Author: Esteban Candelaria
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Police investigate Monday morning fatal shooting in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Monday morning in front of an apartment complex in southeast Colorado Springs. Officers were called to the Arbor Pointe Apartments, in the 2300 block of Hancock Expressway, after a shooting was reported at around 8:45 a.m. When officers arrived, they said they found a man…
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Colorado Springs man convicted of murdering 2 college students first pointed finger at partner
A man convicted of the murder of two college students first pointed a finger at his partner, who’s currently on trial for allegedly helping to plot their deaths, evidence presented in court Friday showed. During an interview with a Colorado Springs homicide detective, Nashid Rivers, sentenced to life in prison in May for the 2018…
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First snows spotted throughout Colorado this week
As a fall chill settled over much of Colorado, winter thrill-seekers got their first taste of the coming ski season. Many of the the state’s ski areas saw flakes this week. While not enough to ski, snowboard, sled, or slide down, the snow is enough to get restless winter athletes excited for the coming season.…
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Highway patrol closes I-25 to investigate fatal crash
Colorado State troopers closed southbound Interstate 25 Thursday morning to investigate a fatal crash that happened on Wednesday. After a Lakewood man who was ejected from his Jeep Wrangler on Wednesday died in the hospital, troopers closed southbound I-25 between Castle Pines Parkway and Happy Canyon Road to investigate the scene of the crash. Troopers…
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Cañon City police investigate hazing in football team
Cañon City police investigated a report of hazing during high school varsity football team dinners but found no criminal wrongdoing, officers said. After a student-athlete came forward about hazing in the Cañon City Tigers varsity football team, Fremont RE-1 school district officials brought in police to investigate an initiation ritual taking place at team dinners,…
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Man suspected of murder outside Colorado Springs 7-Eleven headed to trial
A man accused in the shooting death of a man outside a 7-Eleven convenience store will go to trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Prosecutors have enough evidence to prove Roberto Delgado-Cruz, 30, murdered 31-year-old Dominique Smith outside an east Colorado Springs convenience store in June, 4th Judicial District Judge David Shakes ruled Wednesday morning. While…
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Colorado Springs man sentenced to prison for choking ex-girlfriend
A Colorado Springs man who drunkenly beat and choked his ex-girlfriend before attacking others trying to help was sentenced to prison Wednesday morning. Chief Judge William Bain of the 4th Judicial District sentenced Avery James Sampson, 24, to three years in prison for storming into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and choking and beating her while her…
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Colorado Springs police eye old shooting range on college campus
After years without a shooting range to call its own, the Colorado Springs Police Department is again eyeing plans for a regional training facility in the city. With an agreement between the city and Pikes Peak Community College approved by Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday, the department has tentatively inked plans to revive the…
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Off-road car gets stuck in utility lines; passenger transported to hospital
Colorado Springs firefighters pulled someone out of a car trapped in utility pole cables Tuesday. Fire crews responded to a traffic accident near the intersection of Highway 115 and South Nevada Avenue at around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, where they found a car that had gone off the road and gotten stuck in cables for…
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Band of southern Colorado thieves arrested in string of ATM heists: Police
Colorado Springs police say officers arrested four men suspected of ramming vehicles into several storefronts in bids to steal ATM machines. After a string of smash-and-grab ATM heists were attempted at several convenience stores in El Paso, Pueblo, and Fremont counties, a team of Colorado Springs police and other regional law enforcement agencies arrested Roger…