Tag: assault
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Assault suspect arrested following lengthy standoff: Colorado Springs police
Colorado Springs police on Saturday arrested a barricaded assault suspect following an hours-long standoff, law enforcement officials said. At about 7:45 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance call at a residence in the 1100 block of Iowa Avenue. Upon arrival, they were able to assist two victims and get them to safety. The victims, one…
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1 injured in fight near Territory Days in Old Colorado City; suspect sought
Colorado Springs police are looking for a suspect in an assault that left one person bleeding and unconscious in the area of the Territory Days festival on Sunday, according to an online blotter entry. Officers responded to a 4:25 p.m. call about a disturbance near 25th Street and Colorado Avenue. Witnesses told police that two…
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Woman allegedly assaults officer during arrest: Colorado Springs police
A woman allegedly assaulted a Colorado Springs police officer during a domestic disturbance early Sunday, according to an online blotter entry. At about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, two officers were investigating an incident in the 4400 block of Montebello Drive. As they tried to detain one of the people involved, Mariah Armstrong, 34, she grabbed an…
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Divided appeals court finds no prosecutorial misconduct in prison assault case
Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last week that a Lincoln County prosecutor did not misstate the law to a degree that undermined a jury’s assault verdict against the defendant. During closing arguments in Phillip Archuleta’s 2023 trial, the prosecutor suggested to jurors that Archuleta did not have to make contact with a corrections officer during a…
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Divided appeals court reverses assault conviction over insufficient guidance about paramedics’ authority
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s conviction last week for assaulting a paramedic, concluding that a Denver judge needed to give jurors additional information about the duties that paramedics are legally authorized to carry out. Two paramedics were attempting to take Chakib E. Ez-Zahir to a hospital against his will. After one paramedic blocked his…
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Appeals court reverses assault convictions after jury received no definition of ‘harm’
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed an Arapahoe County defendant’s assault convictions last week, concluding the trial judge neglected to define a key, ambiguous term for jurors. Police officers arrested David Cristobal Aragon at a house party for allegedly violating a restraining order, but he had a series of seizure-like episodes that required transportation to the hospital.…
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Costilla County sheriff, 4 deputies indicted in abuse of a corpse, assault cases
Two grand juries in the 12th Judicial District indicted five members of the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office in separate cases on Thursday involving improperly collecting remains and assaulting a citizen. Former Costilla County Sheriff Danny Sanchez and former Deputy Keith Schultz faced indictments after allegedly putting human remains into a paper bag, leaving some behind…
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Man allegedly runs from Colorado Springs police, bites sergeant during arrest
Colorado Springs police arrested a man they say bit a sergeant after running away from officers on Friday. According to the Police Department, officers were dispatched to a domestic disturbance near Memorial Park when they spotted the man in the area of South El Paso and East Costilla streets. Police said the suspect ran from…
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Good Samaritans help Colorado Springs police officer detain Walmart shoplifting suspect
Two good Samaritans helped a Colorado Springs police officer detain a shoplifting suspect who was resisting arrest Sunday, according to an online blotter entry. Nicholas Arnaud, 35, is being held on $10,000 bail and faces several felony and misdemeanor charges related to the incident, police said. At about 2:10 p.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to…
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Crime recap: 290 arrested last week in El Paso County
Colorado Springs police saw domestic abuse, a kidnapping and fires last week, among other incidents, with law enforcement making 290 arrests in El Paso County. From Jan. 18 to Jan. 24, the Colorado Springs Police Department posted 11 blotter entries to its public database of incidents approved for release. Here is a recap of those entries:…