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Armed suspect seriously hurt after chase ends in crash south of Breckenridge
PARK COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A chase involving an armed and dangerous suspect resulted in a crash that left a highway closed in both directions. The Park County Sheriff’s Office said it began around 11 a.m., a little more than an hour after they got a tip about a suspect.
Found guilty in June, Avon man will finally be sentenced for assaulting police officer
District Judge Jonathan Shamis on Friday told Eagle County inmate Mark Goodban that he has been found competent to be sentenced for a crime he was convicted of in June. The competency evaluation will also allow several of Goodban’s other cases to proceed, Shamis said. Shamis will preside over the sentencing hearing, but the remainder of Goodban’s cases will be heard by other judges.
Time Machine: 40 years ago, mudslide rips a home in half as flooding trouble hits Vail area
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant declared himself not guilty of felony sexual assault after being charged in Eagle County, the Washington Post reported. “State judge Terry Ruckriegle said he is not yet ready to set a date for the trial, because legal and scientific arguments about evidence in the high-profile case are unresolved,” the Post reported. “But Colorado’s speedy trial law says that a trial must start within six months of a plea — that is, by Nov. 11 in Bryant’s case — unless the defendant asks for a delay.”
Sheriff’s Office gives update on concluded incident involving ‘dangerous and possibly armed suspect’
Editor’s note: This story is no longer being updated. Colorado Highway 9 remains closed as of 3:44 p.m., according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. According to a post made by the town of Blue River on social media around 4 p.m., the continued closure of the road is due to a partially downed power line in the area “creating an additional hazard.” The post also states that officials are waiting for Xcel Energy workers to respond to the scene.
Top 5 most-read stories last week: High-speed chase ends in Blue River, aurora borealis, and gondola lift improvements
Stories in this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com from May 12-18. 1. ‘Dangerous and potentially armed suspect’ in Blue River, lockdown in place. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office issued a lockdown order on Saturday, May 18, for anyone in the area of Colorado Highway 9 and Blue River Road in the town of Blue River. The order was canceled around 1 p.m.
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