Tag: 4th judicial district
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Fort Carson soldier arrested in court after attending school graduation amid child sexual abuse case
Sgt. 1st Class Marquez Parker was taken into custody in an El Paso County courtroom on Monday after his bond was raised to $150,000 by a judge for allegedly violating his protection order in a child sexual abuse case. Judge Amy Cullen Cano partially based her ruling on new allegations that Parker did not follow…
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CSPD officer justified in shooting woman, District Attorney’s Office says
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the definition of a “loaded” shotgun. The shooting of a woman who attempted to grab a loaded duty shotgun in a Colorado Springs police vehicle during a call for service on Jan. 31 was ruled justified by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, the office announced…
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Former Colorado public defender sentenced for sexually assaulting child
A man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old while working as a Colorado public defender was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison by an El Paso County judge on Thursday, according to a news release by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Thomas Cushing, 27, pleaded not guilty to one charge he faced,…
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Soldier facing child sex charges waives hearing in exchange for plea deal talks
El Paso County Judge Samuel Evig granted a request from a Fort Carson soldier’s attorney to waive his right to a preliminary hearing in court on Monday for 64 charges of child sex offenses he is facing. Sgt. 1st Class Marquez Parker’s attorney, Joshua Lindley, told the judge that the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office…
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‘The case has to move forward’: Judge reluctantly grants delay as DA, Fort Carson grapple for control of child sexual abuse charges against soldier
A Fort Carson soldier facing 64 charges related to sexually assaulting a child under 15 and possessing thousands of illegal images of children will wait until May for a preliminary hearing in the case. Judge Samuel Evig reluctantly granted the motion to delay again made by an attorney representing Sgt. 1st Class Marquez Parker following…
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‘Oh (expletive). I’m dead’: DA justifies police shooting that left 2 wounded at Nevada Flats Hotel in Colorado Springs
A Colorado Springs police officer was justified in shooting two people while responding to a report of a break-in at the Nevada Flats Hotel on Nov. 13, the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Officer Austin Hornberger fired his gun four times at Joshua “Erick” Duncan, who raised “what appeared to be an AK-47…
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Man pleads guilty to murdering Colorado Springs man in ‘heat of passion’
A Colorado Springs man will face 20 to 32 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Matthew Helberg, 39, on Tuesday in an El Paso County courtroom. Howard Heyliger, 31, recounted to Judge Michael McHenry shooting Helberg on June 26 near East Platte Avenue and North Cedar Street after he…
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Former El Paso County public defender guilty in child sex assault case
A former El Paso County public defender was found guilty Friday by a jury in the 4th Judicial District of sexually assaulting a child, according to a news release from the District Attorney’s Office. Thomas Cushing was 26 when he was arrested in November 2024. He faced one count of sexual assault against a child,…
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Driver sentenced in crash that killed Colorado Springs motorcyclist
This week, 4th Judicial District Judge Samuel Evig sentenced a driver found at fault in a fatal crash to about four years in prison. Last March, a Colorado Springs man, Shane Golden, 31, who was riding a motorcycle, died in the crash at North Academy Boulevard and Rebecca Lane. During a jury trial in December,…
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Body found near DA’s office in downtown Colorado Springs
The Colorado Springs Police Department says a death investigation is underway after a body was found in an alleyway near the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in downtown Colorado Springs. The body was located near Vermijo Avenue and Tejon Street, and when officers arrived on the scene, they found a man’s body. The CSPD Homicide…