Author: Christopher Osher
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Lawsuit targets coach, USA Swimming in sex assault of 12-year-old girl; trial set this week
A girl testified last week that the ongoing sexual assaults her swim coach began inflicting on her when she was just 12 robbed her of her dreams of becoming an elite swimmer and left her with memories so horrifying she can’t imagine ever jumping in a pool and competing again. “I feel like I am…
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Transgressions of correction officers at Denver women’s prison raise concerns about inmate safety
Two former corrections officers at a Colorado women’s prison in Denver, now facing criminal charges, remained employed despite past personnel transgressions, prompting civil rights attorneys to blast the state’s management of the facility. The lawyers say the state’s past lenient disciplines for the two officers, Joshua Hensley and Scott Mathews Jr., reveal ongoing lax standards…
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Transgressions of correction officers working at Colorado women’s prison raise concerns
Two former corrections officers at a women’s prison in Denver, now facing criminal charges, remained employed despite past personnel transgressions, prompting civil rights attorneys to blast the state’s management of the facility. The lawyers say the state’s past lenient disciplines for the two officers, Joshua Hensley and Scott Mathews Jr., reveal ongoing lax standards at…
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Denver District Attorney McCann gave $237,000 in settlement and severance pay to employees leaving office
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann paid $237,000 in settlement and severance payments over the last year and a half to three employees who either resigned in controversy from her office or were fired by her. The amounts include $41,600 in severance pay to her former second-in-command Ryan Brackley, who resigned from his position as assistant…
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Lawsuit by former sheriff’s inspector contending false arrest goes forward
A federal magistrate judge has recommended against tossing out a $10 million federal lawsuit contending public officials falsely arrested a former commander in the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Juan San Agustin, as retaliation after he alleged they botched an investigation into the slaying of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements. In an order issued Wednesday,…
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Lawsuit by former sheriff’s inspector contending false arrest goes forward
A federal magistrate judge has recommended against tossing out a $10 million federal lawsuit, contending public officials falsely arrested a former commander in the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Juan San Agustin, as retaliation after he alleged they botched an investigation into the slaying of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements. In an order issued Aug.…
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Lawsuit by former sheriff’s inspector contending false arrest goes forward
A federal magistrate judge has recommended against tossing out a $10 million federal lawsuit contending public officials falsely arrested a former commander in the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Juan San Agustin, as retaliation after he alleged they botched an investigation into the slaying of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements. In an order issued Wednesday,…
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Clements assassin Ebel caught on tape with fellow 211 Crew member
In the weeks before he assassinated Colorado prison chief Tom Clements, Evan Ebel repeatedly told another 211 Crew member that he “was taking care of things on the street for other inmates” and would “likely die soon,” an investigative document reveals. The new discovery by The Gazette of the recorded conversations between Ebel and a…
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Signs of broader conspiracy in assassination of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements
Benjamin Davis, the founder of a white supremacist gang, was so sure other gang members conspired to assassinate Colorado prison chief Tom Clements that he agreed to wear a law enforcement wire to record and collect evidence against inmates he identified as likely involved, say three people with ties to the investigation. El Paso County…
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Another prosecutor to exit Denver DA McCann’s office following probe
A second high-ranking prosecutor will leave Denver District Attorney Beth McCann’s office in the wake of a workplace investigation that questioned whether McCann was letting bullying, sexist and racial remarks go unpunished. McCann, in an email to her top deputies Tuesday night, announced the impending departure of Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Song. The announcement…