Tag: swat
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Federal judge dismisses man’s claims against Jeffco SWAT officers for home raid
A federal judge last month dismissed a man’s claims that Jefferson County SWAT team members violated his constitutional rights by forcefully entering his home with little warning, damaging the apartment and removing him half-naked while they executed a search warrant. Lance P. Schendorf is serving a 20-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him in…
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10th Circuit reinstates lawsuit against Mesa County deputies for $50,000 in home damage
The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed a trial judge mistakenly relied on outside materials when he dismissed a lawsuit against several Mesa County sheriff’s personnel who damaged a woman’s home during a SWAT raid. Patricia Cuervo identified 17 sheriff’s employees who allegedly contributed to the unspecified destruction on March 11, 2018. That day, police…
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11 arrested in raid on southeast Colorado Springs home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police seized six stolen vehicles and settled 16 felony warrants when they raided a home in southeast Colorado Springs Tuesday. Police announced Friday that they had also confiscated a “large quantity of narcotics,” including methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, which they said will assist…
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South Colorado Springs road closed during investigation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police blocked off a road in the southeast part of the city Tuesday afternoon while they investigated a home and several people in it. At around 2 p.m., Colorado Springs SWAT units swarmed a home near Brush Creek Road and Sand Creek after…
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18-year-old identified as homicide suspect who died in shootout with SWAT in El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Police have released the name of an 18-year-old who died in a shootout Sunday with SWAT east of Colorado Springs hours after he is believed to have fatally shot another man during a robbery at a suspected illegal marijuana grow in El Paso County. No…
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El Paso County sheriff’s deputy wounded exchanging fire with suspect in marijuana-related killing; 2 left dead
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An El Paso County sheriff’s deputy is recovering after being shot Sunday in a gunbattle in which the suspect in an earlier, marijuana-related killing east of Colorado Springs was slain. Deputy Jeremy Juhl, 36, a member of El Paso County SWAT, suffered a “slight” injury…