Tag: lakewood police department
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Passenger dies a week after SUV hits wrestling team school bus in Lakewood
A passenger in a vehicle that crashed into a wrestling team’s school bus in Lakewood died Sunday after being hospitalized for over a week, according to police. Julio Vasquez-Gonzalez, 18, a passenger in the suspect’s SUV, died from his injuries Sunday, according to a Lakewood police posting on X. Police on Thursday arrested Andrew Logan…
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DNA test request denied for man claiming innocence in 2003 rape conviction
A federal judge on Friday denied access to DNA evidence that defense lawyers say will exonerate a man whose 2003 conviction of a heinous rape at a Lakewood trailer park rape largely relied on the testimony of a former Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist who was forced to resign last year for manipulating DNA data in…
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As crime in Denver soars, RTD finds itself in the frontlines
The Lakewood Police Department described a disturbing scene that unfolded on Feb. 13 at a Regional Transportation District light rail station. Two teenage girls allegedly assaulted a man at the Wadsworth Boulevard light rail station, the police said. The teens seemingly attacked the man at random, holding him down, kicking him and calling him racial slurs,…