Author: Esteban Candelaria
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Colorado Springs police seek public’s help in identifying body found in Fountain Creek
Colorado Springs police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man they found dead in October. Police are still working to identify a man they found dead in Fountain Creek next to the El Pomar Youth Sports Park on Oct. 3, the department said in a statement released Monday afternoon, and are hoping…
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Colorado’s jury selection process: Does ‘implicit’ bias create injustice?
In 1985, James Batson, still smarting from a failed appeal in the Kentucky Supreme Court bidding to overturn burglary and stolen goods convictions, brought his case to the United States Supreme Court. He alleged that his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights had been violated by a Kentucky prosecutor. During the jury selection process, Batson and…
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Colorado Springs public defenders office temporarily closes amid possible COVID outbreak
Colorado Springs public defenders are working remotely or virtually, El Paso County Public Health said, after sending employees home last Friday amid a possible COVID-19 outbreak within the office. Public defenders have appeared in court remotely this week, after the Public Defender’s Office notified El Paso County Public Health Nov. 12 of a potential COVID-19…
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Colorado Springs man sentenced to two life sentences in prison for killings
A Colorado Springs man found guilty in the murder of two college students was sentenced to back-to-back life terms in prison Friday morning. District Judge Frances Johnson sentenced Marquis Hazard, convicted in October of two counts of first-degree murder in a 2018 plot to snatch a bag of marijuana from a college student that left…
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Former Florence city manager sexually harassed women, affidavit says
Mike Patterson, former city manager of Redmond, convicted Former Florence City Manager Mike Patterson repeatedly made inappropriate sexual advances toward several women he worked with, an arrest affidavit shows. Patterson, 54, was arrested Monday evening at the Denver International Airport on two alleged counts of felony stalking, among other charges, based on a Florence police…
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El Paso County judge set to retire, leaving open seat on bench
The search is on to fill the seat of an El Paso County judge set to retire, the Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission announced Monday. County judge Doug Miles, who served 11 years on the bench, is set to retire on Feb. 27, prompting a search for a new judge to fill his seat, the…
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Colorado Springs-area man arrested in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol breach
J6, Thomas Patrick Hamner, fbi, marshalls, Colorado Springs, arrested, riot, protest Video courtesy of Robin Bullock A Peyton man accused of helping breach the U.S. Capitol with a large metal “Trump” sign was arrested in Colorado Springs Tuesday morning. Thomas Hamner was arrested on a warrant stemming from the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S.…
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Colorado Springs school district completes investigation into taped mask claims
Teachers in a Colorado Springs school district told students to tape masks to their faces, according to results released Tuesday of an investigation by district staff. In a Monday night meeting with more than 75 members of families of students attending Chinook Trail Middle School, Academy District 20 staff announced that while teachers themselves had not taped masks…
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Man convicted of armed robbery in Colorado Springs dodges prison sentence
A man found guilty of pistol-whipping several Colorado Springs hotel employees dodged prison time and was sentenced to a youth offender program Thursday afternoon. Quinn Scaggs was sentenced to six years in a youthful offender program for back-to-back 2019 Colorado Springs robberies during which he pistol-whipped multiple Colorado Springs hotel employees and held two at…
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Colorado Springs day care employee sentenced to prison
A Colorado Springs daycare employee who helped to conceal more than 20 children in a basement was sentenced to prison Thursday morning. Christina Swauger, a Colorado Springs woman convicted of 26 counts of child abuse in August, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for lying to police as they investigated Play Mountain Place,…