Murder of pregnant woman blamed on man already jailed for crime spree
Detectives from the Brighton Police Department believe a pregnant woman found dead inside a car on Friday was killed by man arrested the day before following a police pursuit.
Man sentenced in Colorado for political beatings, tortures in Africa 19 years ago
A man who came to Denver in 2016 was sentenced to more than 67 years for beatings and politically motivated tortures a decade earlier in Gambia; the first such conviction of a non-U.S. citizen, the Justice Department stated.
Limits placed on truck traffic over historic Colorado bridge
The Colorado Department of Transportation announced Monday that load restrictions will be placed on a mountain highway bridge that is a registered National Historic Landmark.
Target range opened, thousands of acres of Colorado forest closed to sport shooting
Federal, state and local backcountry management agencies in seven Colorado counties have started to close off 94,900 acres of Colorado forest to recreation sport shooting. Instead, they are funneling shooters toward a new facility built specifically for them.
Denver man sentenced to 6 years for stealing nearly $1M from friends
A Denver man who misrepresented himself as a legitimate investment broker was recently sentenced on securities fraud and theft and ordered to repay $966,045 he obtained from a half dozen friends and acquaintances.
Dangerous conditions for trout cause Colorado officials to close 2 rivers to fishing
Officials from Colorado Parks and Wildlife decided this week to restrict fishing on two waterways while simultaneously giving anglers permission to remove all the fish they can from a reservoir. Low water levels are responsible in both cases.
Police: Colorado man resisted eviction by boarding windows, setting animal traps
A man who allegedly barricaded himself for 13 hours inside a northwest Fort Collins home now faces additional charges after investigators found several spring-loaded, steel-jawed bear traps they believe were placed to injure law officers.
Man cleared in 2 murder investigations jailed for alleged road rage killing
Daniel Nations, a 39-year-old Colorado Springs resident who previously was questioned in the deaths of three people but never charged, was recently arrested after police say he ran over another driver during a road rage encounter.
Man allegedly breaks into Colorado corporate offices, causes "major damage"
Authorities in the southern Denver metro area are looking for a man they suspect broke into the corporate offices of the Safeway Albertsons grocery chain Saturday morning and caused water to flood parts of the building.
Man arrested after allegedly threatening Colorado campers with ax
A 36-year-old man was arrested last month on several charges after campers in southwestern Colorado say they discovered him rummaging through their belongings and were then threatened with an ax.
Woman accused of scamming millions of dollars through fake online identity
A Castle Rock woman who allegedly collected $3.4 million from people she contacted online through her fake identity attempted to hide her earnings in overseas accounts and cryptocurrency after being warned about her illegal activity, according to authorities.
Historic Colorado flume collapses, causes landslide
Crews have begun clean-up operations in southwestern Colorado where a 102-year-old wooden flume broke open last month, causing a landslide and forest closure.
Colorado man sent to prison for ending fistfight with fatal gunshots
A Castle Rock resident who culminated a fistfight over accusations of romantic impropriety by shooting two men, killing one of them, was sentenced Friday to 60 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Colorado's newest firefighting helicopter out of service for several weeks during wildfire season
In a case of bad timing, a helicopter purchased by the state for the specific purpose of fighting wildfires has been taken out of service in the middle of the summer fire season.
Colorado felons caught after trying to elude police through car wash
Four people failed to make a clean getaway last week despite driving through a car wash while being pursued by police.