Tag: assault
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Menacing suspect assaults officer while in custody: Colorado Springs police
A man is in custody on suspicion of menacing and assaulting a Colorado Springs police officer on Saturday, according to an online blotter entry. Cameron Lee Brown, 28, is being held on $25,000 bond at the El Paso County Jail, where he faces felony charges connected with the menacing and assault, police said. At about…
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2 arrested after brawl escalates at Colorado Springs apartments
A fight escalated overnight as two groups of people were ambushing and attacking each other with pots and pans at a Colorado Springs apartment complex, leading to two arrests after a juvenile was assaulted. Just before 1 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to an apartment complex in the 3700 block of Marion Drive, near The Citadel…
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Colorado Springs man arrested on charges of felony kidnapping
A 24-year-old man was arrested by Colorado Springs police on Friday for felony charges of kidnapping, assault and menacing following a domestic violence event, according to the department. Dakota Sandoval of Colorado Springs is accused of kidnapping a woman, believed to be his girlfriend, and assaulting her multiple times with a knife. Sandoval “was also…
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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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Man arrested on suspicion of assaulting and attempting to kidnap woman in Colorado Springs
Thomas McCarley, 54, was arrested after allegedly assaulting a woman Tuesday evening at 31 Iowa Ave. Colorado Springs police responded to a call of disturbance involving a man with a knife threatening to stab a woman at Ichiban Spa located at 29 Iowa Ave. at about 8 p.m. The victim told police McCarley came in for…
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84-year-old woman accused of attempted murder in attack involving elderly women at Colorado Springs apartment
An 84-year-old woman was arrested Saturday for the alleged attempted murder of two people at a Colorado Springs apartment building this month. According to the arrest affidavit for the suspect, Myrtle Charlene Wolf, officers arrived to the 900 block of East Colorado Avenue just after 9 p.m. after receiving a call from a 72-year-old female…
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Man arrested after allegedly starting fire, attacking security guard in downtown Colorado Springs
A man was arrested for allegedly assaulting a security guard in downtown Colorado Springs early Thursday after he confronted him about a fire he started. Colorado Springs police said Victor Gregory, 44, allegedly started a fire in a stairway of a large business complex on the 100 block of South Tejon Street near West Colorado…
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Suspect in downtown stabbing arrested: Colorado Springs police
Colorado Springs police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of a stabbing, law enforcement officials said. Deonte Cox, 30, is being held at the El Paso County Jail and faces a first-degree assault charge, according to police. Officers with the Downtown Area Response Team responded to an 11:15 p.m. call about a stabbing on North…
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1 injured in assault during home invasion, Colorado Springs police say
Colorado Springs police are looking for a suspect in a home invasion that left a resident injured early Sunday, law enforcement officials said. The incident took place just before 2:30 a.m. at a residence in the 700 block of Sahwatch Street, according to police. Officers responding to a call about a home invasion determined that…