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The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Sunday, August 16
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Sunday, August 16, 2026

Aspen Acres fire, flooding are one of first big tests of Colorado’s insurance reforms: ‘How much more can a person handle?

Officials do not yet know how many of the more than 300 homes destroyed by the Aspen Acres fire were uninsured.

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Four hurt in shooting in Denver’s Harvey Park neighborhood

Four people were injured when a fight escalated into a shootout overnight in Denver’s Harvey Park neighborhood, police officials said Saturday.

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Lakewood man accused of murder in wife’s death at Green Mountain home

A 40-year-old Lakewood man is facing a first-degree murder charge after his wife was found dead in a Green Mountain home early Thursday morning.

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3 teens arrested in deadly ambush shooting in southwest Denver

Denver police arrested three teenagers on suspicion of murder after a 19-year-old man was lured to a location in the southwest metro and shot to death, agency officials said Friday.

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83-year-old Hispanic man missing near Edgewater found safe

Victor Hugo Branes-Romero was last seen in the 2600 block of Kendal Street.

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Missing 15-year-old Denver girl last seen Tuesday morning

A 15-year-old Denver girl is missing after she was last seen Tuesday morning in the city’s Villa Park neighborhood, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Friday.

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Teen girl, 14, missing from Centennial home

A 14-year-old girl is missing after she was last seen at a Centennial home on Thursday, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Colorado corrections officer arrested on alleged child sex exploitation and weapons charges

Gage Vidal Montoya, 37, of Trinidad, was arrested following an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

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Cause of City Park bandstand fire still a mystery, Denver officials say

The Denver Fire Department’s investigation unit ruled the cause of the fire as undetermined after almost five months looking into the case.

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Inmate killed inside Colorado prison had eye removed and 25 puncture wounds to face, autopsy shows

Charles Gates was killed in the same attack that left Michael Fisher dead and seriously wounded a third prisoner who has not been publicly identified by the Colorado Department of Corrections.

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