Crime & Safety

Homeless are ‘dumpster diving’ and rural police chief wants trespassing law to stop it

A new measure could be added to Fort Morgan’s criminal code in response to a homeless man who may nearly have been killed as a result of living inside a dumpster on trash pickup day.

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Adams County mourns loss of off-duty Colorado deputy struck and killed by car in Fort Lupton

A veteran Colorado deputy who appears to have been struck by a car when he was off-duty died after the collision. It happened late Tuesday night in Fort Lupton on Highway 52 near Purman Avenue. The victim was Deputy Joshua Tapia who worked for Adams County. He had also worked until recently as a firefighter in Fort Lupton.

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‘High risk noncitizens’ without IDs flying across U.S.

Twenty-three years after Islamic terrorists used airplanes to conduct the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the federal agency created to protect Americans from national security threats “cannot ensure they are keeping high-risk noncitizens without identification from entering the country.” 

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Natural Grocers says theft, safety issues behind closure of Colfax Avenue location in Denver

Natural Grocers will close its downtown Denver store at the corner of Colfax and Washington at the end of the month. The company says the decision was made after careful consideration of its operating challenges, including theft and safety issues.

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