Parker Police seek owner, dog in Bradbury Ranch biting incident
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 29, 2023. (Parker, Colo.) The Parker Police Department is seeking information about a dog bite incident that occurred in the Bradbury Ranch neighborhood on Tuesday, March 29.
Read full storySecure your sensitive info: Parker Police partner to host spring Shred-A-Thon
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 29, 2023. (Parker, Colo.) The Parker Police Department, Core Electric and the Parker Senior Center are partnering together to host a document shredding event at the Parker United Methodist Church on April 15 from 9-11 a.m. — or until the truck is filled.
Read full storyColorado is facing a critical blood shortage — here’s how you can help
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 28, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) Blood donations sharply decline in winter, but medical needs don’t simply stop with the changing of seasons.
Read full storyRTD announces months-long service disruptions on E, H and R lines
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 28, 2023. (Lone Tree, Colo.) The Regional Transportation District will begin rail maintenance projects for the E, H, and R lines that will impact service to Douglas and Arapahoe counties starting on April 2.
Read full storyEx-employee speaks out about Parker photographer indicted for theft
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 27, 2023. (Parker, Colo.) When Parker photographer Suzanne Nevill was charged with five counts of felony theft on March 13, many ex-clients and employees said they were unsurprised or excited to see her face consequences for what they called “long-standing” issues.
Read full storyAppeals judges disagree on upholding 32-year sentence for carjacking spree
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 24, 2022. (Aurora, Colo.) An Aurora man who was sentenced in 2018 to 32 years in prison for an armed carjacking spree across four counties will remain behind bars after two Colorado Appeals Court Judges affirmed the jury trial’s judgment and district court judge’s sentence.
Read full storyEnding child deaths in car crashes: CDOT training course aims to reduce misused car seats
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 23, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) CDOT hosted a four-day course to increase the number of child passenger safety technicians, seeking to reduce the 66% of improperly installed car seats and prevent children from dying.
Read full storySouth Metro Fire Rescue replaces decades-old aircraft firefighting vehicles
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 23, 2023. (Centennial, Colo.) The South Metro Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Team is conducting final inspections of two specialized emergency vehicles.
Read full storyParker photographer charged with felony theft after years of allegations
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 22, 2023. (Parker, Colo.) The Parker Police Department investigation into a local photographer has resulted in five felony theft charges, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
Read full storyJury convicts Lakewood felon of bank robbery, weapons violations
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 22, 2023. (Lakewood, Colo.) A federal jury found a 25-year-old Lakewood man guilty of bank robbery, possessing a firearm as a felon, and brandishing that firearm during the bank robbery.
Read full storyDeadly drug threat: DEA issues public safety alert for fentanyl mixed with xylazine
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 21, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the American public of a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine.
Read full storyAurora dentist arrested for wife’s suspicious death
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 20, 2023. (Aurora, Colo.) An Aurora dentist was arrested Sunday for murder after his wife was hospitalized for poisoning and died. James Toliver Craig, 45, was arrested early Sunday morning by the Aurora Police Department’s Major Crimes Homicide unit on a charge of first-degree murder. He is being held with no bond.
Read full storySecond appeal fails for man convicted of assaulting police, wife
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 17, 2023. (Arapahoe County, Colo.) An Aurora man will remain behind bars for a violent assault on his wife after the Colorado Court of Appeals denied his second appeal on March 16.
Read full storyJury convicts man of shooting at private security officer patrolling Aurora neighborhood
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 17, 2023. (Aurora, Colo.) An Arapahoe County jury convicted Antoin Griego, 25, of shooting a gun at a security officer patrolling a neighborhood and shattering the officer’s back window on Jan. 30, 2021.
Read full storyHighlands Ranch residents arrested after booby trap causes injury
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 16, 2023. (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Highlands Ranch residents after an apparent tripwire trap outside their front door injured an individual.
Read full storyGreenwood Village psychiatrist pleads guilty to pill mill-related charges, forfeits over $826k
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 16, 2023. (Greenwood Village, Colo.) A 69-year-old ex-psychiatrist pleaded guilty on March 8 to distributing controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice with no legitimate medical purpose, as well as structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements and using the funds for financial transactions over $10,000.
Read full storyDouglas County hate crimes reported in FBI database
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 15, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program released the 2021 hate crime statistics supplement about bias-motivated incidents nationwide, including specific agency data.
Read full storyCastle Pines man pleads guilty to fraud, money laundering as Social Security employee
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 14, 2023. (Castle Pines, Colo.) A 36-year-old Castle Pines man pleaded guilty on March 8 to wire fraud, social security fraud, and money laundering through his position as a claims specialist with the Social Security Administration.
Read full storyQuadruple homicide suspect extradited to Colorado
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 13, 2023. (Aurora, Colo.) The 21-year-old suspect in an October 2022 quadruple homicide in Aurora was extradited from Mexico back to Colorado on March 12.
Read full storyAppeals court finds trial errors were ‘harmless,’ remands case for resentencing
Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / March 13, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) An Arapahoe County woman will be resentenced on two counts of identity theft after she appealed a 2020 Douglas County jury trial conviction.
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