Author: Angie Jackson
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14 nabbed at overnight DUI checkpoint in Springs
Colorado Springs police cited 13 people and arrested another for driving under the influence of alcohol during a scheduled sobriety checkpoint Friday night and early Saturday. Police began the checkpoint at 10:45 p.m. near the 3200 block of East Platte Avenue, stopping 910 drivers. Thirty-three drivers were investigated for drunken driving before the checkpoint closed at 2:30 a.m.…
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Rolling medical clinic patches up rodeo competitors
When rodeo contestants aren’t riding they aren’t making money. They don’t get paid for sitting on the sidelines. Nor are they allotted sick days. Consequently, it’s no understatement that an injury can be a tough blow for a cowboy. Given that many riders get on a 2,000 pound animal without the cushion of medical insurance,…
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Rain doesn’t dampen western spirit at rodeo parade
Ask many spectators at the Annual Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Parade why they come to the Western-themed event and they’ll most likely respond: “to see the horses.” That was the case for 11-year-old Kelly Rogers, who wandered down Tejon Street Tuesday evening to catch a glimpse of one before the cowboys and cowgirls took…
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Residents shaken after two killed in shooting
A shooting left two men dead and two others hospitalized early Saturday and left residents of a central Colorado Springs neighborhood badly shaken. Just before 2 a.m., residents awoke to the sound of gunfire near the 800 block of Tia Juana Street — two blocks from the intersection of North Circle Drive and Galley Road.…
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SUNRISE: Break-ins at NE Springs homes appear linked
Police are warning residents to be aware of what appears to be a pattern of burglaries in the Springs’ northeast neighborhoods. Officers were called to the 6000 block of Tuckerman Lane at about 1 p.m. Wednesday, where they found the front door of a house forced open. Valuables had been stolen from the home, Colorado…
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Police search for Jeep in connection with homicide investigation
Colorado Springs Police are asking residents to help them find a Jeep whose occupants may help them in a homicide investigation. Detectives say the occupants of the Jeep may have seen the June 30 shooting of Matthew Moore on Corona Avenue. Police say the Jeep is dark green and a 2000 or newer Wrangler Sport,…
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Residents’ suspicions help police nab suspected burglar
A man sought by police on a felony warrant was arrested Tuesday night after officers found a stolen watch and other items they believe were stolen in his car. Residents in the Castilian Villas neighborhood near Austin Bluffs Parkway on Monday reported a suspicious vehicle parked in a cul-de-sac where houses have not been built.…
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SUNRISE: Home invasion robbers steal electronics
Three men armed with handguns broke into an apartment early Wednesday, threatening residents. They stole various electronics, Colorado Springs police said.Officers were called to the 700 block of Chapman Drive in the Pine Creek Village Apartments at about 4:25 a.m. Three men had kicked in the front door of the apartment where four people were…
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Springs cops say they couldn’t stop fireworks
Warnings of high fire danger didn’t stop some residents from welcoming the Fourth of July with illegal personal fireworks this past holiday weekend, but others were diligent in reporting them. From July 2 to July 5 at 5 a.m., police received 5,424 calls for service, of which 766 were for fireworks – a jump from…
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Colorado family gets closure with identification of MIA’s remains
The remains of an Air Force colonel from Canon City who disappeared about 45 years ago during the Vietnam War will be put to rest this month. Col. Leo Boston, 30, will be buried July 15 at the Air Force Academy Cemetery. Now, decades after their father’s disappearance from northern Vietnam, Boston’s three children are…