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CRIME & SAFETY
Longmont police report: May 14, 2024
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.
Police search for witness in death investigation of 22-year-old found in road
THORNTON, Colo. — Thornton Police need the public's help to figure out what led to a man's death earlier this month. Officers responded to an area near East 88th Avenue and Washington Street around 8:15 p.m. on May 4 to reports of a man injured on the roadway. Family...
Car lands on top of 20-year-old driver in Jefferson Co. fatal rollover crash
Montana Highway Patrol reports that the person who died in the early morning crash in Jefferson County was a 20-year-old man from Boulder, Colorado, whose car rolled and landed on top of him. He was driving a Honda Civic with an 18-year-old female passenger, who survived the incident with injuries.
Colorado woman tries to steal pickup but can’t handle the stick shift, police say
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman’s attempt to steal a pickup truck — shortly after she was released from jail on a car theft charge — was thwarted not by officers, nor the truck’s owners, but by her inability to drive a stick shift, Boulder Police said.
Westminster officer justified in shooting, killing man who brandished gun
A Westminster police officer won't face any criminal charges after investigators found his actions of shooting and killing a man who allegedly threatened multiple bystanders with a gun was justified. On Oct. 1, while responding to a disturbance call, Westminster Police Ofc. Robb Phelps shot and killed Jeremy Rink, who...
Emergency crews respond to structure fire in Erie on Sunday night
Emergency crews responded to an Erie structure fire on Sunday night. According to a Mountain View Fire Rescue Facebook post, at 9:20 p.m, emergency personnel were dispatched to a possible structure fire on Matthews Circle. “There was one person in the house but they were not hurt,” said Mountain View...
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