Tag: road rage
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Man arrested after allegedly firing gun at car on I-25 during road rage incident
Castle Rock police arrested a man after he allegedly fired a gun at another car on Interstate 25 on Saturday, according to a news release by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. The incident was initially reported to the El Paso County communications center around 7:30 p.m. from someone claiming the driver of another vehicle…
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Judge rules case against suspect in fatal June road rage shooting can proceed
An El Paso County judge bound over a single count of second-degree murder for the suspect in a June road rage incident Tuesday, allowing the case to proceed despite opposing arguments that the suspect was acting in defense of another. Howard Heyliger, 31, is accused of shooting and killing Matthew Helberg, 39, on June 26…
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Leadville man arrested after fatal road-rage shooting
A road rage incident turned fatal on U.S. Highway 24 in Lake County, after a Leadville man allegedly shot and killed another driver late Tuesday night. Robert Price Chase, 31, was arrested and faces charges of second-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing another driver around 10 p.m. in the 13200 block of U.S. 24.,…
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Road rage leads to rollover crash on I-25 in Colorado Springs: Police
A rollover crash on the Cimarron Street northbound ramp to Interstate 25 temporarily blocked traffic and led to one arrest Wednesday night, Colorado Springs police said. At about 7:15 p.m., a Ford F-150 and Toyota Tacoma with a trailer engaged in what police called “road rage behavior” when the driver of the Tacoma attempted to pass on the…
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Colorado Supreme Court finds Aurora police committed no Miranda violation when interrogating suspect
Aurora police did not need to provide a Miranda warning to a road rage suspect before interrogating him outside his apartment building in an accusatory manner, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona, law enforcement must inform suspects of their constitutional rights to remain silent…
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Colorado justices skeptical Aurora officer committed Miranda violation on road rage suspect
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared skeptical last week that a road rage suspect was “in custody” at the time an Aurora police officer interrogated him, as the state’s second-highest court believed was the case. Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona, police must inform a suspect of their rights to…
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Court documents: Shooting on South Academy involving motorcyclist stemmed from road rage incident
The motorcyclist who allegedly shot at another driver near Interstate 25 last week after a brief back-and-forth between the two while on the road, according to the arrest affidavit obtained by The Gazette. On June 13, Nelson Boyer, 40, allegedly shot at Danny Olsen, 61, while they were northbound on South Academy Boulevard past the I-25 bridge. Olsen was struck twice,…
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Colorado Supreme Court clarifies when judges must recuse for potential bias
The Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Tuesday that judges must recuse themselves when there is a “sufficiently high” probability an observer will deem them biased in a case, but an El Paso County defendant had not established his trial judge fell into that category. Khalil Jamandre Sanders is serving 32 years in prison for shooting and injuring…
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Colorado justices tentatively agree that judges’ appearance of bias can matter in criminal appeals
Although members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unconvinced that an El Paso County judge should have recused herself from a case because she was previously the victim of a similar crime, the court was less receptive to the government’s position that a judge’s appearance of bias can almost never be grounds for…
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Road rage to blame for 13-year-old shot near Colorado Springs
A 13-year-old girl was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries Sunday afternoon after a man fired three gunshots during a road rage incident in southern Colorado Springs, law enforcement said. A vehicle with five people inside was headed south on Interstate 25 around 1 p.m. when a white GMC Acadia drove up “aggressively” behind the first vehicle, officials…