Author: Carlyn Ray Mitchell
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Conditions west of I-25 keep Springs firefighters on constant alert
Three helmeted firefighters race from their truck, working in synch to douse the tall, dry, yellow grass with water pouring out of a thin hose, pausing briefly to connect new hoses and extend their line. Suddenly, a gust of wind sends the crew running, shedding gear and sliding into individual fire shelters. They lay there,…
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Drunken driving suspect arrested after brief pursuit
A driver refused to pull over for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in an unmarked car Friday evening. The agent saw Troy Dejean, 31 of Denver, driving erratically in the northbound lanes of Interstate 25 two miles north of Interquest Parkway just before 5:30 p.m. The agent turned on his emergency lights and sirens,…
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10 students and bus driver sent to hospital after crash on Fort Carson
A group of third-graders and a bus driver were hospitalized Thursday afternoon after their bus struck a car performing a U-turn on Fort Carson. The students from Mountainside Elementary School were returning from a field trip to Fountain-Fort Carson High School around 12:35 p.m. when the accident occurred on O’Connell Boulevard near Chiles Avenue, said Dr.…
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Fire department dive team to resume Prospect Lake evidence search
The Colorado Springs Fire Department Heavy Rescue Dive Team may be back in Prospect Lake next week searching for a piece of evidence for the District Attorney’s Office and police.The fire department will not comment on what they were looking for for 7 hours on Thursday in the muddy waters of Memorial Park’s lake, nor…
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Power out in neighborhood around Sierra High after crash
Colorado Springs Utilities is working to restore power to the neighborhood near South Chelton Boulevard and Anjelina Circle South after a rollover accident took out a transformer there. The car also hit a fire hydrant, sending gallons of water gushing into the street. No serious injuries were reported in the crash. A one-car rollover on…
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10 students, bus driver sent to hospital after crash on Fort Carson
A group of third-graders and a bus driver were hospitalized this afternoon after their bus struck a car performing a U-turn on Fort Carson. The students from Mountainside Elementary School were returning from a field trip to Fountain-Fort Carson High School around 12:35 p.m. when the accident occurred on O’Connell Boulevard near Chiles Avenue, said…
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State Patrol disciplines 4 over delay in fatal crash
Four employees at the Colorado State Patrol’s Pueblo dispatch center have been disciplined over a delay in sending a trooper to a collision with a deer on Interstate 25 late last year that was followed by a second, fatal crash. On Dec. 17, about 1:30 a.m., a southbound Mazda on Interstate 25 near Fountain stalled…
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Barricaded man turns himself in to police
A standoff between Colorado Springs Police and a man who had barricaded himself in his apartment has ended with the man being taken into custody. Walter Castillo, 28, surrendered to police at about 4:40 p.m. Police were called to the scene just before 2 p.m. after the man apparently fired a gun at friends who…
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Carson soldiers finally return after frustrating delays
They helped train the Afghan police force and witnessed some of the worst violence in the war in Afghanistan, but the week of scheduled and rescheduled flights home were possibly the most anxiety-ridden of these soldiers’ year overseas. “It was horrible. We thought we were coming home on a certain date, and then we kept…
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Suspect in ‘Portfolio Bandit’ bank robberies arrested
A bank robber known for more than a year as the “Portfolio Bandit,” was arrested this afternoon in Adams County.Eric R. Dodd, 30, was wanted by the FBI for allegedly robbing 13 Denver Metro area banks since December 2008.The FBI suspects Dodd of coming into the banks with a portfolio under his arm, standing in…