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• Former officer pleads guilty; drops restraining order

  April 29, 2013 1:19 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - The woman at the center of a scandal that cost a Manitou Springs police officer his job and Colorado Springs taxpayers $480,000 could serve up to four years of supervised probation under the terms of a plea bargain in which she admitted guilt today for attempting to... more »

• Denver-area mom checking Facebook gets probation in daughter's death

  October 27, 2012 2:19 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A Denver-area mom who police say was checking her Facebook account when her daughter got hit by a van has received probation for negligent child abuse causing death. Karen Pena pleaded guilty to the child abuse charge in August and was sentenced Friday to five years... more »

• Ex-sheriff could have violated terms of probation

  August 29, 2012 12:41 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Court documents say former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick Sullivan has violated terms of his probation after pleading guilty in a case where he was accused of trading methamphetamine for sex with a man. Sullivan was sentenced in April to 38 days in jail and two years... more »

• Teacher sentenced to 10 years probation for sex with student

  June 5, 2012 5:30 PM

  A former coach and teacher at Fountain Fort Carson High School was sentenced to 10 years of intensive probation Tuesday with a mandatory 5 years to be served at community corrections for having sex with a 17-year-old student last year. The judge issued the sentence to Anthony Ribaudo, 37,... more »

• Colo. woman, 99, gets probation for fatal crash

  September 10, 2011 8:15 AM

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - A judge sentenced a 99-year-old woman to two years of probation for causing a crash that killed a father of two. A Jefferson County judge also ordered Vera Carucci on Friday not to drive during her probation. KUSA-TV reports that the judge had the option... more »

• Ex soldier sentenced in marijuana case

  June 10, 2011 6:47 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - One of three Fort Carson soldiers police say locked themselves in while trying to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado Springs has been sentenced to two years of probation and 116 days he's already served in jail. The Gazette reports that 23-year-old Ramone... more »

• Lindsay Lohan due back in court on criminal case

  October 22, 2010 8:39 AM

  BEVERLY HILLS (AP) - Lindsay Lohan is due back in a Beverly Hills courtroom to face a judge who could send her back to jail or rehab for a failed drug test. A judge has scheduled a hearing Friday to formally determine whether the actress violated her probation with a... more »

• Arrest warrant issued for Lindsay Lohan

  September 20, 2010 3:47 PM

  A Beverly Hills judge has issued an arrest warrant for Lindsay Lohan after the actress failed a drug test. She has been ordered to appear in court Friday and is now facing possible jail time for violating her probation. Officials at Los Angeles County Superior Court say a bench... more »

• Lohan alcohol monitor goes off

  June 8, 2010 4:25 PM

  A person familiar with Lindsay Lohan's probation says the actress is facing a possible violation after her alcohol ankle-monitor went off this week. The source, who was not authorized to speak publicly, tells The Associated Press that the monitor apparently went off after Lohan appeared at the MTV Movie... more »

• Teen sentenced for killing accused abuser

  May 25, 2010 5:05 PM

  A Colorado Springs teenager who gunned down the man who was accused of sexually abusing her for years has been sentenced to probation and mandatory counseling. The girl was 16 at the time of the killing. John Hazard, 43, was found shot to death at a picnic area in... more »

• Pueblo charter schools facing probation

  May 12, 2010 8:28 PM

  Wednesday afternoon, the Pueblo City Schools board voted to put Cesar Chavez Academy and Dolores Huerta High on probation. The reason goes back to a state audit which criticized the school's former leaders, Lawrence and Annette Hernandez for wasting taxpayer dollars. Once the schools are served with the probation notice,... more »

• Medical pot user unable to use while on probation

  April 21, 2010 1:59 PM

  An Aspen judge says he might reconsider allowing a medical marijuana user to take the drug while on probation if a doctor can prove the man needs it. District Judge James Boyd Monday sentenced Keith Timothy Pfeiffer to two years probation on a felony charge of attempted distribution of... more »

• Graffiti on juror's car ends intimidation trial

  March 11, 2010 3:16 PM

  Graffiti on a jury member's car in Pueblo has resulted in a mistrial for a man accused of intimidating the mother of a drive-by shooting victim. After the mistrial Wednesday, the defendant pleaded guilty to harassment and prosecutors dropped charges of intimidating a witness. Kenneth Christopher Casados Jr., 20,... more »

• Colorado doctor gets probation, surrenders license

  November 24, 2009 8:25 AM

  A Colorado Springs doctor who was caught selling prescription drugs to undercover officers has been sentenced in a separate case, in which he was accused of charging $300 to fill out paperwork so someone could get a medical marijuana registry card. Peter W.S. Grigg pleaded guilty Monday to a... more »

• Supervision of alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido called "failure"

  November 5, 2009 9:45 AM

  The parole agent in charge of supervising convicted rapist Phillip Garrido knew there was a 12-year-old girl inside his home but didn't notice electrical wires that led into a compound where Garrido's alleged kidnapping victim was being held, according to a report from the state Office of the Inspector General.... more »