Denver Crime Report newsletter
The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Sunday, February 8
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Sunday, February 8, 2026

Plainview fire in Arvada burns 130 acres near Coal Creek Canyon

A grass fire at the entrance of Coal Creek Canyon in Arvada burned 130 acres, prompted pre-evacuation warnings and closed two state highways on Saturday.

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2 children, driver seriously injured in Denver hit-and-run with Dodge Challenger

Denver police are looking for a blue Dodge Challenger involved in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 25 that seriously injured another driver and two children.

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Westminster man pleads guilty to federal terrorism charge

A Westminster man accused of trying to travel overseas to join the Islamic State group pleaded guilty to one count of providing financing for terrorism in federal court, according to court records.

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Two girls missing out of Brighton found safe, law enforcement says

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation confirmed Friday two girls missing out of Brighton were found safe.

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Football player at southern Colorado college hired 3 men to kill dorm neighbor, police say

Jackson Thomas Keller, 19, was arrested on Jan. 29 in Durango on suspicion of soliciting a homicide and illegally carrying a weapon on college grounds, according to an arrest affidavit.

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8 indicted in metro Denver drug trafficking, weapons scheme

The suspects — current or former residents of Denver, Aurora, Commerce City and Wheat Ridge — are facing charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute meth, fentanyl and cocaine.

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A Colorado funeral home stashed 189 decaying bodies and handed out fake ashes. His mother was among them.

Return to Nature funeral home co-owner Jon Hallford will be sentenced