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Teen set fire to wrong home, killing 5 innocent family members, in attempt to get revenge for stolen iPhone
Kevin Bui on Friday pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for setting fire to a Colorado family's home because he believed someone inside stole his phone. The post Teen set fire to wrong home, killing 5 innocent family members, in attempt to get revenge for stolen iPhone first appeared on Law & Crime.
Man shot by another early Sunday after gunfire breaks out in Aurora parking lot
AURORA | An unidentified man told police another man he was meeting in an Aurora apartment parking lot early Sunday shot him in the leg after some kind of dispute. The shooting victim told police he was in the parking lot of Aurora Meadows Apartments at 1070 Cimarron Circle at about 2:30 a.m. when the shooting occurred.
22-year-old street racer found guilty of murdering volunteer firefighter in Aurora
An Adams County jury on Friday found Jeremy Rocha guilty of first-degree murder with extreme indifference in the shooting death of a volunteer firefighter during a street racing incident on Father's Day weekend in 2022. Rocha was also convicted of second-degree murder, as well as four counts of attempted murder to represent John Jaros' family members, who were in his truck when he was shot to death. Rocha will be sentenced to life in prison. ...
Residents in Aurora spark concerns over Host Home following shooting with police
An Aurora community is speaking out in frustration over a home in their neighborhood they say has become a problem property, attracting bad behavior and drug use."Something like this doesn't need to be in our neighborhood," said Wendy Ratkin.Ratkin lives less than a block away from a home in the 4500 block of Himalaya Circle that was put in the spotlight earlier this week after a shooting with police."We saw SWAT marching down the street I just thought, not my neighborhood," she said. "This can't be."On Wednesday, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of a woman being...
1 dead after hit-and-run crash
DENVER — A pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle on Federal Boulevard near West 4th Avenue on Friday has died, according to Denver Police. Police first tweeted about the crash early Friday morning, stating that the pedestrian had been taken to a hospital with unknown injuries. On Monday...
Woman found dead in Glendale, death investigated as homicide
GLENDALE, Colo. — Police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old woman in Glendale this week as a homicide. Glendale Police officers responded around 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday to 635 S. Forest St. for a report about an "unresponsive" person. When they arrived, they found a woman, identified as Clarinda Blackburn, unconscious. She had obvious "blunt force" injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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