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The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Monday, August 17
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Monday, August 17, 2026

Pedestrian killed in crash north of Denver on I-25

An early morning crash on Interstate 25 near Denver threw a pedestrian over the highway’s concrete barrier, killing him, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

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A man killed himself by walking in front of a Frontier flight at DIA. How common are these security breaches at Denver’s airport?

Since 2023, Denver officers have responded to six cases of people breaching the airport perimeter fence and two cases in which people jumped the fence into the airport’s warehouse area, records show.

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Aurora’s homelessness campus begins to find its footing after a problem-filled start

“Any new program is going to need time, and it’s going to have kinks,” Stephanie Keiper, Aurora’s manager of homelessness and behavioral health, said of the bumpy start to the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus.

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Paraglider, hang glider injured in midair collision in Colorado mountains

A paraglider and a hang glider were rescued from the Aspen Mountain area on Sunday after they collided midair, injuring each other, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office.

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Man shot to death in west Aurora, no suspects identified

Aurora police were investigating a homicide on Sunday after a man was found dead on a sidewalk in the western city’s Dayton Triangle neighborhood, according to the department.

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Man arrested in fatal Northglenn stabbing after statewide manhunt

A 48-year-old man accused of stabbing someone to death in Northglenn was arrested this weekend in southern Colorado, police said.

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After serious crashes, Broomfield officials push e-bike safety, awareness of the law

“Broomfield has (an e-bike) problem, but we’re not different than anybody else — it’s a nationwide problem.”

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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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