CRIME & SAFETY
Douglas County man sentenced to 20 years after shooting at deputies
An 18th Judicial District judge sentenced a Douglas County man to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of shooting at sheriffs deputies during a pursuit. Judge Ryan Stuart sentenced 42-year-old Jorge Armando Guzman to two decades in the Department of Corrections Tuesday on charges of attempted first-degree murder, vehicular eluding and possession of a weapon by a previous offender following a pursuit near Highlands Ranch in 2021.
Young woman still in coma 7 weeks after being given fentanyl pill
A 26-year-old from Douglas County, Micaela McGreevy loves cooking, her eight younger siblings, and her fiancé, Johnny Villalpando."You know what? I think I'm in love with this girl," said Villalpando, recalling the early days of their more than four-year relationship in Colorado.Micaela worked as a CNA after being the first to graduate high school in her family."My girl, she is one of the most beautiful-hearted people I know," said Mindy McGreevy, Micaela's mom.But Micaela battled addiction, a demon that runs in her family."My daughter had a rough life growing up. I'm actually next month going to be six years sober...
See the Top 5 counties where state troopers investigated distracted driving crashes
The Colorado State Patrol on Thursday released a list of the counties where they investigated the highest number of distracted driving crashes last year.The top five counties where the 2023 data shows "inattentive to driving" crashes appear to have happened were Adams County (1), Douglas County (2), El Paso County (3), Jefferson County (4) and Larimer County (5). "Driving should never come second to any other task in the car," said Col. Matthew C. Packard, the chief of the CSP. The data also shows that the highest number of distracted driving incidents in Colorado were in the summer and that people in their 20s and 30s were responsible for the highest number of incidents. "Remember, we are all out on the roads together. There's no lane reserved for you, so you can drive distracted safely. Make driving your primary focus and arrive safely at your destination," CSP said in a news release. Packard said troopers investigated a total of 566 distracted driving crashes last year where there was a major injury or someone was killed.
'No business being on the road': Judge sentences woman who killed 2 people while driving drunk
CASTLE ROCK, Colo — A woman who claimed she "did not realize she was in a crash" after slamming into a disabled vehicle on the side of Interstate 25 and killing a mother and her son in 2022 was sentenced to more than two decades behind bars. “This defendant’s...
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