Tag: Joel Lang
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Family calls for change after competency ruling dismisses Monument homicide case
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The daughter of a woman who was dragged 300 feet during a hit-and-run is calling on Colorado lawmakers for change after the case for the former suspect accused of killing her mother was dismissed due to competency issues. Joel Lang, 41, was facing homicide charges…
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Colorado Springs family calls for change after competency ruling dismisses homicide case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The daughter of a woman who was dragged 300 feet during a hit-and-run is calling on Colorado lawmakers for change after the case for the former suspect accused of killing her mother was dismissed due to competency issues. Joel Lang, 41, was facing homicide charges…
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Fatal hit-and-run suspect ruled incompetent to stand trial over childhood brain injury
After several hours of testimony spanning multiple hearings — focused mostly on a traumatic brain injury from his childhood — an El Paso County judge ruled the man accused of dragging a woman 300 feet during a fatal hit and run in November is incompetent to stand trial and cannot be restored to competency. The…
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Suspect in fatal hit-and-run in Monument dragged woman 300 feet: Affidavit
A few days after a hit-and-run crash at a McDonald’s in Monument killed a 47-year-old, the suspect turned himself in to law enforcement. Just before noon Monday , the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a hit-and-run wreck in the parking lot of the McDonald’s at 765 West Baptist Road. Monument police found…