Author: Cleo Westin cleo.westin@gazette.com
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14-year-old reported missing in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police issued a community notification for missing 14-year-old Alexander Jones on Friday, the department posted on social media. He was last seen around 3 p.m. on Friday in the 6800 block of Black Forest Road, which is the location of Vista Ridge High School. Alexander was wearing a blue polo, khaki shorts and…
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Charges advance in Colorado Springs motel murder
An El Paso County judge on Friday ruled that prosecutors had enough evidence to move forward with homicide charges against Timothy J. O’Brien, who is accused of bludgeoning a woman with a hammer in a Colorado Springs motel in May. O’Brien, 60, smoked methamphetamine with Lauren Jensen-Green, 65, before snapping at her for droning on…
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Colorado State Fair attendance crosses half million mark in 2026
More than 500,000 people visited the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo across its 11 days this year, the Colorado Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday. The fair has reached the half million mark five times since 2006. Concerts and other events at the Big R Arena and Southwest Motors Events Center drew over 30,000 and…
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Police seeking additional victims of Colorado Springs area foster parent
Colorado Springs police are asking the community to contact them if they believe they were potentially a victim of Enrique “Rico” Houghton, 35, according to a news release by the department on Thursday. Houghton was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting two boys in his care for several years on Thursday. He has worked “in…
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Man charged with arson in Cheyenne Mountain Estates vehicle fire
El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man believed to have set a vehicle on fire in the 8100 block of Piute Road west of Colorado 115 near Fort Carson Gate 5, they Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday. Alex Luevano, 32, was apprehended in the 1000 block of Rice Drive in Colorado Springs on Thursday…
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Advisory lifted for John Martin Reservoir amid sewage spill
Colorado Parks and Wildlife lifted its recreation and water-contact advisory for the John Martin Reservoir on Friday after tests repeatedly showed E. coli levels were safe for recreation, according to a news release by the agency. The advisory was issued after 4.2 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled from the city of Pueblo into the…
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Man dies in apparent suicide hours after allegedly robbing 3 Colorado Springs banks
Terrell Jennings, 27, died in an apparent suicide Thursday evening several hours after police believe he robbed three Colorado Springs banks in minutes, the department announced in a news release on Friday. Police were attempting to arrest Jennings after linking him to robbing banks shortly after noon in the 1100 and 500 blocks of North…
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El Paso County deputies arrest 2 in Cimarron Hills traffic stop, seizing drugs, guns and cash
El Paso County sheriff’s deputies arrested two people and seized two guns, money, fentanyl pills and other illicit drugs during an Aug. 29 traffic stop in Cimarron Hills, the Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday. Pretson Reno, 48, and Amanda Pacheco-Sammon, 43, were both taken into custody on $50,000 bonds following the stop. Deputies stopped the…
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Human remains found at Lake Pueblo State Park were that of missing D-70 custodian
The Pueblo County Coroner’s Office said the human remains found Tuesday at Lake Pueblo State Park are that of Adam Todd Armstrong, 52, a school janitor who had been missing for nearly two months. “At this time, no additional information regarding the cause or manner of death will be released pending the completion of the…
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U.S. Marshals, Pueblo deputies arrest Denver fugitive; seizing guns, drugs
A fugitive from Denver was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and sheriff’s deputies at the Pueblo hotel he was staying in on Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday. Joe Gutierrez, 49, was arrested on several warrants and was wanted for an alleged parole violation, motor vehicle theft and eluding. Investigators obtained a search…