Author: MACKENZIE BODELL mackenzie.bodell@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Judge expected to decide Monday whether to accept latest plea agreements for Hallfords
An El Paso County judge is expected to decide Monday whether to accept new negotiations that would extend the prison sentence for Jon and Carie Hallford, coming on the heels of the court rejecting the original plea agreements for the owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home. The new agreements would see the Hallfords…
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Peyton man sentenced to federal prison in child pornography production case
A Peyton man accused of producing and distributing child pornography was sentenced to more than three decades in federal prison Monday after entering into a plea agreement. Justin Welsh, 32, was sentenced to 35 years behind bars after he admitted guilt to one count each regarding the production and distribution of child pornography, according to…
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On the docket this week: Triple homicide trial, Jon Hallford sentencing
Last week in 4th Judicial District courtrooms, an El Paso County judge handed down the maximum sentence for the man convicted of a 2022 homicide, and another denied a bond reduction request for a roommate accused of kidnapping and sexual assault. More hearings are in store for the upcoming week. Notably, Hanme Clark, the man accused…
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Reduced bond request for roommate accused of kidnapping, sexual assault in Colorado Springs denied
An El Paso County judge on Wednesday denied a request to lower bond for one of the two defendants set to stand trial in a case of sexual assault, kidnapping and drugs involving two Colorado Springs runaways. Investigators arrested roommates Jerome Scott, 63, and Gerald Brooks, 68, in early July 2025 after detectives found the…
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2 dead in fiery morning crash off Marksheffel Road
Two people are dead after a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning that shut down the intersection of North Carefree Circle and Marksheffel Road for several hours. The two occupants were identified as a 42-year-old man and a 19-year-old man, Colorado State Patrol said. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene after they were trapped inside…
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Letecia Stauch appeal case, oral arguments focus on juror concerns
DENVER — The woman found guilty of killing her stepson in 2020 is trying to appeal her conviction, and the latest step in the process came Tuesday with oral arguments presented in front of Colorado Court of Appeals judges. Letecia Stauch, 42, was convicted in May 2023 of stabbing her stepson, 11-year-old Gannon, 18 times, beating…
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Maximum sentence handed down for man convicted of 2022 homicide over stolen ax
The Colorado Springs man convicted in the killing of another man over a stolen ax was sentenced to prison Monday, marking his second stint behind bars for a homicide charge in Colorado. Eric Felix, 49, was found guilty by an El Paso County jury of manslaughter for the Nov. 7, 2022, killing of Ricky Keiser.…
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Defendant in Colorado Springs cross burning case files appeal after sentencing
Ashley Blackcloud, one of the three defendants convicted in the 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election hate crime “hoax,” has filed for an appeal after her sentencing earlier this month. Blackcloud, 41, and her co-defendant, Derrick Bernard, 36, were both found guilty of one count each of conspiracy and maliciously conveying false information to intimidate…
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Former Monument Academy teacher accused of murder will see trial
What truly happened before police arrived at a Patty Jewett neighborhood home to find one person dead and two injured from stab wounds on Halloween last year will be up to a jury to decide, an El Paso County judge ruled last week. Matthew Regnier, 34, is charged with several felonies, including first-degree murder, after…
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Former Monument Academy teacher accused of murder will see trial
What truly happened before police arrived at a Patty Jewett neighborhood home to find one person dead and two injured from stab wounds on Halloween last year will be up to a jury to decide, an El Paso County judge ruled last week. Matthew Regnier, 34, is charged with several felonies, including first-degree murder, after…