Author: Mackenzie Bodell mackenzie.bodell@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Polis selects DA prosecutor to fill vacant judge seat in 4th Judicial District
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday he has appointed a judge to fill a vacancy on the 4th Judicial Court. Effective Sept. 30, Jennifer A. Viehman will replace Judge David Shakes on the bench who is retiring after nearly 22 years serving the 4th District. Viehman…
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Suspect in deadly May shopping center shooting was defending brother, testimony reveals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man suspected in a shooting outside a Colorado Springs shopping center that left one man dead was allegedly standing up for his brother, testimony and video evidence revealed during his preliminary hearing Thursday. Emmanuel Cooley, 50, was arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting Bryan…
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Return to Nature: Judge rejects Jon Hallford’s state plea agreement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 4th Judicial District judge on Friday rejected the state plea agreement for Jon Hallford, co-owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, during what was expected to be his sentencing hearing. Judge Eric Bentley said rejecting an agreement is “extreme action by…
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Return to Nature: Jon Hallford to be sentenced on abuse of a corpse charges Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jon Hallford, who co-owned the Return to Nature Funeral Home, is set to appear in court Friday for his state sentencing, marking the end of his criminal cases after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month on a federal wire fraud charge. Authorities…
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Trial date set for defendant in fatal shooting near Colorado Springs youth football game
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs man arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in the parking lot of a Pop Warner Youth Football game in October will take his case to trial early next year. Antivius Crowder, 32, faces charges related to the death of 29-year-old Donte…
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Colorado Springs babysitter accused of child sexual assault still awaiting mental health evaluation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Westminster man accused of sexually assaulting a child after being hired as a babysitter in Colorado Springs is still awaiting an evaluation after his defense counsel raised the issue of competency in July. Vincent Smith, 28, faces a felony charge of sexual assault on…
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Colorado Springs woman killed in likely murder-suicide mourned by friends, coworkers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tanya Burnside had just gotten back from a camping trip with her significant other only a week before she died. Now her death is being investigated as a murder-suicide. Burnside worked as the chief deputy…
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80-year-old Colorado Springs man sentenced to life for 2024 killing of wife
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who admitted to police that he killed his wife last year was found guilty after a four-day trial in the 4th Judicial District and sentenced to life in prison. Stephen Chan, 80, was found guilty Friday on all three of the counts he…
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Second man arrested in alleged sexual assault, kidnapping of girls in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The roommate of the man accused of kidnapping two runaway girls, feeding them drugs and alcohol and sexually assaulting them was arrested only days after his alleged accomplice, despite denying any involvement initially, court records show. Jerome Scott, 62, the first and only arrest announced…
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Man arrested after allegedly striking deputy’s patrol car with stolen truck
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 38-year-old man is facing a slew of felony charges after allegedly striking a patrol car in a stolen truck Tuesday morning while trying to elude officers, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office stated in a news release. According to the Sheriff’s Office, deputies were…