Author: DANIEL CHACÓN
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CBI: Woman arrested for illegal gun transfer in Clements case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Council candidate drops out, endorses Williams
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Hickenlooper knows father of man at center of Tom Clements’ death probe
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Interrupted burglaries have left three dead in 2013
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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National Weather Service issues blizzard watch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Snow showers to linger into Thursday night
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Autopsies: Young siblings stabbed in the neck
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Affidavit: Soldier strangled by boyfriend after Valentine’s quarrel
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Police seek potential witness in Dylan Redwine disappearance
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Traffic deaths in Springs increase 29 percent
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The streets of Colorado Springs proved especially dangerous last year. With three times as many pedestrian deaths as in 2011, traffic fatalities shot up 29 percent in 2012, making it the second most deadly year…