Witnesses: "What up Blood" greeting at Lakewood party prompted teen's killing
The last two of five defendants were sentenced on Wednesday for the murder of a 14-year-old boy, which started over a greeting between strangers at a house party.
Aurora sushi restaurant penalized for violating child labor laws
An Aurora restaurant paid a fine after an investigation found a teen employee was allowed to load a trash compactor — a federally prohibited hazardous task for a minor — and some employees worked longer than federal law allows.
Colorado man imprisoned for threatening police: "I Am Going To Kill You"
A former Colorado resident was recently sentenced to prison for threatening law enforcement personnel, including those who were investigating his girlfriend's death.
Boy charged with starting Colorado brush fire that threatened buildings, caused evacuations
A brush fire Friday in the Town of Elizabeth that prompted the evacuation of several homes was alleged ignited by a boy who has now been criminally charged with causing it.
Former Colorado fire captain sent to prison for sexual assaults
A former captain at a small Colorado fire department was sentenced Friday to a minimum of 55 years in prison for sexually assaulting five females, some of them fire department employees who were molested or raped while on duty at the department's only fire station.
Colorado woman who followed ICE agent home, livestreamed confrontation, convicted of stalking
Ashleigh Brown, a 38-year-old Aurora resident, was one of two women convicted Friday by a federal jury of following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent from his office to his home in California last year.
Former martial arts fighter gets 3 life sentences for shooting neighbors
A Westcliffe man convicted of shooting four of his neighbors in 2023 while a surveyor attempted to measure their property lines was sentenced last week to three life sentences.
Largest dam at Colorado's largest body of water undergoes overhaul
Federal workers have taken the first steps in a $32 million maintenance of the Blue Mesa Dam, the largest of three dams that were built in the 1960s to create Colorado's biggest reservoir.
50+ commemorate Colorado unit's critical WWII mission with nighttime trek
More than 50 people, many hauling heavy packs, pointed their skis uphill and trudged a mile in a gently falling snow Wednesday night in honor of a Colorado-trained military unit that scored an improbable but significant victory in World War II.
Prosecutors: Colorado medical transportation businesses invoiced Medicaid for family trips, dead person
Two Colorado business owners have been separately charged for fraudulently billing the federal government's Medicaid program.
Boyfriend, dealers imprisoned after 16-year-old Colorado girl dies from fentanyl overdose
Three Colorado residents are currently serving prison sentences following a 16-year-old girl's drug overdose.
Judge: Colorado woman's neglect at hands of her son, his girlfriend, "so horrible, so tortuous"
A Lakewood man and his girlfriend were recently sentenced for the death of the man's mother. They were the disabled woman's caregivers for seven years due to her deteriorating health.
DIA replacing last of original train cars
Denver International Airport recently received more than two dozen new passenger train cars which have already begun to replace the existing vehicles that have carried passengers since the airport opened 31 years ago.
Texas man caught trying to re-sell military-grade sniper rifles purchased in Colorado
A Texas man was sent to prison Friday for selling weapons without a dealers license. He had the help of four men in the Denver metro area who legally purchased the sniper rifles in Colorado and gave them to the Texan.
Colorado man's federal drug sentence comes months before expected state approval of ibogaine use
A Broomfield man was imprisoned late last year after a weightlifter died in his basement. The death was the result of a treatment using ibogaine, a psychedelic drug that is illegal to bring into the country.