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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 »

• 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 »

• Colorado laws protect gun owner privacy Play Video

  December 27, 2012 8:00 PM

  A newspaper in New York state sparked a nationwide controversy this week by published a map of households where handgun owners live. The ordeal raised our curiosity as to what kind of public records exist for gun owners in Colorado. As it turn out, there's not much. Susan Medina,... more »

• Sex offenders slipping through the cracks

  August 4, 2012 1:32 AM

  Sex offenders are manipulating their identities to slip through the cracks of law enforcement; a new study funded by the United States Justice Department shows about 16 percent of them are living secretly among us. It's also a problem here in Colorado Springs. About 1,100 registered sex offenders are... more »

• Bent County inmate found dead of apparent suicide

  July 29, 2012 12:27 PM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a 33-year-old inmate at Bent County jail in southeastern Colorado has been found dead of an apparent suicide. Sheriff's deputies were called to the jail just after 9 p.m. Friday and found the man dead, but Sheriff David Encinias declined to release additional details,... more »

• New requirement for sex offenders with no address

  May 29, 2012 9:00 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A new Colorado law requires sex offenders to register with local authorities even if they don't have a fixed residence. The law establishes a system for sex offenders to verify their registration with law enforcement in their jurisdiction every one or three months. Republican Rep. Bob Gardner... more »

• Coroner: Teller Co. body found not a suicide

  July 11, 2011 12:47 AM

  Investigations continued through the weekend at a home on Elk Lane in Teller County, just southwest of Woodland Park. That's where deputies found a body Friday. Teller County Coroner Al Born tells News First 5 that it was a person who lived in the Pikes Peak region and that... more »

• UPDATE: Body found in Teller Co., victim lived in Pikes Peak region

  July 10, 2011 5:01 PM

  Investigators continue into investigate human remains found in Teller County Friday. The body was found off of Elk Lane, just outside of Woodland Park. Teller County Sheriff's office is working with Colorado Bureau of Investigations as well as State Patrol. Troopers released a statement Saturday saying they're confirming deputies... 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 »

• 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 »

• House fire in Cripple Creek kills 2, injures another

  September 10, 2010 11:49 PM

  Two people are dead, a man and a woman, and one man had to be flown to a nearby hospital after fire broke out, just before 3 a.m., Friday in Cripple Creek. State and local investigators are still trying to find out what happened. Neighbors that News First 5... 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 »

• CBI beefing up Grand Junction office

  February 22, 2010 5:36 PM

  The Colorado Bureau of Investigations office in Grand Junction is getting help dealing with a backlog of forensic cases. The office is getting four new positions as the agency reorganizes staff. Some of the new staffers are retiring from other CBI offices. The Mesa County sheriff's office also... more »