Tag: colorado springs crime
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Family disturbance leads to shots fired, arrest: Colorado Springs police
A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly forcing his way into a family member’s home and firing shots while in their yard on Colorado Springs’ south side, according to police. A caller to Colorado Springs police around 5:30 p.m. said her uncle forced entry into her home and threatened to kill someone, police said in…
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Man seriously injured after overnight shooting in Colorado Springs, suspects sought
Colorado Springs police are looking for suspects involved in an early Friday morning shooting that sent a man to the hospital with serious injuries. The shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. somewhere in or near the 4500 block of Samaritan Loop on the southeast side of the city, according to police. The area is a neighborhood…
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2 arrested after allegedly taking children from caseworkers
Two family members were arrested Thursday after they forcibly took two children in the care and custody of caseworkers, according to Colorado Springs police. Law enforcement responded to a call for help from a social service agency around 3 p.m., police reported in an online blotter entry. Caseworkers were allegedly accosted and assaulted before the…
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Man allegedly forced another to drive from Castle Rock to Colorado Springs
Authorities are searching for a suspect after a man reported being kidnapped and forced to drive from Castle Rock to Colorado Springs. After being found in Colorado Springs, the man told officers that he had gotten off work in Castle Rock sometime Thursday evening when another man approached him and entered his car, indicating or…
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Man tries to ‘break 911’ by calling nearly 300 times: Colorado Springs police
Colorado Springs police on Sunday arrested a man suspected of trying to cause the emergency communications system to crash by calling it nearly 300 times, according to an online blotter entry. At about 7:50 a.m., officers responding to an unspecified call for service in the 1500 block of Shane Circle, near Centennial Boulevard and Garden…
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1 arrested after threatening, chasing man with a gun, Colorado Springs police say
Colorado Springs police on Monday arrested a man who allegedly brandished a firearm and chased another man through an apartment complex, according to an online blotter entry. Isaiah Thompson, 29, faces charges of felony menacing and unlawful possession of a weapon by a previous offender, police said. At about 9 p.m. Monday, officers responded to…
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Police investigate third shooting in less than a week around Memorial Park
Police are investigating a possible connection between a large altercation in east Colorado Springs and a gunshot victim who showed up at an area hospital early Monday, law enforcement officials said. Officers responded to a 3:30 a.m. call about a “physical disturbance” involving several people in the 700 block of South Prospect Street. As they…
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Most wanted in the Colorado Springs area for July 28
Wanted Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in finding the following people for whom felony arrest warrants have been issued. Featured Fugitives Juan Jose Cordoba-Saldana — age 39, 5-foot-5, 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, sought on suspicion of burglary 2, assault 1, aggravated robbery, felony menacing, trespass…
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19-year-old identified in apparent shooting death near Memorial Park
The man who died after a shooting near Memorial Park early Saturday as been identified, according to a news release by Colorado Springs police. Shots were fired at about 2:30 a.m. on South Hancock Avenue, where officers found a dead man inside a car in a parking lot. They also spotted a possible suspect vehicle…
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6 indicted on drug-trafficking charges in Pikes Peak region, 300,000 fentanyl pills seized
Editor’s note: This article was updated to reflect corrections issued by the District Attorney’s office on July 10 regarding the amount of and type of drugs seized. A grand jury in El Paso County indicted six people after law enforcement seized over 300,000 suspected fentanyl pills, heroin and other drugs, the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s…