Author: Daniel J. Chac
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CSPD response times getting longer
Colorado Springs residents who have a dire emergency and call police for help are waiting longer for officers to arrive than two years ago. The Colorado Springs Police Department’s response times for the most urgent calls have increased by two minutes since 2011 and by as much as 24 minutes for other types of calls…
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Colorado Springs auto shop used in smuggling ring, says U.S. Attorney’s Office
A Mexican drug cartel used an auto-body repair shop in Colorado Springs as a distribution point for a large-scale marijuana trafficking operation for nearly two years before it was moved out of state, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. One of the alleged drug traffickers, Abraham Friesen-Remple, who was arrested last month, appeared in federal…
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Women arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty in alleged hoarding case
A 57-year-old woman accused of hoarding dozens of animals amid filthy conditions in her home in Penrose was arrested Monday on suspicion of 52 counts of animal cruelty. Rhonda Bernard also faces one count of child abuse because her 10-year-old son also lived in the home, which was so unsanitary that authorities wore hazmat suits…
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Community remembers and mourns 2 teens killed in crashes
CALHAN – A close-knit community mourning the loss of two teen-age girls killed in separate car crashes this week came together on the football field Friday night to begin healing. Students at Calhan School District RJ1 organized a candlelight vigil and released balloons into the night sky in memory of 14-year-old Jae Ellis and 16-year-old…
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Brothers, father arrested in string of Colorado Springs bank robberies
Police arrested two brothers and their father Thursday in connection with a string of bank robberies in Colorado Springs. Investigators initially believed they were dealing with a serial robber but now say the eight bank robberies were a family affair. Braden Wayne Butson, 23, his brother, Nicholas Edward Butson, 20, and their father, Brock Edward…
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Two Calhan students die, one injured in separate crashes
Two separate car crashes about 14 hours apart on the same road, in almost the same spot claimed the lives of two Calhan students and left a third in critical condition. “I think it was just bad luck that they happened at the same spot,” Tim Ortiz, a technician with the Colorado State Patrol, said…
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Discovery Canyon Campus evacuated after bomb threat
About 2,600 students and staff at Discovery Canyon Campus in Academy School District 20 were sent home early Wednesday after a bomb threat that turned out to be false. The district received an anonymous tip through the “Safe to Tell” phone line at 11:24 a.m. about a bomb threat on campus, prompting an evacuation of…
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Woman killed, man badly injured in single-vehicle crash near Calhan
The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle crash east of Calhan that left a woman dead and sent a man to the hospital with life threatening injuries Wednesday. The crash happened about 7:54 p.m. at the intersection of Calhan Highway and Funk Road about 2 ? miles east of Calhan, Trooper Josh Lewis said.…
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Recall election increases wait times at motor vehicle offices
As if a trip to the Division of Motor Vehicles didn’t already cause apprehension, wait times at county offices have recently gone up – and they’re expected to stay that way through next week’s recall election in Senate District 11. “It’s a perfect storm of factors,” Ryan Parsell, spokesman for El Paso County Clerk and…
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Two winning $40,000 Powerball tickets sold in Colorado Springs remain unclaimed
Time is ticking on cashing in on two winning $40,000 Powerball tickets sold in Colorado Springs. Neither ticket has been claimed, and one expires in a week. One of the winning tickets was sold at 7-Eleven, 1801 E. Platte Ave., for the March 13 drawing. The ticket will expire Sept. 9. The other winning ticket…