Tag: fbi
-
3 Colorado Springs banks robbed within minutes; FBI, police investigating
Colorado Springs police and the FBI are investigating three bank robberies that occurred in short succession Thursday afternoon, according to a blotter entry by the department. The first robbery was reported in the 1100 block of North Circle Drive around 12:04 p.m. and “within minutes” another was reported in the 500 block of the same…
-
FBI, local law enforcement agencies announce task force to protect children
KOAA FBI Denver, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) have announced the formation of a task force to protect children. The Sheriff’s Office says the new FBI Southern Colorado Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force brings local and federal investigators together to identify victims and hold offenders…
-
Federal judge clarifies ex-GOP treasurer candidate’s burden to prove defamation claims
A federal judge clarified last week that businessman and former Republican statewide candidate Brian Watson will need to surmount a higher hurdle in proving his claim that a party guest’s alleged description of him as a “criminal” amounted to defamation. Watson was the GOP nominee for Colorado treasurer in 2018 and a 2012 candidate for…
-
FBI makes second arrest in Colorado Springs robbery as third suspect remains at large
Two of three people suspected of robbing two teenage girls and an adult male on May 21 in Colorado Springs have been arrested, the department announced on Thursday. Simon Botros, 19, was arrested by the FBI and an Aurora police SWAT team on Wednesday, while Ivan Delgado Jr., 20, was arrested on July 7. Quinndel…
-
Pueblo police, FBI and ATF arrest 4, seize drugs from motel
Federal and local law enforcement arrested four people at a motel in the 400 block of West 29th Street while serving three search warrants on Wednesday morning, according to a news release by Pueblo police. Local officers and agents from the FBI and ATF arrested 47-year-old Derek Smits, 35-year-old Jaylene Sanistevan, 44-year-old Jessica Vigil and…
-
Multiple arrests as FBI disrupts ‘planned attacks’ targeting White House UFC show, director says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials disrupted “planned attacks” meant to target the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend, and multiple people were in custody, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Tuesday. The nature of the potential threat was not immediately disclosed, with additional details expected to be released once charges are…
-
FBI conducts simulated nuclear exercise in Colorado Springs
Soldiers and airmen gathered in Colorado Springs this week for a simulated nuclear detonation event to train for the unlikely chance of a terrorist attack in Colorado and Wyoming. The annual field training exercise has been happening since 2012, according to the FBI, the only federal agency with jurisdiction and capabilities to investigate a nuclear…
-
FBI apprehends Colorado Springs suspect accused of igniting a house to escape arrest
Colorado Springs police and the FBI arrested a suspect after he set the home he was in ablaze while authorities attempted to execute a search warrant at 5 a.m. Wednesday, according to police. Several residents complied with law enforcement to exit the residence in the 2600 block of East Pikes Peak Avenue, but Benjamin Greenfield,…
-
Airman sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping, abusing Colorado Springs child
A Sheppard Air Force Base airman was sentenced to life in federal prison on Friday after traveling to Colorado Springs to kidnap and sexually abuse a child in May, according to a news release by the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas. The conviction of 24-year-old Travis Robert Larson, of Denton, Texas, on…
-
Trump administration formally denies Minnesota access to Alex Pretti evidence
The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis. The announcement comes in the wake of White House border czar Tom Homan announcing the end of Operation Metro Surge and a…