Author: DANIEL CHACÓN
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CBI: Woman arrested for illegal gun transfer in Clements case
The felon suspected of shooting state prisons chief Tom Clements last week obtained the firearm from a 22-year-old Commerce City woman, authorities said Wednesday evening. Agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation arrested Stevie Marie Vigil on suspicion of allegedly transferring the pistol to Evan Ebel, a parolee who was later killed in a shootout…
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Council candidate drops out, endorses Williams
With only a week before the April 2 municipal election, District 3 City Council candidate Bob Kinsey announced Monday he’s dropping out of the race and endorsing incumbent Brandy Williams. Kinsey said he heard of polling that showed Williams and another candidate, Keith King, “neck-and-neck” in the race and that he’s not expecting a groundswell…
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Hickenlooper knows father of man at center of Tom Clements’ death probe
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is longtime friends with the father of a parolee at the center of the investigation into the shooting death of state prisons chief Tom Clements. Hickenlooper said he met attorney Jack Ebel about 30 years ago when they worked together at an oil company. Hickenlooper is a former geologist. “Jack is…
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Parolee in Texas shootout may be linked to Tom Clements killing
A parolee who may be involved in the slaying of Colorado’s prison chief and a deadly Denver-area shooting led Texas authorities on a high-speed chase Thursday before a shootout that left him brain dead, officials said. The Denver Post reported Thursday evening that the man is 28-year-old Evan Spencer Ebel, a member of a white…
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Interrupted burglaries have left three dead in 2013
Three — possibly four — homicides in El Paso County this year occurred during residential burglaries, which law enforcement officials say is unusual.In three of the reported burglary-related deaths, the victims surprised their killers.“Many times what we see are (burglars) actually going to some length to determine if someone is not home and then targeting…
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National Weather Service issues blizzard watch
The National Weather Service in Pueblo issued a blizzard watch for northern El Paso County from midnight Saturday through Sunday afternoon. “Right now, we’re looking at snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches, but the main problem is going to be winds – north winds 20 to 35 miles an hour with gusts of 50…
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Snow showers to linger into Thursday night
Thursday’s weather calls for continued light snow off and on and a high in the mid-20s, according to the National Weather Service. “The north wind is not going to help anything,” said Steve Hodanish, NWS meteorologist in Pueblo. “Dress very warmly.” The snow likely will linger into the early evening with the temperature dropping into…
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Autopsies: Young siblings stabbed in the neck
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a 1-year-old girl and her 3-year-old brother died in a murder-suicide last week at the hands of their mother’s boyfriend. Autopsies revealed that both children – Scarlett Gallagher and Ryan Willhite – died of a stab wound to the neck, sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Jeff Kramer said. Ethan…
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Affidavit: Soldier strangled by boyfriend after Valentine’s quarrel
A female soldier found dead amid flower petals in a Colorado Springs hotel room Sunday had been strangled, apparently after a Valentine’s Day quarrel with her soldier boyfriend. Kimberly Walker, 28, was an Army corporal stationed at Fort Riley, Kan. Arrested in connection with her death is Montrell Mayo, a 24-year-old supply sergeant with the…
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Police seek potential witness in Dylan Redwine disappearance
Police are looking for a man who may be a potential witness in the disappearance of Dylan Redwine, a Monument boy who vanished in November while visiting his father near Durango. Over the weekend, police interviewed someone who remembered seeing a man in the north end of Vallecito near Mark Redwine’s home the day Dylan…