Tag: federal court
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Oral arguments heard by 10th Circuit of Appeals in 2022 CSPD use-of-force case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit heard oral arguments Thursday for the civil case involving the Colorado Springs man who was shocked with a Taser by police during a foot pursuit and left paralyzed. The case started May 16, 2022, when Colorado Springs police working in a multi-agency auto theft task force…
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Planned Parenthood shooting suspect’s federal case stuck despite mandatory medication
DENVER • A federal judge announced Wednesday that Robert Dear, the alleged gunman in the 2015 Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting that took the lives of three people, remains incompetent to proceed to trial and is likely unrestorable despite being medicated. Dear, 67, was diagnosed with a delusional disorder shortly after his arrest in 2015,…
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Return to Nature: Carie Hallford enters plea deal, remains a ‘liar’ to one family
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Carie Hallford, who was ready to go to trial on more than a dozen counts of wire fraud connected to a case of deception that resulted in the decomposition of nearly 190 bodies at the Return to Nature Funeral Home, entered a guilty…
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Judge sends alleged Boulder firebomb attacker hate crime case to trial
A judge decided Wednesday enough evidence exists to move forward with a federal hate crime trial against Mohamed Soliman, who is accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a group of peaceful protesters, injuring 15 people and a dog in Boulder earlier this month. In a full courtroom, the defendant sat emotionless at his federal preliminary…
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Return to Nature owners to appear in federal court to plead guilty as part of deal
The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home are set to appear in court in later this week to plead guilty to federal charges. Jon and Carie Hallford are expected to plead guilty to 15 counts of wire fraud in federal court on Thursday after accepting a plea agreement in September, according to previous Gazette…
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Colorado Springs man convicted of taking over $500,000 in COVID-19 relief funds
A Colorado Springs man was found guilty of financial crimes in federal court for receiving more than $500,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, according to a press release from United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. On Monday, Charles Lacona Jr., 67, was convicted of two counts of wire fraud and one count of money…
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Report: Colorado’s federal trial court saw drop in criminal trials, explosion in insurance verdicts
The number of criminal jury trials dropped significantly in Colorado’s federal trial court, insurance cases made up half of all civil jury trials and self-represented litigants only filed one-quarter of all lawsuits last year. Those were the trends highlighted in an annual report of the U.S. District Court’s workload presented last week by Chief U.S.…