CRIME & SAFETY

A man was arrested following an incident that triggered a lockdown at a King Soopers in Gunbarrel Monday. Boulder Police arrested a man who they said was in his vehicle in the store’s parking lot with a gun. Police said they found two guns inside the man’s car. The store was placed on lockdown while the incident was investigated. No one was hurt in the incident. The Boulder Daily Camera reports the man was charged with DUI and prohibited use of a firearm. Get more at https://www.dailycamera.com/

A three-day competency hearing for the accused King Soopers shooter that was originally planned for last week has been rescheduled to start Aug. 29. A motion filed by prosecutors and made public last week revealed that the reason for the delay was the state hospital had recently administered neuropsychological exams and involuntary medication.

The Longmont Leader receives a police report from Longmont Public Safety daily. The police notes are published in full with occasional modifications to exact addresses, individual names and spelling. Please note that the category that the crime is labeled as is limited by police software based on the information the dispatcher receives when the call is made. Longmont Public Safety may edit the category as more information is learned about each case.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) - A judge ordered a mental competency hearing for a Colorado man accused of trying to kidnap a Grand Island teenager last fall. Julius Sandrock, 43, Broomfield, Colo., is charged in Hall County with felony attempted kidnapping and misdemeanor assault. Court records show a judge Tuesday ordered that he be evaluated to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial. The judge ordered the Lincoln Regional Center to evaluate Sandrock. Meanwhile he’s being held on $1 million bond. A hearing on his status is scheduled July 28.

Police are searching for a suspect who was allegedly involved in a car crash in the Willow Run neighborhood near Broomfield.

A car exploded, and then another. Six young people died. A seventh was seriously injured. They came to be known as Los Seis de Boulder, The Boulder Six.

Rafael Gutierrez has been appointed as the new Chief of Police for Louisville, taking over from former Chief David Hayes. Gutierrez has worked in law enforcement for 27 years, starting his career as a Denver Public Safety Cadet, becoming a Denver Deputy Sheriff, and eventually a Greeley police officer.

Authorities in Boulder on Friday identified the 36-year-old man shot and killed by police on Thursday night as Christopher Swanger. Swanger was not a resident of Boulder and was coming to the residence of a woman whom he had a previous relationship with before the incident.According to Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold, the woman contacted 911 emergency dispathers in the evening when she found out that the man was coming to her residence on the 1700 block of Baseline Road. She said she feared for her life and that the man was known to carry a gun. Officers then came to...

A man in Boulder is dead following a shooting with police officers after they were called to an alleged domestic violence situation.

Riley, an 8-year-old sheltie, is back home after he walked off his property and went missing for more than five weeks. FOX31's Courtney Fromm details the dog's rescue. Dog missing for over 5 weeks found alive on remote …. Riley, an 8-year-old sheltie, is back home after he walked off...

The Erie Police Department will be handing out tickets — but these tickets aren’t for violations. The city is launching Operation Chill, a partnership between 7-Eleven and hundreds of law enforcement agencies that encourages officers to have positive interactions with local kids and “ticket” kids for good behavior. The “tickets” are actually coupons for a free small Slurpee at any participating 7-Eleven store.

A man in Boulder is dead following a shooting with police officers after they were called to an alleged domestic violence situation. Man killed in shooting involving Boulder Police officers. A man in Boulder is dead following a shooting with police officers after they were called to an alleged domestic...

Max Weller, a City of Boulder resident, has filed a code of conduct complaint against eight members of the Police Oversight Panel after the panel suspended part of its work to instead focus on reforming the 2020 ordinance that created the panel. (Read more about the panel’s decision here.)

Sixteen people between the ages of 19 and 35 were indicted in Boulder County after an investigation into a drug trafficking organization called Operation Blue Steal.

SUPERIOR, Colo. — It’s been nearly 17 months since the Marshall Fire – the most destructive wildfire in state history – and it’s still not clear when the investigation into the cause will be wrapped up. It was in late December that Boulder Sheriff Joe...

At approximately 10:45 a.m. on May 23, 2023, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office was notified of an incident in the 200 block of Chute Road in unincorporated Boulder County. The caller reported that a family member, identified as 33-year-old Nicholas Antley, was on site and forcibly taking a five-year-old child without holding parental rights.

DENVER — Colorado State Patrol has the truck involved in a deadly hit-and-run in Boulder County last week, but nobody has been arrested as of Tuesday. The crash, which involved four vehicles, happened around 5 p.m. Friday on Highway 287 in Boulder County just south of the Larimer County line.

The Boulder Police Department says a large law enforcement presence at a liquor store Saturday night was in response to a call that a masked person was inside a bathroom with an assault rifle.

BOULDER, Colo. — Not all wire fraud scams involve nearly three quarters of a million dollars -- and even fewer have happy endings for the victim. Phil Tamchina's story has both. He and his family moved to Boulder in August and found the perfect home by March. They were...

A man was arrested after reportedly kidnapping his 5-year-old son in Boulder County and fleeing to Broomfield. Nicholas Antley, 33, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree kidnapping, second-degree burglary, vehicular eluding, motor vehicle theft, child abuse, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, violation of a protection order and possession of narcotics, according to jail records.