Tag: assault
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Man arrested after pulling a knife on loss prevention employees: Colorado Springs police
A man was arrested Sunday afternoon after pulling out a knife during a dispute with loss prevention employees when they contacted him at their business, according to Colorado Springs police. Curtis Singleton, 33, was arrested around 12:45 p.m. outside a business in the 2200 block of North Wahsatch Avenue. When the loss prevention employees contacted…
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One woman arrested after ‘large fight’ report at El Paso County apartment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly a dozen individuals were observed in a “heated argument” early Friday morning at an apartment after a report of a “large fight,” according to a news release by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. Deputies responded to the apartment in the 1600…
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Thornton man accused of child sex assault in Pueblo County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Marshals arrested a Thornton man in Denver on a warrant related to sex assault on a child in Pueblo County, according to a Thursday news release from the Pueblo Sheriff’s Office. Austin Halderman is charged with sexual assault on a child, sexual exploitation of…
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Colorado state trooper arrested in Alamosa County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A state trooper was arrested at his home in Alamosa on Saturday, according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol. Brandon Stevens, a member of the State Patrol since April 2023, faces charges of domestic violence and second-degree assault, officials said. He has…
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Burglary suspect found sleeping in victim’s bed: Colorado Springs police
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police on Sunday arrested a burglary suspect who was found sleeping in the victim’s bed when law enforcement arrived, according to an online blotter entry. Chance Garcia, 20, is being held on $50,000…
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‘He got what he deserved:’ Colorado Springs man sentenced for 2001 sexual assault
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The emotions in the courthouse Monday were high as an El Paso County judge passed down the maximum sentence of 24 years for a Colorado Springs man convicted in a 2001 sexual assault case. Kenneth Hettle, 42, was accused of a violent sexual assault that…
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Appeals court rules harsher sentence after appeal does not mean judge was ‘vindictive’
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that a Jefferson County judge subjected a man to a harsher sentence following a successful appeal because the parole eligibility date was pushed back by multiple years, but that fact alone did not mean the judge acted “vindictively.” In 2015, the state Supreme Court noted that when a criminal…
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Appeals court says no automatic cross-examination of witnesses whose probation ends by trial
If a person was serving a probationary sentence at the time they witnessed a crime, but their probation ended by the time they testified at trial, the defense does not have the right to let jurors hear about that witness’s connection to the prosecution, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. A three-judge panel for the…
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Murder suspect in UCCS professor’s death also wanted for assault on his mother
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Court records indicate the man being sought by law enforcement as a murder suspect in an August stabbing death also is wanted for assault charges for hurting his own mother. Colorado Springs police have named 53-year-old Ceasar Lorenzo Wilson as a suspect in the murder…
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Sheriff’s office searching for suspect in Stratmoor area assault involving ax
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for a suspect linked to an assault involving an ax in the Stratmoor Valley area Tuesday morning. Just before 10 a.m., law enforcement received reports of someone being attacked with an ax inside a home in…