Author: Andrea Sinclair
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Fallen Firefighter Memorial to be rebuilt after Saturday’s annual service in Colorado Springs
A week after 168 union firefighters and emergency service personnel are honored Saturday in Colorado Springs, the landmark memorial where the annual service takes place will be rebuilt to make room for thousands of additional names. Nearly $4 million from the International Association of Fire Fighters’ 300,000 members will pay for a redesigned and expanded…
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Destructive house fire in Colorado Springs leads to arson investigation
A blaze that destroyed a home and displaced three residents on Sunday was ruled arson by fire investigators, according Colorado Springs fire spokesman Capt. Steve Oswald. Oswald did not say how or where in the home the fire started, adding that fire and police had a “solid” investigation. There was no one home when the…
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Colorado Springs man accused of assaulting girlfriend
A Colorado Springs man was accused of domestic violence Monday after his girlfriend went to an area hospital and reported she had been assaulted, police said. Adrian Emilio Felan, 30, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault and booked into the El Paso County jail, records show. According to police reports, the assault was reported…
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Community gets creative in support of families after Monument teens’ death
After the Labor Day car crash that killed two Palmer Ridge High School students and seriously injured a third, three people rolled up their sleeves and tried to make something positive after the tragedy that gripped Monument. Their efforts were simple and straight forward: set up online fundraisers for the families of the teens who…
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Colorado Springs man accused of driving into building, pedestrians
A man was taken into custody after he allegedly crashed a car into a building and struck two pedestrians Sunday in east Colorado Springs, police said. Joshua Lee Roybal, 23, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular assault, then booked into the El Paso County jail, records show. Roybal allegedly lost control of his…
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Homemade explosives cache found in dead Chaffee County man’s home
A 92-year-old man may have died when a homemade explosive went off in his house, leading Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office investigators to find a large cache of explosive devices and chemicals used for their manufacture, a sheriff’s spokesman said Sunday. Edwin Bartheld’s body was found Friday in the crawl space of his home in Turret,…
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Double-homicide, sexual assault trials begin in El Paso County courthouse Monday
Jury trials for a Colorado Springs teen accused in the slayings of a Fort Carson soldier and his pregnant wife, and a man who turned himself in to police for allegedly sexually assaulting a 71-year-old woman will begin Monday at the El Paso County courthouse. Macyo Joelle January, now 19, was 17 years old when…
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Teen drinking a timeless problem
Two teens died, one was injured and a fourth faces charges of vehicular homicide. All were drinking before a Monument-area crash in the early morning hours on Labor Day. Last month, three teens were taken unconscious to hospitals from house parties in Fountain, and several adults were arrested on suspicion of supplying booze for the…
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Doherty High School student found dead, few details released
The death of a teenage boy at Doherty High School on Thursday prompted an emergency closing of the school and alarmed parents who were told to pick up their children immediately but given little information. The teen, whose body was found about 7:30 a.m., was a student at Doherty, Colorado Springs School District 11 spokeswoman…
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Colorado Springs parents accused of child abuse
A husband and wife were held at the El Paso County jail Wednesday on accusations of abusing their 13-year-old son, according to Colorado Springs police. Grant Clayton Idle, 54, was arrested on suspicion of crimes against an at-risk juvenile and child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, records show. Michele Dawn Idle, 49, was arrested…