Author: Mitchell Byars
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April Fools’: Fake Boulder news release touts city’s presidential cat-breeding program
In what has become a semi-annual tradition, a mock news release purporting to be from the city of Boulder was issued on the eve of April Fools’ Day, this time announcing the donation of a cat to the White House from a fake feline-breeding program funded by marijuana taxes. The fake release, sent to the…
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Boulder police: CU defensive lineman Nathaniel Robbins tackled officers after domestic dispute
A University of Colorado defensive lineman was arrested on suspicion of 18 counts — including six counts of assault — after he reportedly tackled officers who were trying to stop him from harming his girlfriend and her roommates during a domestic dispute Sunday morning. Nathaniel Blake Robbins, 22, was arrested on suspicion of two counts…
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1 dead, suspect detained in shooting at north Boulder trailer park
One man is dead and another man is in custody following a shooting at a mobile home park in north Boulder this morning, sheriff’s officials said. Around 8:15 a.m., Boulder dispatchers received multiple reports of two shots being fired and a woman screaming at Ponderosa Mobile Home Park north of Broadway and Violet Avenue. Boulder…
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Ex-Air Force Academy cadet sentenced to 6 months in jail, probation for Boulder rape
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former Air Force cadet convicted of raping a fellow cadet while the two attended a party in Boulder in 2014 was sentenced today to six months in jail and 10 years to life on…
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CU-Boulder student killed, 2 injured in rollover crash near Steamboat Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State troopers suspect high speed and drug impairment were factors in a rollover crash outside Steamboat Springs over the weekend that claimed the life of a 21-year-old University of Colorado student and left two of…
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Venue change sought by Dynel Lane, Longmont woman charged with attack on pregnant woman
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dynel Lane, who is accused of attacking a pregnant Longmont woman and cutting the unborn child from her womb, has asked a judge to move her February trial out of Boulder County. During a hearing…
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CU sororities’ ‘Go Greek’ chalk writings vandalized with ‘Get Raped’ messages
An unknown person wrote about the sexual assault of sorority members on several chalk advertisements for the University of Colorado’s Greek life programs on campus Monday. The original chalk writings read “Go Greek,” advertising rush week for CU’s sororities, which takes place later this week. But next to some of the writings, a person wrote,…
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Bobby Purify, ex-CU Buffs running back and Colorado Springs prep standout, jailed after admitting to $12,000 theft
Former University of Colorado and Palmer High School running back Bobby Purify is serving a two-day sentence in the Boulder County Jail this week after admitting to police he stole more than $12,000 from a Wells Fargo bank that he worked at in 2012. Purify, now 33, played for the Buffs from 2000 to 2004,…
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Police shoo late-night visiting moose off Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall gets a lot of visitors, but one in particular this weekend caused quite the ruckus. Boulder police had to scare away a young moose after the animal was seen wandering around…
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Rescuers resume search for missing tuber in Colorado creek
Emergency rescue crews resumed their search of Boulder Creek this morning for a 31-year-old man who went missing while tubing in the 40-degree waters Monday night. Emergency crews arrived at Boulder Creek near Arapahoe Avenue and Foothills Parkway just before 9 a.m. today to resume the search for Chris Danko, who was reported missing by…