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Lone Tree police investigating increase in crash-and-grab home burglaries
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Lone Tree police investigating increase in crash-and-grab home burglaries

By Rachel Saurer | Fox 31 News Over the past several weeks, the Lone Tree Police Department has seen an increase in home burglaries. In each case, suspects have gained access to the houses by breaking large windows or sliding glass doors on the rear of the house before leaving with cash, high-dollar purses, jewelry and other items. The houses generally back up to commercial property, open space, or a golf course, and as of yet, no one has been home at the time, which police said is the one positive. “That’s the bigger fear of the whole thing right, if that ever happened you know what’s the outcome of that going to be?” Lone Tree Police Chief Kirk Wilson said. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Altoona, Penn., police detain suspect in CEO killing; has similar, rare gun and fake ID
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Altoona, Penn., police detain suspect in CEO killing; has similar, rare gun and fake ID

By Newsmax Pennsylvania police have detained a man they view as a "person of interest" and that they suspect is the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. An NYPD police source confirmed to Newsmax that Altoona, Penn., police on Monday took in for questioning a man located at a McDonald's after a local citizen notified police. The man was found sitting in the restaurant. He was found to have a gun similar to the type believed to be used in the murder of Thompson. READ THE FULL STORY AT NEWSMAX
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Colorado man receives 24-year sentence for crash that killed mother, son
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Colorado man receives 24-year sentence for crash that killed mother, son

By Logan Smith | CBS Colorado Local News Colorado man receives 24-year sentence for crash that killed mother, son By Logan Smith | CBS Colorado A Broomfield man with five prior DUI arrests received a prison sentence Friday for his sixth offense, a crash last December which killed a mother and her teenage son.  A judge ordered Jose Menjivar, 38, to two dozen years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. Menjivar now heads to courtrooms in Denver and Boulder where he violated terms of his probation in two previous DUI cases.  On December 12, 2023, Menjivar's Toyota Tundra crossed double-yellow centerlines and sped past other southbound cars approaching the intersection of Main Street and Miramonte Boulevard in Broomfield. Menjivar was driving between 80 and...
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Ballot measure outcomes reflect national trend of even Blue states embracing tougher approach to crime
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Ballot measure outcomes reflect national trend of even Blue states embracing tougher approach to crime

By Amanda Hernández | Louisiana Illuminator The outcomes of seven ballot measures in Arizona, California and Colorado reflect the stricter approach to crime that’s been seen across much of the country recently, with voters and policymakers driven by concerns over rising retail theft, homelessness, fentanyl misuse and challenges in police recruitment and retention. Voters have decided in recent years that they prefer to adopt progressive changes to the criminal justice system “somewhat less aggressively,” said Dan Schnur, a former Republican strategist and a political communications professor at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Berkeley. “Voters are always course correctors. They’re always adjusting and readjusting, trying to calibrate policy ...
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Mesa County commissioners updated on pretrial and corrections services programs
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Mesa County commissioners updated on pretrial and corrections services programs

By Lindy Browning | Contributor, Rocky Mountain Voice Matt Lewis, a former Mesa County sheriff and current Justice Services Director for the county, updated Mesa County commissioners on the status of their Pretrial Services (PTS) program and the County Community Corrections Services program on Tuesday, Nov. 19. PTS is a program for people who have been arrested to receive pretrial services in the jail, in addition to services while they are incarcerated. A pretrial assessment is completed for anyone who is booked in the Mesa County jail. This assessment is provided to the court, district attorney's office and public defender’s office to be used as a tool to inform the court as they are considering bond decisions. Setting the appropriate bond assists with maximizing releases from c...
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Police investigating explicit traffic signs in Boulder area
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Police investigating explicit traffic signs in Boulder area

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News Boulder police are investigating after four signs with explicit messages were found affixed to speed limit signs around the city on Tuesday. The signs were found at: Table Mesa Drive and South Broadway 28th Street and Jay Road 28th Street and Palo Parkway 28th Street and Diagonal Highway READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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‘Something needs to be done’: Smash-and-grab burglaries on the rise
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‘Something needs to be done’: Smash-and-grab burglaries on the rise

By Karen Morfitt | CBS Colorado Law enforcement agencies are seeing a spike in smash-and-grab burglaries across the northern part of the Denver metro area and up into Northern Colorado. The Boulder County Sheriff's Office is looking for what they are calling the Panda Bandit. Investigators say three young suspects, one dressed in a panda costume, burglarized a gas station in Superior and took vape products. In Greeley, a clothing store is asking for help after thieves drove through their front window. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Law enforcement on the hunt for ‘panda bandits’ in Boulder County
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Law enforcement on the hunt for ‘panda bandits’ in Boulder County

By Spencer McKee | Out There Colorado The Boulder County Sheriff's Office is working to solve a string of 'smash and grab' burglaries that are said to have taken place at a gas station in Superior involving the theft of tobacco and vaping products. Suspects in the case have been dubbed the 'Panda Bandits,' thanks to one person donning a panda costume while committing alleged crimes. According to authorities, suspects are alleged to have used rocks to smash a door or window for entry at the gas station located at 1603 Coalton Road, with two burglarizations occurring in the early morning hours of November 2 and a third occurring on November 10. READ THE FULL STORY AT OUT THERE COLORADO
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 Jose Ibarra found guilty of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
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 Jose Ibarra found guilty of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

By Ashe Schow | Daily Wire The illegal immigrant on trial for the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been found guilty on all counts. Jose Ibarra, 26, was found guilty on 10 charges, including murder, kidnapping, and aggravated assault with intent to rape Riley, who was found murdered after she went jogging at the University of Georgia in Athens, the New York Post reported. Ibarra had previously waived his right to a jury trial, so the verdict came from Judge Patrick Haggard during a bench trial. Haggard rendered his decision just 19 minutes after the prosecution and defense presented closing arguments. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY WIRE
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Tren de Aragua has already set up shop in these 16 states, Homeland Security warns
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Tren de Aragua has already set up shop in these 16 states, Homeland Security warns

By Jennie Taer | New York Post The vicious Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has expanded its territory to at least 16 US states — an area that includes half of America’s population, The Post has learned. Homeland Security officials last week were warned in an internal department intelligence memo about TdA’s growing presence across the country, most recently in Washington, DC, Virginia, Montana and Wyoming. The gang already has footholds in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin, according to the memo and previous reporting by The Post. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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