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Investigator says 2 people killed on Denver bike path likely didn't know the shooter
DENVER — Denver Police said they don't have any evidence to suggest that two people who were fatally shot along the South Platte River bike path in September knew the suspect accused of killing them. Tanner Fielder, 32, faces first-degree murder charges for the shootings that killed Jeremy Hutcheson,...
Colorado mother sentenced for killing 5-year-old daughter and stuffing charred remains in closet
AURORA, Colo. (TCD) -- A 28-year-old mother will spend over eight decades behind bars after police found the charred remains of her missing daughter, as well as bone fragments inside her apartment in 2023. The 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office announced June 12 that a judge sentenced Alexus Nelson to...
After deadly US 285 semi crash, residents want change
U.S. 285 was reopened Wednesday in both directions on Wednesday after a semitruck jack-knifed and hit five other vehicles, killing a person in one of them. But residents who use the road regularly told FOX31's Vicente Arenas they are concerned about the danger.
Man files federal civil rights suit against Denver Police, former officer, after head-first body slam
DENVER — A Denver man filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday that accused a now-former police officer of a “brutal assault” – a head-first body slam – during revelry in the hours after the Nuggets won the NBA championship a year ago. Elijah Smith...
3-year-old boy missing from Thornton found safe
THORNTON, Colo. — A 3-year-old boy who was reported missing out of Thornton Tuesday has been found safe, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said. CBI sent out an Endangered Missing Alert for the boy Tuesday afternoon. They said he may have been with his non-custodial father. CBI said just...
Denver PD license plate readers lead to recovery of stolen vehicles, arrests
The Denver Police Department is more than halfway through installing automated license plate reader cameras, and already the technology has led to the recovery of stolen vehicles and arrests.
Multiple Pride flag thefts reported across metro Denver
For the past four years, Mike Horan has hung a Pride flag outside of his Lakewood home during the month of June. He's never had any issues until June 9, when two masked men came to his home and stole the flag. In the surveillance video, the men arrived around...
2 sentenced in shooting that killed 16-year-old
AURORA, Colorado — Two people have been sentenced after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in connection with a shooting that killed a 16-year-boy at an Aurora hotel in 2022. Ronald Calderon Ramirez, 16, was killed and four other people were injured in the shooting March 9, 2022 at the...
2 Honduran nationals arrested after attempting to traffic 15K counterfeit fentanyl pills in Charlotte County
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Florida (WBBH) -- Two Honduran nationals were arrested after they traveled from Denver, Colorado, to Charlotte County to sell approximately 15,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills to an undercover agent. According to the State Attorney's Office, Noe Armando Melendez-Amador, 35, and Carlos Damian Acosta-Melendez, 28, were arrested on Friday, and...
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