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Man faces murder charge in death of woman at Colorado Springs motel
Timothy O’Brien, 60, was arrested on Monday by Colorado Springs police in connection with the death of Lauren Jensen-Green, 65, in a motel last week, the department announced. Police had responded to the 1700 block around 11:30 a.m. May 20 after a report of a deceased person, according to previous Gazette reporting. Jensen-Green was found…
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Colorado Springs police union director sues El Paso County jail over injuries from tripping
The head of the labor union for Colorado Springs police officers claims that her fall at the El Paso County jail in 2024 was a result of a building code violation, a newly filed lawsuit obtained by The Gazette shows. The El Paso County jail, sheriff, county commissioners and others are named as defendants in…
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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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Barricaded suspect prompts brief shelter-in-place order by Colorado Springs police
A shelter-in-place order that was issued by Colorado Springs police to apprehend a person on Thursday afternoon was lifted less than an hour later, according to the Peak Alert. The one-block radius for the order extended along the 1300 block of North El Paso Street, between East Columbia Street and East San Miguel Street. The…
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Kimberlee Singler case: Mountains of new documents introduced, judge grants defense motion
A mother accused of killing two of her children and attempting to kill a third will wait until June for a preliminary hearing after the defense’s motion was granted by Judge William Bain in an El Paso County courtroom on Monday. The attorneys for Kimberlee Singler, 37, requested that the judge continue the hearing to…
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Driver who died after Prospect Lake crash was under the influence of fentanyl, autopsy reveals
A man who drove over a curb and into Prospect Lake on Feb. 19 died of drowning in the “setting of fentanyl intoxication,” according to his autopsy results from the El Paso County Coroner’s Office. The coroner ruled that 39-year-old Cedric Harp’s manner of death was an accident. Colorado Springs police and firefighters were on…
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Colorado Springs police release sketch of a person of interest in 2024 homicide
Colorado Springs police on Wednesday released a sketch of a person of interest in a homicide that occurred in the summer of 2024. Dwayne Easterling, 60, was assaulted and robbed on July 31 of that year in the 4400 block of East Fountain Boulevard. He died of his injuries at a hospital on Aug. 14,…
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Driver, 83, in Platte Avenue crash dies at hospital
A man hospitalized with injuries from a crash at the intersection of East Platte and North Wahsatch avenues on April 17 has died, Colorado Springs police announced Tuesday. The El Paso County Coroner’s Office informed police that the driver, 83-year-old Donald Leibfried, died April 23 at a local hospital from his injuries. Officers determined Leibfried…
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Man arrested after allegedly menacing pizza delivery driver at Colorado Springs hotel
A man with Nazi tattoos on his face, neck and chest was charged twice in three days by Colorado Springs police after allegedly menacing a woman on Tuesday. Cody Greathouse, 35, is accused of following a pizza delivery driver from the entrance of the Roadway Inn to her car and flashing a gun at her,…
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Pueblo man charged in downtown Colorado Springs assault
An anonymous tip helped detectives identify an 18-year-old as a suspect in an alleged assault that caused “significant injuries” to another teenager in downtown Colorado Springs on March 15, according to city police. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant Thursday for Elijah Benjamin Valdez of Pueblo, who already was in custody at the Pueblo County jail…