Tag: pueblo police department
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Pueblo man runs vehicle into police, concrete pillars fleeing traffic stop
Pueblo police arrested a man on Saturday evening after he allegedly collided numerous times with a vehicle and building around him in an attempt to flee a traffic stop, according to a news release by the department. Demarco Gallegeos, 31, faces charges involving attempted vehicular assault, resisting arrest, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. After being…
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3-car collision in Pueblo kills 1, injures several others
A three-vehicle crash killed one person and injured “several others” just before 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Eagleridge Boulevard in Pueblo, according to police. A person was trapped when officers arrived, and they were later pronounced dead at the scene. The injured were taken to hospitals for evaluation and treatment, police said.…
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Man sentenced to community corrections for explosive that injured Pueblo officers
A Pueblo County judge sentenced Clay Nimmo, 48, to two years in community corrections on Wednesday after an explosive device he possessed “significantly” injured two officers, according to a news release by the 10th Judicial District. Nimmo pleaded guilty to possessing the device, a class 5 felony, after Pueblo County sheriff’s deputies recovered a metal…
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Suspect fires at Pueblo officers during high-speed chase
Pueblo police arrested a suspect they say fled from and shot at officers while driving a stolen vehicle. Adonis Ortiz-Lopez, 28, faces two counts of attempted first-degree homicide, motor vehicle theft, possession of a weapon by a previous offender, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and felony eluding, police said in a news release. Officers were near…
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Man, 67, ID’d as victim of fatal wrong-way I-25 crash in Pueblo
The victim of a fatal crash on northbound Interstate 25 on Friday evening was identified as John P. Morrone, 67, on Monday by the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office. Morrone was allegedly driving the wrong way around the Colorado 50 bypass before striking an SUV head-on near the 13th Street interstate off-ramp, according to Pueblo police.…
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Woman facing DUI, homicide charges in Pueblo crash
Pueblo police arrested a woman on Thursday after she was charged with vehicular homicide and driving under the influence in a fatal May 23 crash, according to a news release by the department. Taryn King, 33, is accused of causing the crash around 10 p.m. near the intersection of Abriendo Avenue and Quincy Street that…
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RV rolls over, ignites during kidnapping pursuit by Pueblo police
Pueblo police arrested a man Wednesday evening after he fled officers in an RV that later crashed and caught on fire, police said in a news release. Officers responded at about 11 p.m. to a report of menacing and kidnapping at a convenience store in the 1400 block of East Monument Avenue when the RV…
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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…
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Crash on I-25 in Pueblo leaves 1 dead
A motorist died Thursday after crashing into a tractor-trailer that had pulled over because of a mechanical issue on Interstate 25 in Pueblo, according to a news release from the Pueblo Police Department. A 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix entered the interstate southbound from City Center Drive and hit the back of the empty flatbed trailer…
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Pueblo SWAT officers shoot, injure suspect after ‘domestic fight’
Pueblo police shot and wounded a man they say fired at them following a report of a “domestic fight” on Tuesday, according to a news release from the department. Police were dispatched around 3:30 p.m. to the 900 block of Alexander Circle for a report of a fight with weapons, but the suspect left before…