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Pueblo police requesting help identifying alleged Riverwalk vandals
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Fox21, Local

Pueblo police requesting help identifying alleged Riverwalk vandals

By Dara Korn | Fox 21 News The Pueblo Police Department (PPD) is asking for the public’s help to identify a group of young men suspected to be connected with property damage along the Pueblo Riverwalk on Saturday, Dec. 28. According to PPD, several areas were damaged by graffiti, including The Center for American Values. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21 NEWS
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Pueblo police recovered stolen cars, arrested four on Christmas Eve
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KOAA News, Local

Pueblo police recovered stolen cars, arrested four on Christmas Eve

By Ashleigh Quintana | KOAA-TV NBC 5 The Pueblo Police Department, with help from the Colorado State Patrol, Fountain Police Department, Local Parole, and the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, was able to recover six stolen cars on Christmas Eve. The department also made four arrests in connection to the stolen cars; two people who were arrested had outstanding warrants, and the others are facing charges related to motor vehicle theft. READ THE FULL STORY AT KOAA-TV NBC 5
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Family of abandoned Adams County baby says cocaine was in baby’s system
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Family of abandoned Adams County baby says cocaine was in baby’s system

By Kasia Kerridge | Fox 31 News The family of the 1-month-old baby found abandoned on the median of a busy Adams County street on Christmas morning spoke exclusively to FOX31. According to a social media report, deputies responded to a 911 call at around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday from someone who saw the baby boy only in his diaper sitting in a car seat on a median near 7490 Pecos St. and stopped to help. The area is a busy roadway that’s near an intersection with U.S. Highway 36. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office said it had arrested the child’s biological parents and was seeking to charge them with felony child abuse. The parents were identified as Jarvis Sims, 42, and Christina Thurman, 33. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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JonBenét Ramsey’s father to meet with police, urge use of new DNA technology
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JonBenét Ramsey’s father to meet with police, urge use of new DNA technology

By Laura Ingle | Fox 21 News, via News Nation The Boulder Police Department says it plans to use new DNA technology in hopes of solving the killing of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey in 1996. Ramsey’s body was found 28 years ago in her family’s Boulder home. Now, her father is planning to meet once again with local police to discuss new DNA testing technology that may hopefully fill in the forensic gaps and bring closure to the Ramsey family. “They have the ability to separate DNA — mixed DNA samples, which is one of the issues with the sample they got in 1997. They had an unidentified male DNA sample in early 1997, and it was mixed, apparently with JonBenét’s blood,” JonBenét’s father, John Bennett Ramsey, told NewsNation in November. “That DNA can now, technology-...
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Police responded to a shooting between family members on Christmas morning
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KOAA News, Local

Police responded to a shooting between family members on Christmas morning

By Ashleigh Quintana | KOAA-TV NBC 5 The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) responded to a shooting in the 1600 block of Rushmore Dr., in southeast Colorado Springs on Wednesday morning. The call for service came in at 4:08 a.m. When officers arrived at the residence, they found that the incident involved the alleged shooter and their father. Officers say that the father and the suspect got into an argument. The father and mother entered their bedroom and closed the door when the family arrived home. READ THE FULL STORY AT KOAA-TV NBC 5.
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Parents arrested after abandoned baby found in Colorado, discovered in street Christmas morning
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CBS Colorado, Local

Parents arrested after abandoned baby found in Colorado, discovered in street Christmas morning

By Christa Swanson | CBS Colorado Two people have been arrested and are facing charges of felony child abuse after a one-month-old baby was discovered in the median of a road Christmas morning. The Adams County Sheriff's Office said the baby was left sitting in a car seat in the median near 7490 Pecos St. wearing only a diaper. Authorities said they received a 911 call around 9:30 a.m. Christmas morning from someone who discovered the abandoned baby. "We are hoping someone recognizes the car seat or knows something about the baby or family so he can be reunited with his loved ones and the person who abandoned him can be brought to justice," said ACSO. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Police investigating King Soopers bomb threat found to be unsubstantiated
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Police investigating King Soopers bomb threat found to be unsubstantiated

By Heather Willard, Samantha Jarpe | Fox 21 News Aurora police responded to a shopping center near South Peoria Street and East Cornell Avenue on Monday evening for a reported bomb threat that was found to be unsubstantiated. The Aurora Police Department’s bomb unit was on scene to investigate a bomb threat reported inside the King Soopers store located in the shopping center. Police issued a shelter-in-place order for residents from Cornell Avenue to East Dartmouth Avenue and from Peoria Street to Interstate 25, which was lifted at about 6:30 p.m. During the investigation, the intersection was closed to traffic. Motorists in the area were asked to use Yale Avenue as an alternate east-west route and Havana Street as an alternate north-south route. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21 ...
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CBI says more than 1,000 cases impacted by former forensic scientist who allegedly manipulated data
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Fox21, State

CBI says more than 1,000 cases impacted by former forensic scientist who allegedly manipulated data

By Heather Willard | Fox 21 After over a year of investigating, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said a comprehensive review of a former forensic scientist has been completed. In doing so, the agency found that about 1,003 cases were impacted in her nearly 30-year career. The agency previously announced that 652 cases between 2008 and 2023 were identified as being affected by the scientist’s data manipulation. On Nov. 6, 2023, CBI announced that Yvonne “Missy” Woods, a forensic scientist within the agency for about 29 years, was no longer working there and was subject to internal affairs and criminal investigations because of DNA anomalies in her work. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21
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174 people rescued after gondola malfunction at Colorado ski resort
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174 people rescued after gondola malfunction at Colorado ski resort

By Piper Russell | Out There Colorado 174 skiers and snowboarders were evacuated from the Winter Park Resort gondola after it malfunctioned on Saturday. A blog post from the resort says the gondola had a mechanical issue at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday and immediately shut down as it is designed to do. Patrollers evacuated guests from the gondola. No injuries were reported. According to an article from CBS News, Winter Park confirmed that the rocker arm connecting two sections of tower one cracked and bent. READ THE FULL STORY AT OUT THERE COLORADO
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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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