Author: Zachary Dupont
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Fountain youth pastor sentenced to jail in sexual exploitation of a child case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former youth pastor from Fountain was sentenced to 14 days in jail and five years of probation on Tuesday for being convicted of sending sexually explicit images to a minor associated with the church. Jeffery Williams, 39, was arrested by Fountain police in 2022…
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Accused UCCS shooter makes first appearance in court, bond reduction request denied
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of killing two people at a University of Colorado Colorado Springs dorm room last week made his first appearance in court on Friday, where an El Paso County judge denied a bond reduction request. Nicholas Jordan, 25, is facing two charges of…
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Man accused of killing Colorado parole officer has hearing delayed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The arraignment hearing for the man accused of causing the death of Pueblo parole officer Christine Guerin Sandoval last year was delayed one month on Friday due to ongoing issues at the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office. Justin Kula, 42, is accused of killing Sandoval with his…
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Police communication during UCCS double homicide investigation draws criticism from community
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On the evening of Feb. 16, just before 6 p.m., the Colorado Springs Police Department announced via social media that the two bodies discovered at a dorm on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus were being investigated as a double homicide. In a thread…
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Man who shot and killed dog in Colorado Springs makes first court appearance
A Colorado Springs man accused of shooting and killing a dog last week made his first appearance in court on Friday morning. Ryan Longo, 34, faces charges of aggravated cruelty to animals and menacing — both felony-level charges — after he allegedly shot and killed a dog on Feb. 5. According to previous reporting from…
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Oral argument heard in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear’s federal case
Attorneys in the federal case against Robert Lewis Dear Jr. — the man who allegedly shot and killed three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 — presented oral arguments Thursday morning on the decision to have Dear forcibly medicated. U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn in federal court determined in September, 2022, that Dear could…
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Alleged Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear’s case to be heard
The state-level case of Robert Lewis Dear Jr. — the man who allegedly shot and killed three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 — is slated to be heard on Thursday morning. Dear is accused of entering the Planned Parenthood with an assault rifle, shooting and killing three on Nov. 27, 2015. Ke’Arre Stewart,…
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Colorado Springs man who fired shots in Broadmoor neighborhood avoids jail time
A Colorado Springs man who shot in the air around numerous people with a rifle last year avoided jail time on numerous attempted murder charges after accepting a plea deal on Wednesday. Joel Martin, 21, faced 17 charges, including four attempted first-degree murder charges, for discharging his firearm numerous times near the Country Club of…
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Colorado Springs man sentenced to decades in prison for killing of mother, stepfather
A Colorado Springs man was sentenced to 55 years in the Department of Corrections for killing his mother and stepfather following an emotional sentencing hearing Tuesday . Cody Parker, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder last year for stabbing and killing his mother, Deborah Parker-Lykins, and his stepfather, Duane Lykins, at their…
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Dramatic scene unfolds after hearing for Return to Nature co-owner Jon Hallford, who will face trial
Jon Hallford, the Return to Nature Funeral Home co-owner facing hundreds of felony charges after the discovery of 189 improperly stored bodies, is headed to trial after the completion of his preliminary hearing Thursday. Judge William Moller decided to bind over four counts of money laundering charges for trial. Hallford did not face preliminary hearing…