Tag: el paso county district court
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8 residents sue Ford Amphitheater owners for noise act violations
Eight residents living in and around Colorado Springs are suing the owners of Ford Amphitheater for repeated issues with noise pollution from concerts. First & Fourteenth, a Colorado Springs-based law firm, filed the civil lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiffs in El Paso County District Court on Wednesday. The suit names Notes Live, the nonprofit…
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El Paso County child abuse case: Children placed in home with a man with violent past
After child sexual abuse allegations against a father surfaced, El Paso County child protective services officials placed two children back with their estranged mother, who was living with a boyfriend with a violent past. Another child eventually ended up with an aunt, who was living with a registered sex offender. In their mother’s home, one…
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Lawsuits dismissed against Colorado Springs mayor, business partner over unpaid food orders at meeting houses
Two lawsuits filed earlier this year against the meeting houses run by Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade for unpaid bills have been dismissed. Food distribution company Shamrock Foods filed the lawsuits against the Wild Goose Meeting House and the Good Neighbors Meeting House, as well as Mobolade and his business partner Russell Ware. Shamrock Foods’…
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Families accuse ex-Colorado Springs evaluator of tainting bitter custody case with biased testimony
Some of the cases involve allegations of sex assault and drug abuse.
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TABOR author sues Colorado Springs, seeks removal of road tax extension question on November ballot
Douglas Bruce, the former Colorado state legislator who authored the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, is suing the city of Colorado Springs in a bid to remove a question from the November ballot that would authorize the 10-year extension of a dedicated sales tax for road maintenance. Bruce filed the three-page lawsuit against the city…
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Colorado Springs to defend police officers in 2 excessive force-related lawsuits
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs will represent three police officers named in two separate lawsuits alleging the officers used excessive force with Taser guns in both cases. Earlier this month, the City Council informally agreed to represent Colorado Springs Police Officers Jason Otero, Allen Simmons and Peter Mandry…
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Colorado Springs to defend police officers in 2 excessive force-related lawsuits
Colorado Springs will represent three police officers named in two separate lawsuits alleging the officers used excessive force with Taser guns in both cases. Earlier this month, the City Council informally agreed to represent Colorado Springs Police Officers Jason Otero, Allen Simmons and Peter Mandry in each case, both filed in El Paso County District…
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Temporary injunction that halted street work in Colorado Springs’ Old North End lifted
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Street striping along North Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs’ historic Old North End received the green light Wednesday with the lifting of a temporary injunction obtained by residents opposing traffic changes. Kathleen Krager, city traffic engineer, announced in January that the city wants to lower…