Tag: pueblo police department
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Pueblo police investigating homicide involving ‘fight with weapons’
Officers have interviewed an alleged shooter after a man was killed by a gunshot wound at the 3000 block of West Northern Avenue, according to a release by the Pueblo Police Department. Officers were in the area responding to a possible auto theft when the communications center received a report of a “fight with weapons”…
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FBI, Pueblo police announce 20 arrests, seizure of guns and more than 20 pounds of drugs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Around 40 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies were involved in the FBI’s Operation Summer Heat that made arrests and seized guns and drugs in southern Colorado, according to a news release Wednesday from the FBI Denver field office. The operation took place from…
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Pueblo police arrest 20-year-old in connection with August homicide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Authorities arrested Alehandro Chacon, 20, on Wednesday and charged him with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Andrea Martinez, 47, according to a news release from the Pueblo Police Department on Friday. After obtaining a warrant, Pueblo police and the U.S. Marshals Service located…
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FBI apprehends suspect in Pueblo with felony warrant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The FBI Denver office arrested Lawrence Romero, 49, on Aug. 22 in Pueblo after he had a felony menacing warrant in the county, a spokesperson with the office told The Gazette Tuesday. The agency office announced the arrest earlier on Tuesday on social media and…
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Governor calls on Pueblo coroner to resign after discovery of 20 decomposing bodies in his funeral home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO • Black birds flew over Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s funeral home as the tall building loomed over those who passed by Friday. The scene followed a 36-hour period of law enforcement learning that the Davis Mortuary, co-owned by Cotter and his brother, Chris,…
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Live updates, Davis Mortuary investigation: Friday CBI news conference
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation scheduled a news conference for updates on the Davis Mortuary investigation at 1 p.m. Friday. Stay with Gazette.com for video and updates. Livestream coverage from the news conference is expected from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office. 1:45 p.m. update Gov. Jared Polis…
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Davis Mortuary investigation: Polis asks for coroner’s resignation, declares disaster emergency
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO • Gov. Jared Polis on Friday called on Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter to resign immediately amid a multi-agency criminal investigation that’s underway after state inspectors found “around 20” decomposing bodies hidden inside a private funeral home owned by Cotter during an annual inspection. Polis…
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Latest: Pueblo County coroner, brother under investigation after decomposing bodies found at their funeral home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Pueblo Police Department and the FBI converged at a funeral home co-owned by Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris, on Thursday after State inspectors found several bodies hidden during an annual inspection on Wednesday. Stay…
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Criminal investigation begins after ‘around 20’ decomposing bodies found in funeral home owned by Pueblo County coroner
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO – A multi-agency criminal investigation is underway after state inspectors found “around 20” decomposing bodies hidden inside a private funeral home owned by Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter during an annual inspection. [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzcvZTcvN2U3YTQ5NzEtZjRmMC00OTQzLWFlYTEtN2U1OTE5N2E0ZWM3LzY4YTc0OTY0NWQ2MzAuaW1hZ2UuanBn” alt=”QnJpYW4gQ290dGVy” caption=”QnJpYW4gQ290dGVyLCA2NCwgYW5kIGhpcyBwcml2YXRlbHktb3duZWQgZnVuZXJhbCBob21lIGFyZSB1bmRlciBpbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9uIGFmdGVyIHN0YXRlIGluc3BlY3RvcnMgZm91bmQgc2V2ZXJhbCBib2RpZXMgaW5zaWRlIGEgaGlkZGVuIHJvb20gYXQgdGhlIG1vcnR1YXJ5Lg==” credit=”Q291cnRlc3kgb2YgUHVlYmxvIENvdW50eSBDb3JvbmVyIHdlYnNpdGU=”] Brian Cotter, 64, and his privately-owned funeral home…
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Pueblo police search for suspect in fatal shooting Thursday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pueblo police were searching for Alehandro Chacon, 20, in connection with an overnight shooting in the 1600 block of Spruce Street that left a woman dead, authorities said in a social media post Thursday. Chacon is wanted on suspicion of first-degree murder, police said. The woman’s…