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• Deputy, retired officer killed in plane crash

  August 31, 2012 11:05 PM

  Two local law enforcement officers have been killed in a plane crash in Pueblo County. The plane vanished just before 10 a.m. The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office says the wreckage was found earlier tonight about five miles southwest of Lake San Isabel in Custer County. We're told the pilot... more »

• UPDATE: 911 caller says deputy shot himself

  January 22, 2012 4:24 PM

  Woodland Park Police are investigating a Teller County Sheriff's Deputy found dead in his home Saturday evening. According to police, the 911 caller said the deputy shot himself. The deputy was off-duty at the time of his death. More information will be released by Woodland Park Police when the... more »

• Deputy injured in Denver

  December 30, 2011 8:57 AM

  DENVER (AP) - One Denver police officer was injured and had to be cut out of her car after a car accident downtown involving three vehicles. KCNC-TV reports that the accident happened at about 3 p.m. Thursday and that a driver was cited for failing to yield to a left... more »

• Jury acquits Denver sheriff's deputy

  December 16, 2011 8:06 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Jurors have acquitted a Denver sheriff's deputy who was charged after she was accused of slapping a female inmate. KMGH-TV in Denver reports a jury acquitted Deputy Anne Kelly on Wednesday of misdemeanor harassment and assault. The inmate had been arrested March 25 on a drunken driving... more »

• Prosecutor clears officers in shooting near Cortez

  April 30, 2011 3:36 PM

  CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) - Prosecutors have found no misconduct by a Cortez police officer and a Montezuma County sheriff's deputy who were involved in the shooting in March. District Attorney Russell Wasley says no charges will be filed against Cortez officer Dallas Coker and Deputy Patrick Spencer. Authorities... more »

• Family of suspect in deputy's death plans to sue

  February 10, 2011 8:15 AM

  GREELEY (AP)-The family of a suspected car thief authorities say shot and killed a Weld County sheriff's deputy plans to sue officers for shooting the suspect, who died from his wounds. Denver's KMGH-TV reports that the family of 20-year-old Rueben Reyes has filed a notice of intent to sue,... more »

• Weld County Deputy was killed with his own gun

  November 24, 2010 6:52 PM

  EVANS, Colo. (AP) - The Weld County sheriff says a deputy shot after chasing a suspected car thief was killed his own gun. Sheriff John Cooke told the Greeley Tribune that Deputy Sam Brownlee was shot during a struggle with suspected car thief Reuben Reyes. He said that after... more »

• UPDATE: D.A. releases letter from now dead defendant

  November 18, 2010 4:27 PM

  Thursday, the El Paso County District Attorney's office announced they had received a letter earlier this month from a Colorado Springs fugitive who was later shot and killed, earlier this week, by a Sheriff's deputy in Idaho. On Wednesday, 47-year-old Curtis Scrivner was shot and killed by an Idaho... more »

• Pentagon computers attacked with flash drive

  August 25, 2010 4:23 PM

  The Pentagon says a foreign spy agency pulled off the most serious breach of Defense Department computer networks ever by inserting a flash drive into a U.S. military laptop. The previously classified incident took place in 2008 in the Middle East. It was disclosed in a magazine article by... more »

• Deputy hospitalized after vehicle dragging

  May 2, 2010 3:32 AM

  El Paso County Sheriff's deputies are on the lookout for the driver of a small S.U.V., dark in color. Neighbors say the driver is responsible for dragging a deputy with their vehicle. 911 dispatch received a call Saturday night around 10:40 p.m. of an injured deputy near 1600 Rosemont... more »

• Colorado deputy facing charges for stun gun incident

  April 29, 2010 9:57 AM

  A Colorado sheriff's deputy who resigned after allegations he used a stun gun on high school students during a job fair now faces child abuse charges. Lake County prosecutors on Wednesday filed 11 misdemeanor charges of child abuse and nine counts of reckless endangerment against Deputy John Ortega. Lake... more »

• Deputy-involved shooting in Custer County

  April 18, 2010 6:11 PM

  Custer County Sheriff Fred Jobe tells News First 5 a deputy was involved in a deadly shooting Saturday night in Westcliffe. Jobe says the call came in around 8:30 p.m. from a restaurant on Main Street saying Sixto Rodriguez had threatened people with a knife inside the restaurant and... more »

• Deputy shoots, injures DUI suspect

  February 6, 2010 12:44 PM

  Douglas County sheriff's deputies say they shot a drunk driving suspect who hit a deputy with his car and was heading toward another deputy. Details of the injuries to the suspect were not immediately available. Sheriff's spokesman Attila Denes said the deputies had stopped the car west of Castle Rock,... more »

• Man shoots himself after taking PW woman hostage

  October 5, 2009 12:01 PM

  The Pueblo County Coroner says the suspect in a hostage situation in Pueblo West early Monday morning, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The coroner has identified the man as Greg Gilmore, 56. The Pueblo County Sheriff's office says it received a 911 call at 5:40 a.m. from the victim.... more »