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• Gurule says state embellished audit Play Video

  May 8, 2013 8:52 PM

  PUEBLO - When parole officers relocated some 60 offenders from the Community Corrections Services Inc. (CCSI) facility in Pueblo last Friday, owner Al Gurule told News 5 at the time that he had simply decided not to renew his contract. Then on Monday, we discovered a report by state... more »

• Report details history of security concerns at closed halfway house Play Video

  May 6, 2013 7:50 PM

  PUEBLO - The Pueblo halfway house Community Corrections Services Inc. (CCSI) that closed suddenly Friday morning had a history of security issues. In August, state auditors found "concerning public safety issues" at CCSI and determined that "escapes were not managed appropriately." The report details instances where head counts were... more »

• Questions about sudden closure of Pueblo halfway house

  May 3, 2013 8:28 PM

  PUEBLO - Using trash bags and cardboard boxes, around 60 men living at Pueblo's Community Corrections Services Incorporated packed up their belongings Friday morning and moved to another facility to serve out their time. "All they did was gave them a bags and said pack up, yous are leaving,"... more »

• Airman remains at large

  April 19, 2012 9:01 AM

  An Airman, under custody, remains at large. Herbert Mullens, escaped custody in Teller County was facing several charges including driving while intoxicated. According to a release from Peterson AFB, Herbert Mullens also faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia. The... more »

• Inmate pleads insanity to escape, hostage-taking

  August 27, 2011 1:29 PM

  STERLING, Colo. (AP) - An inmate who escaped from a maximum-security Colorado prison has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to kidnapping and other charges after he allegedly held a woman hostage before surrendering. The Journal Advocate reported Friday that Douglas Alward entered his plea in state court... more »

• Colorado prison escapee charged with several crimes

  October 5, 2010 9:43 AM

  An inmate who broke out of a maximum security prison in northeast Colorado has been charged with escape, holding hostages and kidnapping. The Denver Post reports that Douglas Alward was also charged Monday with being a habitual criminal, first-degree burglary and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.... more »

• Hero ranger may not receive reward for inmate capture

  September 2, 2010 8:33 AM

  The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing whether an eastern Arizona ranger whose tip led to the capture of two of the most wanted fugitives in America can receive reward money under the agency's ethics guidelines. An Apache Sitgreaves National Forest spokeswoman said Wednesday that local forest officials would like... more »

• New info: Captured prisoner held woman hostage

  August 25, 2010 2:23 PM

  An escaped prison inmate was captured in a modular home where he was holding a woman hostage, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections. That information is dramatically different from what was originally reported, that Douglas Alward was apprehended in a corn field. The hostage was not injured. ... more »

• FBI searching for escaped Colorado inmate

  August 25, 2010 8:37 AM

  Authorities are offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a Colorado inmate who made what officials say was an "elaborate escape" from a maximum security prison. A Department of Corrections spokeswoman says authorities are going door-to-door around the Sterling Correction Facility as they search for... more »

• Search for escaped Colorado inmate continues

  August 24, 2010 9:30 AM

  The search continues for an inmate who escaped from a maximum security prison in northeastern Colorado. Douglas Alward fled from the Sterling Correctional Facility about 100 miles northeast of Denver sometime Sunday night. He was serving a 20- to- 40-year sentence for attempted murder, assault, burglary and kidnapping. ... more »

• Alleged escapee charged with three counts of attempted murder

  August 11, 2010 5:59 PM

  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - An Arizona alleged escapee captured in western Colorado has been charged with three counts of attempted murder stemming from a shootout during his capture. Garfield County prosecutors also charged 36-year-old Daniel Renwick with vehicular eluding and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.... more »

• Colorado jail escapee killed in New Mexico

  July 23, 2010 9:34 AM

  New Mexico authorities say an escaped inmate from a southern Colorado jail has been fatally shot and the search continues for another man who's on the run. A spokesman for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety says state and tribal police found the two escaped inmates in an... more »

• Shades of Ted Bundy: Aspen escapee recaptured

  July 13, 2010 12:32 PM

  Pitkin County deputies have recaptured a man who ran from the courthouse in Aspen after he was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing copper wiring. Sheriff Bob Braudis says it was the first escape from the courthouse since convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in 1977. He was... more »

• Colorado prison escapee caught in Oklahoma

  July 6, 2010 8:32 AM

  A Colorado prison escapee has discovered it's a good idea to use turn signals. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Rickey Hunter was pulled over by a trooper in Enid early Saturday. Trooper Josh Byrd said in a report that Hunter had failed to use his turn signals before rounding... more »

• CO prison escapee caught in Oklahoma

  July 5, 2010 5:21 PM

  A driver has discovered it's a good idea to use turn signals if you're an escapee from a Colorado prison. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Rickey Hunter was pulled over by a trooper in Enid about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Trooper Josh Byrd said in a report that Hunter had... more »

• 'Elephant!' SUV sideswipes circus escapee

  November 7, 2009 10:20 AM

  It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant? An Oklahoma couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday. "Didn't have time to hit the brakes. The elephant... more »