Tag: aurora
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Aurora for officer’s attack on woman
A federal judge last month refused to dismiss a woman’s claim that the city of Aurora’s policies motivated an officer’s decision to attack her while he was on administrative leave. Wyoma Martinez filed suit against Officer Douglas Harroun and the city after Harroun attempted to arrest Martinez at her apartment complex in January 2023 while…
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Colorado Springs man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an infant, possessing child pornography
Warning: This article contains disturbing details about sex assault. A Colorado Springs man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting an infant and possessing thousands of pieces of child pornography, an arrest affidavit obtained by The Gazette detailed. Aaron Mocalkins, 30, faces over 20 charges including sexual exploitation of a child, sexual assault of…
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Colorado Springs residents say city’s reaffirmation of non-‘sanctuary’ status is ‘political grandstanding’
Residents on Tuesday criticized a second resolution reaffirming that Colorado Springs is not a “sanctuary city” for migrants crossing U.S. borders as divisive, hateful and an example of political grandstanding. Though the resolution is symbolic and not legally binding, it sends a strong message that migrants are not welcome, opponents said. “This body continues to…
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Colorado Supreme Court finds Aurora police committed no Miranda violation when interrogating suspect
Aurora police did not need to provide a Miranda warning to a road rage suspect before interrogating him outside his apartment building in an accusatory manner, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona, law enforcement must inform suspects of their constitutional rights to remain silent…
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10th Circuit upholds convictions of Aurora’s ‘Labor Day Massacre’ shooter
Even if there was a constitutional violation from letting jurors hear the videotaped statements of a wanted fugitive, the federal appeals court based in Denver agreed the out-of-court testimony implicating a teenage defendant in a 1998 killing spree did not undermine his murder convictions. Alexander Pogosyan is serving multiple life sentences for his role in…
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Apartment evictions begin in Aurora, August 13, 2024
Dozens of evicted immigrant families left their apartments with backpacks, rolling carts and garbage bags full of clothing Tuesday morning with no idea where they would spend the night.
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An immigrant’s dream is a famous, multi-generation diner in Denver | Craving Colorado
DENVER • One spring morning in 1936, after years of trying to track him down, federal agents finally delivered an illegal immigrant to a courtroom. He was a Greek man named Efstathios Armatas. For more than a decade he’d gone by Sam Andrews. That’s how the judge that day knew him: Sam of Sam’s No.…
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Colorado justices skeptical Aurora officer committed Miranda violation on road rage suspect
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared skeptical last week that a road rage suspect was “in custody” at the time an Aurora police officer interrogated him, as the state’s second-highest court believed was the case. Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona, police must inform a suspect of their rights to…
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Paige Crawford, former Doherty girls golfer, preps for John Shippen Women’s Invite, hopeful for another LPGA run
Everywhere Paige Crawford goes, she travels by van. The vehicle, which she named Solstice, also serves as her home as Crawford said she lives in her van year-round. “I don’t have to pay for hotels, which are expensive,” Crawford said. “Instead, if I need to stay at a campsite, one week at a campsite is…