Author: Kirk Mitchell
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Two killed in three major crashes across Colorado’s wet, snowy roads
Snow began falling along the Front Range Thursday morning, creating hazardous conditions that likely led to several traffic accidents and two fatalities. Stretches of I-70 were closed west of Denver by wintry weather and traffic accidents, including a 15-vehicle pileup in the westbound lanes of the highway on Floyd Hill in Clear Creek County. The multi-vehicle…
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Investigators determine who fatally stabbed 17-year-old girl in 1977 in Buena Vista
Buena Vista police and Colorado Bureau of Investigation crime analysts have solved a 39-year-old murder mystery by identifying who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old girl. The killer was a 15-year-old California boy identified only by his initials, C.K., because he was a juvenile in 1977 when he allegedly murdered Audrey Marie Elizabeth Hurtado of Trinidad, authorities…
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Southern Colorado man sues after police dog bites him after he repeatedly ran from police
A Florence man has filed a federal civil suit in Denver claiming excessive force against a police chief and sergeant who ordered a police dog to attack him after he was trapped against a car following a foot chase. Jeffrey Mark Tomlinson’s lawsuit filed Friday on his behalf by Denver attorneys David Lane and Eudoxie Dickey…
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Man who fell to death after Broncos’ game was devoted family man, intense fan
There was a moment when Jason Coy had a less-than-jovial expression on his face while giving a friendly greeting to his new neighbors in the Weld County town of Milliken a few weeks back. That’s when the neighbors on Wagon Trail Drive in Milliken mentioned that they were Seattle Seahawks fans. “He had a very…
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Aurora police ask for help finding 12-year-old
Aurora police are seeking help in locating an endangered 12-year-old boy who has been missing since early Tuesday morning. Elijah Caul was last seen at 7 a.m. in the 1100 block of South Sable Boulevard. Police believe he is a runaway. He was wearing black pants with white pinstripes, a black polo shirt emblazoned with…
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Judge seals ‘sensitive’ photograph of Taylor Swift’s alleged groping at Denver concert
A federal judge sealed a photograph that allegedly captures the moment when music superstar Taylor Swift was groped before a 2013 concert by a local radio personality who has since sued the singer for slander. However, Judge William J. Martinez’s four-page ruling filed Friday denied all other requests by Swift’s attorneys to seal other photos…
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Power restored to nearly 27,000 Denver and Aurora residents after raccoon trips transformer
Power has been restored to all 26,831 Xcel Energy electrical customers in Aurora and Denver after a raccoon managed to defeat security at a substation, blow out a transformer and cut off power early Friday morning, officials say. The raccoon was electrocuted. “We had a raccoon get into a substation and onto a large piece…
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Taylor Swift asks judge to seal photos of alleged groping by Denver DJ to avoid “scandalous” dissemination
Music superstar Taylor Swift is seeking to close public access to portions of a Denver U.S. District Court motion disclosing intimate details including photographs of the incident that she claims proves she was groped by a Denver radio talk-show host at a 2013 concert. The motion seeks to seal hundreds of pages of court documents…
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He tried to steer Denver kids away from gangs. Now his family fears gang members gunned him down
Deonta McDonald was not only a surrogate parent in a crowded household with his single mom and five younger siblings. He was also a leader of peers in a neighborhood where gang affiliation was a given for most youths. But those who knew the 19-year-old worry that he was gunned down by gang members he…
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Huge traffic delays expected following oil spill on northbound I-25 in Denver
Northbound Interstate 25 has been narrowed to a one-lane road Tuesday morning following a large oil spill that made the major thoroughfare through Denver smell like an oil refinery. Denver police are warning commuters to expect big delays around Alameda Avenue. It’s unclear how long it will take to clean up the spill, according to…