Author: Julia Cardi
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Accused Boulder King Soopers gunman still incompetent to stand trial
The man accused of killing 10 people last year at a King Soopers in Boulder remains incompetent to stand trial, Judge Ingrid Bakke ruled Thursday. A spokesperson for the Boulder County district attorney confirmed the court has granted prosecutors’ motion for documents, recordings and other materials from the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo. The…
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‘A daily pain that you live with’: Remembering the Aurora theater tragedy 10 years later
Ten years ago today, a gunman opened fire in a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” at a theater in Aurora. Like a bomb exploding in a porcelain vase, the shooting ended 12 lives and upended 70 more who were injured but survived, along with the lives of countless others. For survivors, the past…
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Aurora City Council OKs mandatory minimum car theft penalties
Aurora has approved what may be the strictest penalties in the state for car theft. The new, stiffer penalties were approved by a 7-4 vote on Monday night after a tense debate. Introduced by At-Large Councilmember Dustin Zvonek amid concern over rising auto thefts and criticism by some policymakers and law enforcement leaders that state…
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Public’s First Amendment right to record police clearly established, 10th Circuit rules
DENVER — A federal appeals court said in a ruling Monday that recording police encounters is a clearly established constitutional right in Colorado, reversing a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a journalist who claims a Lakewood officer prevented him from recording a DUI stop. Abade Irizarry, identified as a blogger and YouTube journalist,…
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10th Circuit: Right to record police is clearly established under First Amendment
A federal appeals court said in a ruling Monday that recording police encounters is a clearly established constitutional right in Colorado, reversing a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a journalist who claims a Lakewood officer prevented him from recording a DUI stop. Abade Irizarry, identified as a blogger and YouTube journalist, sued Lakewood…
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Teenage defendant in fatal Colorado arson case caught with suspected fentanyl pills, prosecutors say
One of the teenagers charged in connection with the 2020 Denver house fire that killed five members of a family faces new charges after being caught with what law enforcement believes were fentanyl-laced pills while in jail awaiting trial. Kevin Bui was discovered hiding two bags containing nearly 100 pills in his socks and pants…
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Car thefts in 2022 on pace to exceed 2021 numbers: Colorado State Patrol
Automobile thefts in Colorado are on pace to exceed numbers in 2021, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Reported thefts increased 18% in January through May this year over 2021, the agency said in a news release. Motor vehicle thefts began an upward trend in 2020 after dipping slightly between 2018 and 2019, according to…
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Colorado State Patrol: Car thefts in 2022 on pace to exceed 2021 numbers
Car thefts in Colorado are on pace to exceed numbers in 2021, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Reported car thefts increased 18% in January through May this year over 2021, the agency said in a news release. Motor vehicle thefts began an upward trend in 2020 after dipping slightly between 2018 and 2019, according…