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Brauchler: How best to protect our children in school
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Brauchler: How best to protect our children in school

By George Brauchler | Gazette In a more perfect world, we would not know the name Kendrick Castillo. In a more perfect world, the only son of John and Maria Castillo would be starting a career in robotics after graduating college, driving his jeep all over, attending church with his parents, maybe spending time with someone he met and was sweet on, and generally living the promising life of a man in his early 20s. But our world is less perfect. May 7, 2019 — five years ago almost to the day — in Ms. Harper’s British Lit class just after lunch, two disgruntled students armed with four, fully loaded firearms, entered Classroom 107 of STEM Academy with a plan to murder 28 people. That evil plan failed solely because there were heroes in 107. With the yelled words “nobody f%$#&in...
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Driver was traveling 100 mph in Colorado Springs-area construction zone while intoxicated, state patrol says
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Driver was traveling 100 mph in Colorado Springs-area construction zone while intoxicated, state patrol says

By Lindsey Grewe | CBS 11 Colorado Springs A driver is facing hefty fines and potentially even jail time after driving 55 mph over the speed limit ... While intoxicated ... While in a construction zone. Colorado State Patrol’s Colorado Springs office posted a photo from the scene on social media Tuesday, the number “100″ prominently displayed on the radar sitting on the trooper’s dashboard. READ FULL STORY AT CBS 11 COLORADO SPRINGS
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Three fallen officers added to the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial
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Three fallen officers added to the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial

By Sage Kelley | Denver Gazette Bagpipes playing "Amazing Grace" swept over the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial on Friday, as three officers who fell in the line of duty last year took their place on the memorial. "This democracy was founded on the belief that people would be willing to sacrifice for others," Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said at the memorial — placed directly outside of the Colorado State Patrol Academy in Golden. "There is no more selfless act of service in this state, no more daunting act of heroism, than the decision of a law enforcement officer every morning to stand up and put on a uniform," Johnston said.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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New charges filed against Littleton bus aide, revealing more incidents of alleged abuse to nonverbal students
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New charges filed against Littleton bus aide, revealing more incidents of alleged abuse to nonverbal students

By Olivia Prentzel | The Colorado Sun Prosecutors filed additional charges this week against a former Littleton Public Schools bus aide accused of beating two nonverbal students, revealing more incidents of alleged abuse on their way to and from school. Kiarra Jones, 29, now faces nine counts of third-degree assault, a felony, and two counts of knowingly and reckless child abuse, a misdemeanor, according to court documents filed in the 18th Judicial District Court. Jones is scheduled to appear in court Friday afternoon. The alleged abuse began in January and continued for nearly three months, before a police officer reviewed footage from an on-bus camera showing Jones assaulting two boys on bus rides to and from The Joshua School, a school for kids ages 3 through 21 with developme...
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Former Adams County sheriff pleads guilty to felony forgery, sentenced to probation
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Former Adams County sheriff pleads guilty to felony forgery, sentenced to probation

By Olivia Prentzel | The Colorado Sun A former Adams County sheriff pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges Thursday in Denver District Court in a scheme to falsify records to lie about the number of state-mandated training hours that he completed.  Rick Reigenborn pleaded guilty to felony forgery and two counts of second-degree forgery and first-degree official misconduct, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office said. The former sheriff received a 12-month probation for the charges. If he stays out of trouble during that period, his felony will be wiped from his record.  As part of his plea agreement, Reigenborn will no longer be eligible to serve as a peace officer in Colorado and he must write an apology letter to the employees of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. R...
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Laken Riley murder suspect released over lack of detention space
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Laken Riley murder suspect released over lack of detention space

By Stephen Dinan | The Washington Times Homeland Security released the illegal immigrant accused of killing Laken Riley into the U.S. because it lacked the detention space, according to his confidential immigration file. Sen. Josh Hawley, Missouri Republican, read key parts of the file into the record at a Senate hearing Thursday. Jose Ibarra, the man charged with the Feb. 22 slaying, was released under Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ power of parole, which is supposed to be used in limited cases and only when there is an urgent humanitarian need or a significant benefit to the public. READ THE FULL STORY IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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Colorado locked up middle-aged women for “lunacy,” old jail ledger reveals 
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Colorado locked up middle-aged women for “lunacy,” old jail ledger reveals 

By Jennifer Brown | The Colorado Sun The leather-bound ledger smells of tobacco and dust, each page listing the names of people booked into the Jefferson County Jail more than 100 years ago.  The men in the ledger, identified in old-timey cursive as immigrants, Native Americans and miners, were mostly booked for crimes typical in Golden’s mining heyday — drunkenness, bootlegging, fighting and murder.  The most common charge for women, however, was lunacy. Of the 280 charges against women listed in the book, 74 are for “lunacy” or “insanity.” And of those women, at least 31 were sent from jail via train to what was then called the Insane Asylum at Pueblo. That’s 26% of all charges against women. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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Man given maximum sentence for killing of K-9 Graffit, other crimes
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Man given maximum sentence for killing of K-9 Graffit, other crimes

By First Judicial District Eduardo Armando Romero was given the maximum sentence of 12 years in prison for killing Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) K-9 Graffit and other related crimes from the February 2023 incident. Romero pleaded guilty earlier this year and, as a result, faced 8-12 years in prison. Romero received a total of 12 years to be served consecutively to the sentence Romero is already serving for similar crimes he committed in Denver. At today’s sentencing, the resounding message was that K9 Graffit, who was the most experienced and trained dog on JCSO’s team, was not just a dog. Deputies from JCSO spoke and submitted letters describing the profound impact that Graffit’s death has had on them, detailing what he meant to each of them and to the JCSO family. ...
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Fraud
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Fraud

By Michael Washburn | The Epoch Times NEW YORK—A federal judge on March 28 sentenced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for defrauding investors of $8 billion in the fallen cryptocurrency exchange. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence at a Manhattan court hearing after rejecting Mr. Bankman-Fried’s claim that FTX customers did not actually lose money and accusing him of lying during his trial testimony. In November, jurors convicted Mr. Bankman-Fried of all seven counts of conspiracy and fraud with which government lawyers charged him. “He knew it was wrong,” Judge Kaplan said of Mr. Bankman-Fried before handing down the sentence. “He knew it was criminal. He regrets that he made a very bad bet about the likelihood of getting caught. But he is...
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Weld County pulls deputies from community in Northern Colorado to combat jail staffing shortage
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Weld County pulls deputies from community in Northern Colorado to combat jail staffing shortage

By Dillon Thomas | CBS Colorado The Weld County Sheriff's Office is pulling back some services to the community while the agency tries to combat a worker shortage within the county jail. Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams announced the agency has pulled some deputies and employees from the community to make sure the jail is properly staffed. The changes are temporary until more employees can be hired and trained. "We are having a terrible time finding people to work at the sheriff's office," said Weld County Sheriff's Office Cpt. Matt Turner. Turner said the decision to pull resources, including the animal control division, from the community was a difficult decision. However, he said the sheriff was placed in a tough position due to lack of funding. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COL...
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