Author: Esteban Candelaria
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Suspect arrested in robberies throughout Colorado Springs, Fountain, Monument
Police arrested a man they believe is connected to several armed robberies throughout Colorado Springs, Fountain, and Monument, authorities announced in a Friday press release. Samuel Cordova-Barre, 19, was arrested Jan. 13 by the Colorado Springs Police Department’s tactical enforcement unit in the 5700 Block of South Carefree Circle, east of Homestead Park. Cordova-Barre, according…
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Attorneys spar over evidence in motions hearing for Letecia Stauch
Attorneys sparred over evidence to be used in the murder trial of Letecia Stauch, accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson Gannon Stauch two years ago today, at a Thursday afternoon motions hearing. Fourth Judicial District Judge Gregory Werner ruled on several motions filed by defense attorneys for Letecia Stauch and prosecutors in her case Thursday…
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Assistant district attorney resigns roughly 1 year into new DA’s term in Colorado Springs
Just over a year from her appointment, Assistant District Attorney Martha McKinney, the district attorney’s office’s second-in-command, announced Wednesday she’d resigned from her position. McKinney, who’s served the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office since 2004, said in a memo sent to the office and provided to The Gazette she’d handed her resignation in to District…
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Murder trial delayed again for expert witness
A murder trial for a man accused of gunning down his neighbor who reported him for an “aggressive animal” was delayed over two months during a hearing on Wednesday. James Hanlon, originally slated to go to trial Feb. 7, saw his trial delayed to April 12 by Fourth Judicial District Judge Samuel Evig on a…
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Child sex assault charges filed against former Manitou teacher, coach; abuse alleged over 2-plus years
Prosecutors have filed charges against a former teacher and soccer coach accused of sexual assault on a child, attorneys said in court Tuesday. Fourth Judicial District Judge Eric Bentley ordered Matthew Barton, 53, to appear in court again March 15 for a preliminary hearing. The court will decide then whether Barton will be headed to…
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Colorado Springs woman denied restitution due to DA’s office error caused by COVID-19
A woman whose recreational vehicle was stolen and damaged won’t see restitution in her case because paperwork was filed late by the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office — an error attributed to a clerk being out sick with COVID-19. Amanda Roberts, who lives in Colorado Springs, saw Tucker Dunn — the man she leased her recreational vehicle…
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Former Fountain pastor sentenced to indeterminate prison term
Former Fountain pastor Kevin Troy Daniels, Sr., 53, who plead guilty to sexually assaulting a child he bribed with a Playstation was sentenced Wednesday to an indeterminate sentence of two years to life in the Colorado Department of Corrections, according to a city press release. The sentence came after he plead guilty in October to sexually…
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Man accused of killing 2 managers at Elks Lodge enters pleas in case
A Colorado Springs man accused of gunning down two managers during a workplace meeting at an Elks Lodge pleaded not guilty against his lawyers’ advice to two counts of first-degree murder Tuesday morning. Lamar Taylor, 44, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder among several charges related to the Sept. 9 shooting at an Elks Lodge…
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Firefighters tackle morning basement blaze in central Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs firefighters extinguished a fire in the basement of a home just west of downtown Sunday morning. Just after 4 a.m. the Colorado Springs Fire Department tweeted firefighters responded to a working fire at 110 North Spruce Street, west of Interstate 25 and downtown Colorado Springs, where fire was reported at the front of…
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Firefighters quickly extinguish small grass fire in southeast Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs firefighters wrangled a grass fire just after noon Sunday. Just before 12:30 p.m. the department Tweeted firefighters had responded to 1981 Birmingham Loop, in southeast Colorado Springs along South Union Boulevard and East Las Vegas Street, for a small fire near the creek bed. At 12:54 p.m., the department tweeted that firefighters had…