Author: Daniel Chac
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City settles Velasquez lawsuit for $250,000
The city of Colorado Springs has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by fired city employee Terri Velasquez for $250,000. “The parties mutually agreed that a final settlement would be in the best interest of both parties allowing them to move forward along separate paths,” the city said Tuesday in a press release. “There…
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Lawsuit against city, ex-chief of staff settled
A federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the city of Colorado Springs and Mayor Steve Bach’s former chief of staff by fired city employee Terri Velasquez has been settled, Velasquez’s attorney said Monday. Bill Finger of the Evergreen-based law firm of Finger & Newcomb declined to discuss the settlement terms. “I can’t go into the…
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Springs teacher arrested on suspicion of sexual assault
A 39-year-old Otero Elementary School teacher was arrested Monday evening on suspicion of sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Carmen Centennial is accused of having “sexual contact” with the girl more than once from between December 2012 until and March, the sheriff’s office said in a news…
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Authorities say Woodland Park shooting justified
A Woodland Park police officer was justified when he shot and killed a Colorado Springs man who allegedly tried to run him over in January, the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. “Officer Christopher Moeller was forced to make an instantaneous decision regarding the driver of a car that had just struck him and…
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Man linked to Clements killing arrested
Two white supremacist gang members, including one caught in a manhunt early Friday, were reportedly in contact with the man suspected of killing Colorado’s prisons chief in the days leading up to the killing, authorities said. James Lohr, 47, was captured about 3:25 a.m., after a nearly 2-hour search that forced police to cordon off…
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Possible sighting of prison gang members elicits big response
A possible sighting of two white supremacist gang members wanted for questioning about the slaying of Colorado’s prisons chief triggered a flurry of police activity Thursday in Colorado Springs. Undercover officers traveling on Interstate 25 about 4:40 p.m. spotted a vehicle with four men whose clothing and physical appearances sparked suspicions. The men turned out…
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Man dead, woman injured after shooting in Springs
A man was dead and a woman was hospitalized after a shooting on the 400 block of East Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard Thursday night, police said.Police were called to the apartment complex, just east of South Nevada Avenue, around 8:30 p.m. on reports of shots fired. Police spokesman Larry Herbert said a man was dead and…
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Task force recommends firm to lead Drake decommissioning study
A task force on Friday recommended HDR Engineering, Inc., to conduct a study of alternatives involving the potential decommissioning of the Martin Drake Power Plant. Nebraska-based HDR, one of six firms that submitted a proposal to conduct the study, has five offices in Colorado, including in Colorado Springs. The firm was selected for its “depth…
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Homeowner arrested on suspicion of arson
A man who said his Cimarron Hills neighborhood was “cursed” after a string of suspicious fires was arrested on suspicion of arson Friday. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office believes Clay Alan Cline, 52, started a fire Wednesday night that caused extensive damage to his house of nearly two decades. “I think the residents are…
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Firefighters investigate fire outside elementary
Colorado Springs firefighters put out a small fire outside Monroe Elementary School, 15 S. Chelton Road, on Friday afternoon. An investigator is on the scene and looking into the cause of the fire, which was contained to two bushes in front of the school. Devra Ashby, a District 11 spokeswoman, said the fire didn’t cause…