Denver Crime Report newsletter
The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Friday, July 17
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Friday, July 17, 2026

One lane of northbound I-25 reopens in Castle Rock after vehicle fire

South Metro Fire Rescue posted on the social media site X at about 5:45 a.m. that they were putting out a fire in a commercial vehicle just south of Happy Canyon Road.

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Stuck in one of Colorado’s abandoned missile silos? This fire department will now charge $5,000 to rescue you.

The Sable Altura Fire Department plans to start charging people who trespass and get trapped in the deserted nuclear complexes after a rise in break-ins and rescues.

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Man dies in Denver police custody after attempted carjacking, fight, department says

A man suspected of an attempted carjacking near Cheesman Park died after police arrested him, the Denver Police Department said Thursday.

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Woman shot near Aurora immigration detention center shortly after protest

A woman was shot near the immigrant detention center in Aurora shortly after a weekly protest ended outside the facility on Thursday night, police said.

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Denver DA seeks to charge boys, 12 and 14, as adults in car-theft killing

Denver District Attorney John Walsh will seek to try a 12-year-old boy and 14-year-old boy as adults in the killing of a 33-year-old man in Sunnyside who police say was slain when he confronted the boys as they tried to steal or break into his vehicle last month.

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Denver man facing murder charge in pregnant wife’s death told police he was ‘possibly brainwashed’

When Denver officers responded to the house, they found 39-year-old Angelica Sisneros dead with a wound to her abdomen, police said.

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Fire damages newly renovated Nepali restaurant, neighboring burger spot in City Park West

A newly renovated Nepali restaurant in Denver’s City Park West neighborhood is closed indefinitely after a fire started outside the business on Wednesday, restaurant officials said.