Colorado bridal shop owner ordered to prison for non-payment of $1.3 million in taxes
The 67-year-old owner of a Cherry Creek bridal shop was ordered last week to spend a year in federal prison for neglecting to pay employment taxes for 10 years.
Court documents say Colorado prison supervisor accused of being bribed by inmate
A 40-year-old Cañon City resident and U.S. Bureau of Prisons employee was recently indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on accusations that he accepted bribes to sneak cigarettes, vape pens and alcohol into a southern Colorado federal penitentiary.
"Leaving Colorful Colorado" sign destroyed in crash
A sprinter van pulling a cargo trailer veered off westbound Interstate 70 Saturday evening. No one was injured in the accident - unless you count a historic road sign as a casualty.
California man arrested for impersonating bank official, coercing money from Colorado victim
A 25-year-old California man is charged with three felonies after intercepting a package in Colorado containing $11,000 in cash he allegedly obtained via a computer scam.
Same-sex peers were reportedly made to kiss during class assignment, teacher fired
Denver Public Schools board members voted unanimously May 20 to dismiss a 50-year-old foreign language teacher following a district investigation and an independent review into student complaints about a class assignment.
Climbers on Colorado cliff require midnight rescue
Search and rescue personnel were needed Saturday night to help two young women off a cliff-side climbing route above Telluride.
New charges for Colorado woman who allegedly violated protection orders from jail
Investigators in Weld County filed new charges last week against a woman who reportedly made 136 phone calls to the victims of her previous crimes from the jail's phones.
Injured man lifted out of construction site trench after nearly a day trapped in it
An unidentified man was rescued Saturday night from a trench at a Wheat Ridge construction site after a passerby heard his cries for help.
2 Colorado inmates dead, 1 injured; all state prison visitations suspended
The Colorado Department of Corrections suspended visitations at all facilities statewide Sunday after two inmates were killed and another injured in an incident late Saturday in southern Colorado.
Wyoming man imprisoned for sexually assaulting girl at Colorado water park
A 19-year-old Cheyenne man was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for sexually assaulting a young girl at a Littleton water park last summer.
Colorado police dog smelled "absolutely criminal" after failed attempt to apprehend skunk
A Longmont police K9 was recently cited for malodorous conduct following a late night encounter with a backyard skunk.
Two Colorado smoke shops shut down for selling restricted products to minors
A smoke shop in Denver and another in Fort Collins were both ordered to cease operations this month by city and state regulators.
100-year prison sentence for undocumented immigrant who fled toward U.S.-Mexico border after Colorado verdict
A 42-year-old man who cut off his ankle monitor and left Colorado hours before he was scheduled to be sentenced for sexual assault received last week the prison term he had tried to avoid.
Fire destroys log cabin in Colorado mountains
A log cabin known to locals in the Aspen community as Grant's Cabin burned to the ground Saturday after catching fire.
Former Colorado public defender sentenced in child sexual assault case
A Colorado Springs man who used to represent attorney-less defendants in court recently became a defendant himself, and lost his case. Thomas Cushing was convicted in March of sexually assaulting a child. Thursday, a judge ordered him to serve 10 years in state prison and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.