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Colorado Activist Group Blocks ICE From Arresting Accused Child Rapist
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Colorado Activist Group Blocks ICE From Arresting Accused Child Rapist

By Nicole C. Brambila | The Denver Gazette Federal immigration agents on Friday attempting to arrest a Salvadoran fugitive accused of child rape in Italy were thwarted when an anti-ICE group allegedly alerted him of the raid, allowing him to evade capture, federal authorities. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Saturday accused members of the Colorado Rapid Response Network on social media of interfering in the attempted arrest of Jose Reyes Leon-Deras. “Groups like this interfere with ICE’s ability to keep communities safe,” ICE said in an X post Saturday. “Thanks to Colorado Rapid Response members, a fugitive child rapist evaded our arrest. “We target specific aliens for GOOD reasons! Do YOU want a child rapist in your neighborhood?!” It’s unclear...
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Who’s controlling the signs? Denver traffic boards hacked with anti-ICE F-bomb
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Who’s controlling the signs? Denver traffic boards hacked with anti-ICE F-bomb

By Bennito L. Kelty | Westword "I know Denver is holding firm, but this was another f-word altogether." Denver drivers noticed a surprising message yesterday on electronic message boards near Broadway and Interstate 25: "Bring the Heat F*** ICE." The Denver Department of Transportation (DOTI) first noticed "the non-project related message" at 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, according to DOTI spokesperson Nancy Kuhn. The day the message went up, Denver's weather had started cooling down after a hot spell, setting up the clever jab at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency responsible for arrests and deportations. The message boards belong to a contractor working with DOTI to install safer ramps between Broadway and Interstate 25, Kuhn says, ...
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To Protect and Serve—Denver Cop Delivers Baby Outside Hospital
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To Protect and Serve—Denver Cop Delivers Baby Outside Hospital

By: Heather Willard | KDVR Fox31 DENVER (KDVR) — A baby was brought into the world outside of the Denver Health Emergency Department thanks to the help of a Denver police officer. The birth occurred just before midnight on May 15. The Denver Police Department had three officers at the Denver Health Emergency Department, where they were responding to a call for service at the hospital. While there, they were approached by a vehicle. Inside the car was a passenger actively giving birth. The officers tried to direct the driver to go up to the emergency room entrance, but a language barrier prevented the message from being understood. DPD said that’s when the officers noticed the baby’s leg had already emerged. One officer rushed inside to inform medical staff and get help, whil...
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‘The last straw’: Residents sound alarm after Father’s Day murder rattles Denver’s Ballpark District
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‘The last straw’: Residents sound alarm after Father’s Day murder rattles Denver’s Ballpark District

By Bennito L. Kelty | Westword Businesses and residents in Denver's Ballpark District around Coors Field worry that crime is worsening in their neighborhood. Business owners and residents in downtown Denver's Ballpark District want police and city officials to make their area safer after a shooting in the area on Father's Day left a 23-year-old man dead and witnesses traumatized. "Crime in this neighborhood is horrible," said Justin Lloyd, the owner of Star Bar at 2137 Larimer Street, during a community meeting on Wednesday, June 18. "In certain areas of town at certain points throughout the day, just put police back on the streets, and whether that's on foot, on a motorcycle, or on a bicycle or on a horse, or whatever, I think it would make a big difference."About thirt...
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Boll: Ideological divides remain in Douglas County—but Home Rule offers a path forward
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Boll: Ideological divides remain in Douglas County—but Home Rule offers a path forward

By Laureen Boll | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice As a 30-year resident of Douglas County, I’ve witnessed our community’s strength, resilience, and commitment to individual liberty. Yet, I was stunned in 2020 and 2021 when some community members surrendered their parental rights to government bureaucrats during the COVID-19 response, advocating for government-backed mandates on virtual learning, masking, and vaccinations.  Five years later, we face a similar battle with the proposed Home Rule ballot initiative. This is our chance to reclaim local control, and voters must consider the source of opposition to understand what’s at stake. The Promise of Home Rule Home Rule would empower Douglas County to design a government that reflects our values, not Denver’s one-siz...
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Rep. Suckla: The Dolores NCA and GORP aren’t collaborative acts—they’re a legislative ambush
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Rep. Suckla: The Dolores NCA and GORP aren’t collaborative acts—they’re a legislative ambush

By Larry Don Suckla | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice I’ve spent most of my life in the saddle. I was born and raised in Southwest Colorado. I’ve worked the land, ranched cattle, and served my neighbors as both a County Commissioner and now your elected representative in the Colorado State House. My family owns one of the largest ranches in the region, tens of thousands of acres built by my grandfather and worked by my father before me. Today, I still help run that ranch with my own children. It sits squarely inside the proposed boundaries of the Dolores River National Conservation Area. And nobody from the federal government or Senator Hickenlooper or Senator Bennet’s office ever asked us a single thing about it. Not one phone call. Not one visit. Not even a letter. The...
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Luxury Apartments ‘Secure Garage’ Can’t Escape Denver’s Soft-on-Crime Fallout
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Luxury Apartments ‘Secure Garage’ Can’t Escape Denver’s Soft-on-Crime Fallout

By: Hanna Powers | Fox31 DENVER (KDVR) — Several residents at a luxury Cherry Creek apartment building are voicing serious concerns about security after they say more than 20 vehicles have been broken into inside a gated garage in recent weeks. The break-ins happened at Griffis Cherry Creek North, where tenants say the building’s fob-access garage has been repeatedly targeted — and that management has failed to address the issue or notify residents. “This is the whole reason I moved here,” one tenant told FOX31, who asked to remain anonymous. “I used to live very much in the heart of downtown Denver; I didn’t feel very safe there. So I was like, ‘Let’s go somewhere safe’ — and it turns out, it’s not safe.” Mauricio Dubon, who lives in the building, said he discovered his car wi...
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LA Spends $20M Responding to Protests–LAPD Overworked, Understaffed
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Local, Washington Examiner

LA Spends $20M Responding to Protests–LAPD Overworked, Understaffed

By Kenneth Schrupp | Washington Examiner (The Center Square) – Los Angeles’ $19.7 million response to the June protests and riots was almost entirely spent on police, highlighting the growing cost of police overtime amid an enduring officer shortage. According to a new report from government transparency group Open The Books, the city of Los Angeles spent $1.1 billion on overtime in 2024, or more than the city’s nearly billion-dollar budget deficit. Of that $1.1 billion in overtime, $265.5 million went to the Los Angeles Police Department, which has just 8,688 officers, or nearly a thousand officers short of its full authorized strength of 9,500. “A revenue pinch amid Covid lockdowns led to a spate of early retirements that have exacerbated the need for extra-hours pay,” wrote OTB...
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Denver workers brace for major layoffs amid $250M budget deficit
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DENVER7, Local

Denver workers brace for major layoffs amid $250M budget deficit

By Brandon Richard | Denver7 DENVER — Denver city leaders are preparing to make "substantial" layoffs in order to deal with a massive budget deficit. In May, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced the city was projecting a $50 million budget deficit this year and a $200 million budget deficit next year. Johnston said his administration must consider layoffs to help the city balance next year’s budget. “We will have to look at layoffs,” Johnston said. “We do not envision a scenario where it's possible to right-size this budget without that impact on personnel.” On Wednesday, city leaders were more definitive about layoffs. “They are absolutely happening and they're going to be substantial,” said Karla Pierce, a city employment attorney. The city has not officially ...
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