Author: Andrea Sinclair
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Body found in east Colorado Springs apartment complex
The death of a man whose body was found Monday in an east Colorado Springs apartment complex will not be investigated as “suspicious,” according to police. The body was discovered about 6:45 a.m. next to a large dumpster inside the Mountain Country Estates off South Academy Boulevard and Pikes Peak Avenue, police said. The man,…
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Donations swell for 9th Colorado Springs CROP Hunger Walk
More than 150 people participating Sunday in the ninth annual CROP Hunger Walk had plenty to celebrate: for the first time since 2011, the interfaith event raised more than $10,000 to ease hunger and homelessness in Colorado Springs and could be on track to break the $12,000 record with donations accepted through the end of…
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15-year-old girl escapes kidnapping attempt in Colorado Springs
A 15-year-old girl escaped from two men who tried to kidnap her Saturday night as she walked home from work in east Colorado Springs, according to police reports. The teen told police she was walking near the intersection of East Pikes Peak Avenue and Murray Boulevard about 11 p.m. when two unidentified men in a…
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Peyton man, passenger die in gyroplane crash in Mesa County
Mark Stanley Shook, 61, of Peyton died Saturday when his gyroplane crashed into the Colorado River near Loma, according to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office. Rebecca Jane Molle, 50, Shook’s sister-in-law who recently had moved to Grand Junction from California, was a passenger in the gyroplane, said Shook’s son-in-law, Joshua Leitte. According to the Mesa…
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Man wanted on federal warrant arrested in east Colorado Springs
A man wanted on a federal felony warrant was arrested Sunday when police stopped a car he was a passenger in and allegedly discovered weapons and suspected illegal narcotics in his possession, Colorado Springs police said. Levi Allen Borgman, 35, was taken into custody on a federal felony arrest warrant for possession of a firearm…
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East Colorado Springs SWAT standoff ends peacefully
A SWAT standoff in east Colorado Springs ended peacefully on Sunday after a man armed with a shotgun barricaded himself in a friend’s house and threatened to kill himself, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said. William Freemire, 37, was taken into custody about 3 p.m. on a felony domestic violence warrant from Colorado Springs…
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Monument woman’s carbon monoxide scare serves as warning
Lynn McNelly thought she couldn’t possibly be poisoned by carbon monoxide after opening all the windows and doors of her Monument home, but now she credits an alarm monitor with saving her life. On Aug. 6, a carpet cleaning service van parked too close to the home’s front door and its motor-operated generator created carbon…
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Slight majority of El Paso County courthouse users satisfied with procedures
Every two years, the people who use the services of the El Paso County courthouse get a chance to tell the court administrators how they think everything is running, whether people are getting fair treatment and their opinion of how their case was handled. More than half of the 528 people surveyed this summer at…
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Major delays on I-25 after morning wrecks
Two separate wrecks, including a rollover on northbound Interstate 25, are causing major delays for Colorado Springs commuters Thursday morning. According to police, a rollover was reported about 7:30 a.m. just north of the Garden of the Gods Road exit. The driver and passenger of a blue Chevy sedan suffered non life-threatening injuries when a…
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Colorado Springs killer gets 28-year prison sentence
The man who pleaded guilty to shooting another man to death last year in Colorado Springs was sentenced to nearly three decades in prison at the El Paso County courthouse Wednesday. Preston Deangalo Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and will serve 28 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections with a mandatory five-year parole,…