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Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Feb. 22, 2023. (Castle Rock, Colo.) The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office is pursuing four additional felony charges against a Castle Rock man accused of killing his mother and setting the house on fire to cover up the crime.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Feb. 16, 2023. (Castle Pines, Colo.) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office seeks information leading to the arrest of two individuals who allegedly stole items from an apartment complex’s community room.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Feb. 13, 2023. (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) The Kansas State Patrol arrested a man accused of stabbing his wife and stealing her car at a Target parking lot on East County Line Road in Highlands Ranch.

(Douglas County, Colo.) After a handful of Denver-area libraries issued methamphetamine abatement warnings in January, ranging from Boulder to Englewood, health departments, government and law enforcement started receiving questions.

(Douglas County, Colo.) A former Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty to a single felony charge after being accused of sexual misconduct and attempting to bring contraband items into the detention facility where she worked.

(Lone Tree, Colo.) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office seeks criminals who allegedly broke into at least 20 vehicles at two Lone Tree apartment complexes on Jan. 30. According to the Sheriff’s Office it appears the team targeted Honda and Hyundai vehicles, entering the vehicles mainly by punching in door locks. The two apartment complexes are located along Park Meadows Drive in unincorporated Douglas County.

(Castle Rock, Colo.) A Castle Rock man faces felony charges after a Douglas County woman found a man in her home holding a tree branch. According to the arrest affidavit, Gregory Scott Allen, 57, is charged with first-degree burglary, trespassing in an inhabited building, and felony menacing for the incident, reported at approximately 6:50 a.m. on Jan. 18.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Jan. 30, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) Colorado officials, including members of Douglas County law enforcement, offered their thoughts on the body camera footage released by the Memphis Police Department about the beating death of Tyre Nichols by police officers.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Jan. 31, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly fully endorsed proposed Colorado legislation that would impose more aggressive penalties on auto thieves.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Jan. 27, 2023. (Sterling Ranch, Colo.) The Douglas County Coroner’s Office identified a woman’s body found inside a Sterling Ranch home by authorities on Jan. 23 as Jill Corbin, 50.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Jan. 27, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointed Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly to the Colorado Human Trafficking Council.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Jan. 24, 2023. (Sterling Ranch, Colo.) Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered a woman’s body inside a Sterling Ranch home after receiving a report of a possible death.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Jan. 20, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) Law enforcement agencies in the Denver metro area, including the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, are seeking help identifying the occupants of a blue Jeep Grand Cherokee associated with several violent crimes and thefts.

(Highlands Ranch, Colo.) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office welcomes guests to attend an open house and learn about working in law enforcement. The Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Academy Open House is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Jan. 21 at 6001 Ron King Trail in Littleton.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Jan. 17, 2023. (Lone Tree, Colo.) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office issued a shelter-in-place for a residential area due to a shot fired while officers served an eviction notice.

Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Jan. 13, 2023. (Douglas County, Colo.) The Colorado Department of Transportation announced the first 2023 impaired driving high-visibility enforcement period is Jan. 12-25. The agency is partnering with 69 law enforcement agencies across Colorado to increase patrol numbers and crackdown on impaired drivers.

A still photo from body camera footage captured June 11 shows Glass in his vehicle and officers surrounding him.Photo byClear Creek County Sheriff's Office. (Clear Creek County, Colo.) An internal affairs investigation conducted by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office into the June shooting death of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old Boulder County resident, found at least one Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office deputy acted against protocol.

Sheriff Tony Spurlock speaks during a press conference, with sheriff-elect Darren Weekly close by.Photo byHeather Willard. Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / Dec. 20, 2022. (Douglas County, Colo.) Douglas County’s 34th sheriff will take office next month, marking the end of Sheriff Tony Spurlock’s almost 43-year law enforcement career and eight-year stint as sheriff.

Heather Willard / News Break Denver / Dec. 16, 2022. (Franktown, Colo.) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office published security photos of alleged diesel thieves from an incident overnight Dec. 8-9 in Franktown. Deputies hope someone can ID the vehicles or individuals involved.

(Douglas County, Colo.) So far, in 2022, drivers over 65 have caused over a third of fatal crashes on Colorado’s roads, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation Fatal Analysis Crash System.