Author: Kirk Mitchell
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19-year-old man gunned down in Colorado Taco Bell parking lot
Aurora police are investigating the shooting death of a 19-year-old man who was killed during a fight early Wednesday morning in the parking lot of a Taco Bell restaurant, authorities say. No arrests have been made and authorities have not released the name of the victim. Just after midnight police were called to the restaurant…
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Evan Ebel’s hit list sugggests ongoing threat to officials
New details are emerging in the investigation into the murder of Colorado prisons director Tom Clements that indicate parolee Evan Ebel didn’t act alone and that nearly two dozen people were targeted. • A federal official who had no dealings with Ebel said he was named on a hit list found in Ebel’s black Cadillac…
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Man sneaks into Denver home; snaps selfie with woman’s cell phone
A man in horn-rimmed glasses entered a Denver home while a woman was putting her kids to bed and inexplicably snapped a picture of himself. Now police want help in identifying the man suspected of trespassing. The incident happened at 9:20 p.m. on Jan. 29, according to Raquel Lopez, Denver police spokeswoman. Read more here.…
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Deputy hoodwinked El Paso sheriff’s colleagues in investment scam
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former El Paso County sheriff’s deputy duped fellow deputies into investing $1.2 million in a Ponzi scheme with an unspoken vow between brothers in blue that he would not deceive them. “I am a…
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Feds moving mentally ill inmates from Supermax in Florence to Atlanta prison
Federal prison officials have begun transferring mentally ill inmates from the Supermax prison in Florence to a prison in Atlanta following a lawsuit that accuses guards of ignoring severe symptoms. Supermax, dubbed the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” houses some of the U.S. government’s most dangerous inmates including drug kingpins, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and many terrorists.…
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Bull moose killed and left to rot, officials searching for a shooter
Colorado park rangers in Dillon are investigating a possible poaching incident near Frey Gulch Road in which a bull moose was left to rot. “Killing an animal without a license, abandoning and wasting the meat and evading authorities can potentially lead to felony charges, substantial fines, prison time and a lifetime suspension of hunting privileges…
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Elderly woman urged neighbor to save herself from rising floodwaters
Submerged up to her armpits in the raging Big Thompson River, 79-year-old Evelyn Starner spoke her last words. “Don’t worry about me … save yourself!” Evelyn Starner said to her elderly neighbor Joyce, who had been struggling to pull her out of the river early Saturday morning, according to Shawn Starner, 43, Evelyn’s son. It…
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Woman, 18, accidentally shot to death in Longmont home
An 18-year-old woman was accidentally shot Friday evening and was pronounced dead an hour later after her family rushed her to a hospital in her own car, police said. “We can characterize this young women’s death as unintended and extremely tragic,” said Cmdr. Jeff Satur, Longmont police spokesman. The victim was identified early Saturday evening…
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211 Crew put hit on El Paso County judge who signed search warrants in Clements murder investigation
An El Paso County judge went into hiding earlier this month, bought a gun and was placed under police protection after being warned that 211 Crew prison gang leaders had ordered a “hit” against him in retaliation for his part in the investigation into the slaying of prisons chief Tom Clements, according to a source…
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Alleged prison gang leader sentenced
The reputed shot-caller for the white supremacist prison gang 211 Crew was sentenced on Wednesday to serve an additional 108 years in prison on a racketeering conviction.Benjamin Davis, 38, was convicted in 2007 of racketeering and sentenced to 108 years in prison, and Wednesday’s hearing reaffirmed the sentence following an appeal by Davis.The 211 Crew…