Author: Sage Kelley The Denver Gazette
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Evergreen High School shooting victim’s family speaks for first time
Matthew Silverstone turned 18 on Sept. 9. A day later, he was critically injured in an Evergreen High School shooting that shocked the region. Media coverage has focused on the suspect — 16-year-old Desmond Holly. So, the victim’s family decided to let the public know how kind, courageous and supportive Silverstone was. “He’s not just…
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Loveland police investigating arson at Charlie Kirk memorial
The Loveland Police Department is “relentlessly” pursuing alleged arson and criminal mischief at a Charlie Kirk memorial on someone’s private property. Police responded to a home in the 200 block of East 23rd Street right before midnight on Saturday on a report of arson, according to a news release from the department. The residents of…
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Evergreen High School shooter fired 20 rounds, police say
The Evergreen High School shooter fired off approximately 20 rounds from a revolver inside and outside of the school, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting took place around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, with alleged shooter Desmond Holly, 16, entering the school and firing at students, eventually critically injuring two students —…
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BLM leases nearly 8,000 acres in quarterly oil and gas sale
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) recent quarterly oil and gas lease sale totaled around $7 million in receipts and covered nearly 8,000 acres of land. BLM leased 14 Colorado parcels — making up 7,895 acres — to energy companies, granting them the exclusive right to explore and produce oil and gas for 10 years.…
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Trial date set for man charged with vehicular homicide in Colorado officer’s death
The man accused of vehicular homicide in the crash that killed an on-duty Golden Police Department officer has yet to take a plea deal, despite lawyers’ expectations. Stephen Geer, currently out on a $250,000 bond, stood before First Judicial District Judge Russell Klein on Tuesday for a pre-trial conference after three pushed-back arraignments, plea deal negotiations…
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Lakewood water district asks city to halt potential zoning changes due to pipe demand
The Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District asked the City of Lakewood to pause its significant zoning change proposal due to potential strain on district pipes. GMWSD — who provides water and sewer service to around 48,000 people in west Lakewood — sent a letter to the city on Aug. 22 objecting the city’s recently adopted 2040…
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Ranger stabbing in Staunton State Park found to be a hoax, police say
The alleged stabbing of a Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger that shook Jefferson County residents on Tuesday was found to be a hoax, according to police. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrested 26-year-old Callum Heskett — a Colorado Parks and Wildlife seasonal ranger at Staunton State Park — on Thursday after he allegedly faked being…
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U.S. District Attorney Peter McNeily
Peter McNeilly, at the podium, is the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado. He’s talking about the federal indictments of 30 people in Colorado, including alleged Venezuelan street gang leaders, at a press conference Monday in Denver.
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ATF TDA guns
Some of the 69 guns confiscated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a multi-agency operation targeting the Tren de Aragua gang in the Denver Metro earlier this year.
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Federal agencies indict 30 people in Colorado, including alleged TdA gang leaders
Federal and local law enforcement agencies announced the indictments of 30 people in Colorado on Monday, including alleged leaders of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, which a police chief described as akin to a parasite. Officials characterized the investigation leading to the operation as the biggest in the country. “We learned how violent…