more than $12,000 for unused vacation time he saved up during his years of work in the department. According to the Denver Post, the amount appears to be... more »

• CBI revamps fingerprint equipment

  April 4, 2012 3:06 PM

  The Colorado Bureau of Investigation will replace its aging fingerprint database system over the next several months. The new system will provide for state of the art technologies and electronic devices to improve the ability of law enforcement and criminal justice agencies not only to identify criminal offenders, but... more »

• DNA matches sexual assault suspect in 2001 case

  January 30, 2012 5:08 PM

  The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has matched the DNA with a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Colorado Springs in 2001. CSPD has taken 37-year-old Gerardo Garcia Cruz into custody. Police say an Hispanic male had contacted the victim as she walked in the area... more »

• Teller County Sheriff's Deputies discover body in rural area

  July 9, 2011 3:08 PM

  Teller County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspicious death and a missing persons report in the county just outside of Woodland Park on Elk Lane. The Sheriff's Office has not released any official information and a statement from the Sheriff's Office is not expected before late this afternoon. News... more »

• Forensics investigation under way near Woodland Park

  February 26, 2011 3:01 PM

  Teller County Sheriffs Office tells News First 5 that Deputies from the county and CBI investigators are conducting a forensics investigation in a residence North of Woodland Park. The local agencies are working on an agency assistance request connected to a case out of the Carolinas. An official release... more »

• CBI sets up hotline for identity theft

  January 19, 2011 9:55 AM

  The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has set up a toll-free hotline for victims of identity theft and fraud. The CBI's statewide identity theft hotline connects to crime victim specialists. The hotline serves both English- and Spanish-speaking callers. Crime victims should still file reports with local police or sheriff's... more »

• Update: Senior citizen found

  November 9, 2010 4:14 PM

  Update: Romero has been found. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is asking everyone to keep an eye out for Armando Romero, 80, who disappeared in Pueblo Monday morning. He is a diabetic who needs medication. He was last seen wearing green pajamas bottoms, a gray hoodie sweatshirt and... more »

• Police investigate two deaths in Walsenburg

  November 9, 2010 3:15 PM

  Police Officers in Walsenburg went to a home Monday night to check the welfare of residents and found two people dead. The bodies were found at about 8:30 p.m. Cause of death has not been determined, but there were no obvious signs of foul play. The Colorado Bureau... more »

• Former CBI deputy director charged with embezzlement

  October 25, 2010 7:44 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The former deputy director of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has been charged with felony embezzlement of public property and two misdemeanors. The Denver Post reports that Peter "Pete" Bramley Mang has been issued a summons. The charges were filed Sept. 22. The Jefferson County district... more »

• CBI receives $1.7 million grant to fight mortgage crime

  October 5, 2010 3:10 PM

  Colorado ranked tenth among the 50 states in mortgage fraud in 2008, and first in 2006, according to the Mortgage Asset Research Institute. Colorado was first among the states in mortgage fraud in 2006. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation plans to crack-down on mortgage fraud by adding six new... more »

• Colorado Cold Case: suspect tied to 4 murders

  September 14, 2010 3:40 PM

  Colorado investigators say one suspect is responsible for two unsolved homicide cases involving four people in Aurora and Lakewood. Lakewood police say the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has connected the two homicide cases from 1984 through DNA evidence. Authorities plan to announce their findings during a Tuesday news conference.... more »

• Cripple Creek fire victims identified

  September 13, 2010 5:21 PM

  The Cripple Creek Police Department has identified the two people who died in an early morning fire last Friday. The bodies of Joshua David Carroll, 27, and Erica Nicole Girard, 19, were found on the second floor of the home in the 200 block of Carr Ave. Keith... more »

• CBI launches Colorado Cold Case web site

  August 12, 2010 3:40 PM

  Sometimes, it takes just a small sliver of information about a murder to solve the case--something that may seem insignificant to the person who knows the information. In an effort to catch killers who, until now, have gotten away with murder, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) launched a... more »

• Nationally recognized CBI arson dog dies

  May 13, 2010 7:28 PM

  Not all dog stories are happy ones. The Colorado Bureau of Investigations first accelerant-sniffing K-9,"Erin", lost her battle with cancer on Wednesday. "Erin" came to the CBI in 2000 and retired in May of 2007. Erin, a black Labrador and CBI Agent Jerry Means responded to more than 800 calls... more »

• CBI Investigator

  January 15, 2010 2:14 PM

  The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is looking for a Criminal Investigator with expertise in Controlled Substance Analysis. The starting pay is dependent on previous experience, but will fall in the range of $4605 - $7956 per month. The investigator will work in the Pueblo office. Apply by... more »

• Mistake shows DUI tests were wrong

  December 11, 2009 10:11 PM

  82 DUI tests in Colorado Springs were recorded wrong. Those tests show higher blood-alcohol levels than the suspects really had. In mid November, the Metro Crime Lab in Colorado Springs discovered the mistake while going through blood tests used for DUI cases. They began retesting a thousand blood samples... more »