Tag: felony menacing
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Federal judge dismisses excessive force lawsuit against Colorado Springs, officer
A federal judge concluded last week that a Colorado Springs police officer could not be held liable for shooting a suspect three times after the man menaced two victims with a gun and fled the scene. Al’morion Germany was involved in an altercation inside Nova nightclub around midnight in June 2024 that spilled onto the…
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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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Divided appeals court reverses conviction after judge declined to define ‘bludgeon’
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a Jefferson County defendant’s felony menacing conviction on Thursday, concluding that the trial judge’s failure to define “bludgeon” for jurors may have affected the outcome. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel divided in unusual ways in the case of Michael Casey Simms. Two judges believed the definition of “reasonable doubt” that…
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Appeals court reverses conviction after judge blocked questioning about witness’s criminal charges
An Arapahoe County judge violated a defendant’s constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him by blocking the defense from asking a witness about her own pending criminal charges in the same jurisdiction, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. Prosecutors charged Jose Garcia Valdivia with multiple counts of assault and felony menacing. Garcia allegedly got…
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Police arrest 2 after allegedly firing gun into Colorado Springs parking lot
Colorado Springs police on Sunday arrested two men suspected of firing a gun into a crowded parking lot, law enforcement officials said. Zaquan Johnson, 21, and Matthew Burgos, 19, face several felony and misdemeanor charges, including menacing, illegal discharge of a weapon and eluding police. At around midnight on Sunday, police received calls about a…