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Aurora police seek charges for suspects in Colorado apartment torture case
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Aurora police seek charges for suspects in Colorado apartment torture case

By Tori Mason | CBS Colorado The Aurora Police Department is seeking charges against 11 suspects in its investigation into a violent kidnapping and assault earlier this week at an apartment complex in Aurora.  Two victims were confronted by approximately a dozen armed suspects and taken to a vacant apartment against their will where they were bound, threatened, and tortured. Chief Todd Chamberlain emphasized the critical role the victims played in bringing this case to light. "The courage of our victims to come forward really changed the dynamics of how this incident unfolded," Chamberlain said. "Had it not been for the courage of them to come forward, we never would have known about this, and what else we wouldn't have known is what's unfolding as this investigation conti...
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Family says cops have been called on them 20 times for having ‘too bright’ of Christmas lights
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Family says cops have been called on them 20 times for having ‘too bright’ of Christmas lights

By Rhea Jha | CBS 11 News A family in Colorado is stumped as to why neighbors have called police on them 20 times for having “too bright” of Christmas lights. Erica and Joshua Montgomery, who live in Castle Rock near Denver, said they keep receiving complaints that their Christmas lights are too bright. They said they feel like they are being harassed because there are houses on their street with far more decorated displays. “There are other neighbors with more Christmas lights just on the same block … it blew my mind that it was us that they were targeting,” Joshua Montgomery said. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS 11 NEWS
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Historians say a Denver electrician helped spark a Christmas tradition years before it swept the U.S.
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Historians say a Denver electrician helped spark a Christmas tradition years before it swept the U.S.

By Por Jaijongkit | The Colorado Sun The tradition of hanging colored lights outside homes for Christmas originated in Denver in 1914 when a local electrician found a creative way to bring holiday cheer to his bedridden son. David Dwight Sturgeon dipped lights in red and green paint, strung them on an electric wire, and hung them around a pine tree for his ailing son to admire from his bedroom window. Soon neighbors began making their own outdoor light displays, and Denver Post coverage helped spread the practice through the city. While Sturgeon wasn’t the first person to display outdoor Christmas lights, the tradition he inspired in Denver is the first known instance of outdoor home Christmas lights becoming widespread in any city, according to History Colorado researchers.  R...
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Bass Pro to build a 130,000-square-foot store in Loveland
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Bass Pro to build a 130,000-square-foot store in Loveland

By Alexander Kirk | Denver Gazette, via 9News Bass Pro Shops is planning its sixth location in Colorado. The outdoor retail company is constructing a 130,000-square-foot Outdoor World store in Loveland. The store is located in the "Brands at the Ranch" mixed-use development, off Interstate 25 and Crossroads Boulevard, near the Larimer County Fairgrounds and Blue Arena. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Tina Peters is now a Larimer Co. inmate. Here’s detail on why Mesa Co. chose to transfer Peters
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Tina Peters is now a Larimer Co. inmate. Here’s detail on why Mesa Co. chose to transfer Peters

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Fears expressed by Tina Peters to Mesa County Sheriff's Office deputies during her stay in the county's jail led to the decision this week to relocate the former Mesa County clerk, the Rocky Mountain Voice has learned. In an overabundance of caution and to help ensure her feeling of safety, Peters has been transferred to the Larimer County jail. Sgt. Justin Montover, of the Mesa County Sheriff’s Professional Standards and Internal Affairs Unit, clarified key details regarding Peters’ incarceration and the measures taken to address her concerns.  “On several occasions, Tina was asked if she felt safe and to provide specifics about any issues," he said. "She expressed fears, but did not provide clear details about d...
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Baby Jesus returned to nativity scene after Northern Colorado police search for thief
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Baby Jesus returned to nativity scene after Northern Colorado police search for thief

By Dillon Thomas | CBS Colorado Three days after its disappearance, a statue of baby Jesus was returned to the City of Fort Collins after it was stolen from the Old Town nativity scene. The baby Jesus figurine was dropped off at a safe haven location, Poudre Fire Authority station number one. The Jesus figurine was first reported stolen earlier in the week. Fort Collins Police released a photo of the alleged thief as they ran off with the model of the infant Messiah.  READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Denver fails to meet emergency response time goals, audit says
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Denver fails to meet emergency response time goals, audit says

By Deborah Grigsby | Denver Gazette A city audit concluded that Denver's emergency first responders are failing to meet their own response time goals — a situation that managers partly blamed on new laws that resulted in having less control over how often staffers could take a leave of absence. Emergency managers also said that, as a result, the city needs to hire more 911 operators.       Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien said he sought to evaluate several key aspects of the city’s 911 emergency response system, including alignment with industry standards, adequate staffing levels, oversight and monitoring, the reliability of data used for decision-making, and compliance with contractual obligations. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER GAZETTE
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Court of Appeals vacates contempt conviction against Tina Peters in iPad recording case
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Court of Appeals vacates contempt conviction against Tina Peters in iPad recording case

By Lindy Browning | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice In a court order filed Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, the Court of Appeals ruled that the case against Tina Peters concerning a contempt of court conviction over an iPad recording in Mesa County be vacated. Her attorney John Case said in a written statement, “The Colorado Court of Appeals reversed Tina’s conviction for contempt and vacated the judgment, meaning that the contempt case is over and there will be no retrial. She had been found innocent of recording a judicial proceeding and innocent of lying to Judge Barrett.  The basis of the ruling was that [District Attorney] Dan Rubinstein failed to present sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction.” In response to Case's statement, Rubinstein wrote, “... there is no s...
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Mayor claims Denver has ended street homelessness among veterans
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Mayor claims Denver has ended street homelessness among veterans

By Noah Festenstein | Denver Gazette Brian Asbeck, a Navy veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2003 to 2007, found himself living on the streets of Denver a little over a decade later. Asbeck said he moved to Denver three years ago, “hoping for a fresh start.”  “But (I) quickly found myself living out of my vehicle after a hardship,” he said. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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DA-elect in Colorado’s new judicial district says criminals should expect jail time
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DA-elect in Colorado’s new judicial district says criminals should expect jail time

By Kim Posey | Fox 31 News Colorado’s newest judicial district will take form in January. The 23rd Judicial District will serve Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties which are separating from Arapahoe County and the 18th Judicial District. “In this judicial district we have a different approach,” said DA-Elect George Brauchler. He is the former DA for the 18th Judicial District and prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter.  Standing with law enforcement and government supporters behind him, Brauchler said he intends to keep the community safe and he has a message for criminals coming into the new 23rd district. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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