Author: Esteban Candelaria
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Colorado Springs man shot by wife during assault sentenced to probation
A Colorado Springs man who accepted a plea bargain for beating and choking his wife, who shot him in the head in self defense, was sentenced to probation Monday morning. Morgan Chess, 30, pleaded guilty in a mid-October agreement with prosecutors to felony menacing in an April assault involving his wife in their home near…
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Security director for Colorado Springs school district given ‘preferential treatment’ during hiring process, former officials allege
A veteran retired Colorado Springs police officer and former Douglas County school security official received preferential treatment while being hired as the new director for security at Academy School District 20, the former director for security alleged in a formal complaint. The district’s former security director, Brian Grady, said in the filing with the district…
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Al Unser, Sr., back-to-back Pikes Peak King of the Mountain, dies at 82
Al Unser Sr., a four-time Indianapolis 500 winner and two-time King of the Mountain in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, died at his New Mexico home on Thursday. He was 82. Al “Big Al” Unser Sr., who said he called Pikes Peak his home many times throughout his career, died in his Chama, New…
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Judge orders Letecia Stauch to be evaluated at state mental hospital
A district court judge ordered Letecia Stauch to undergo evaluation at the state mental hospital. Stauch is accused in the murder of her stepson Gannon Stauch. After defense attorneys in November indicated they would be arguing an “impaired mental condition” defense and asked for a mental evaluation for Stauch, 4th Judicial District Judge Gregory Werner…
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‘Little slice of hell’ home in Colorado Springs back on the market
Colorado Springs’ “little slice of hell” home is going back on the market after some major renovations. After the home at 4525 Churchill Court — described by a previous real estate agent as “every landlord’s nightmare” — sold to investors in early July, Colorado Springs real estate agent Sarah McGarry said that after significant renovations, the…
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Colorado Springs park vandal caught after outdoors expert ‘Hiking Bob’ boosts reward amount
On Sept. 11, staff at John Venezia Park received reports that someone had tagged politically-motivated rhetoric on benches, sidewalks, and other park property sometime that day. Immediately, maintenance supervisor John Weaver said, they put together plans to clean up the graffiti. The next day, however, the vandal struck again, this time causing more destruction, to…
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El Paso County inmate died rapidly of COVID, autopsy finds
A 64-year-old man with medical risk factors being held in the El Paso County jail died in the hospital just six days after he issued a request for medical help, citing symptoms consistent with the coronavirus, according to an autopsy. Wayne Baca was the first incarcerated person to die during an ongoing outbreak in the…
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Colorado Springs murder case dropped after investigation
A Colorado Springs magistrate judge on Wednesday dismissed a case against a man who fatally shot someone allegedly trying to rob him with a BB gun in early October. On Monday, Colorado Springs police arrested a 26-year-old man already in jail, according to El Paso County jail booking records, on an arrest warrant filed by…
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Colorado Springs man arrested in teenager’s death during drug deal, affidavit shows
A Colorado Springs man shot and killed a 17-year-old driver during a marijuana deal Sunday evening, an arrest affidavit filed by police shows. James Thomas Lloyd, 18, was arrested on Monday by Colorado Springs police in connection with the shooting death of Matthew Terry, 17, on Sunday, police said in a Monday release. Terry was…
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Colorado Springs shooting leaves man, woman dead
Colorado Springs police are investigating the deaths of two people found shot Wednesday morning. Officers responded to the 3800 block of Hopeful Drive at around 8 a.m. Wednesday morning in response to a report of two people who had been found dead. Their roommate, the person who reported the deaths to police, found the two…