Author: Matt Kyle
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Colorado teacher gets jail time after groping student
A former psychology teacher at Douglas County High School was sentenced to 300 days in jail last week after he pleaded guilty to groping a 17-year-old student. James Christopher Thomure, 57, was proctoring an exam for three students in a classroom at the high school in May 2024 when the groping occurred, authorities said. After…
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Human remains identified as Colorado homicide victim missing for 10 years
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation used genetic genealogy to identify human remains as those of a homicide victim who had been missing for 10 years. The skeletal remains were discovered in May 2024 by a fisherman near a river at the Deer Creek Campground in Park County. The remains were found with clothing and a…
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Centennial 5-year-old allegedly killed by 11-year-old brother identified by coroner
The Centennial 5-year-old who police said was killed by his older brother has been publicly identified. Elias Reliford was identified as the boy Monday by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office. The coroner performed an autopsy on Reliford on March 11, one day after he died, according to a news release. The manner of death was homicide,…
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DEA seizes nearly 1 million fentanyl doses across mountain states
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration operation targeting fentanyl netted nearly a million “fatal” doses of the drug across four mountain states in just over a month. Between Jan. 10 and Feb. 12 across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana, the agency seized nearly 17 kilograms of fentanyl powder and 193,000 fentanyl pills, amounting to 920,000 “fatal”…
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Greeley JBS strike continues as workers ask for better pay, safety equipment
The strike at a JBS-owned beef plant in Greeley stretched into its fourth day on Thursday. About 3,800 union workers went on strike Monday morning after several months of contract negotiations between the beef processing giant and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union reached an impasse over pay and safety equipment. UFCW…
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First-degree murder charge filed against Centennial 11-year-old accused of killing 5-year-old brother
The 11-year-old Centennial boy accused of killing his 5-year-old brother has been formally charged with first-degree murder, according to the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office. The formal charge was filed Monday in addition to an aggravated juvenile offender charge, according to Eric Ross, a spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office. Ross said the boy has…
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Defense attorneys: Does an 11-year-old understand what first-degree murder is?
More than 48 hours after an 11-year-old Centennial boy was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old brother, details remained scant. Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Wednesday arrested the boy at his Centennial home. The victim was a kindergarten student at Timberline Elementary School. In an earlier statement, Sheriff…
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Centennial boy held on suspicion of murder in death of 5-year-old brother
An 11-year-old Centennial boy was taken into custody and is being held on suspicion of murder in the death of his 5-year-old brother, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Deputies responded to a call at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 5200 block of South Jericho Street, where a 5-year-old boy had died in…
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JBS beef plant workers in Greeley to strike next week, union said
Around 3,800 union workers at the JBS-owned Swift Beef plant in Greeley plan to strike next week after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract with the meat processing giant. The strike is scheduled begin at 5:30 a.m. Monday, the union said in a press release. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local…