Friday, August 21, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Two weeks after five of its Flock Safety cameras were vandalized, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office says four more were cut down within the last week. | | | | | One person was killed in a double shooting in Thornton early Friday morning, and a portion of Colorado Boulevard is expected to remain closed for an “extended period.” | | | | | The Costilla County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday passed a resolution finding an “extraordinary law enforcement staffing shortage” that threatens essential public safety services. | | | | | Jamie Gardner, 53, turned himself in to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, according to the Aurora Police Department. | | | | | Jesus Lara del Toro, a 22-year-old Venezuelan national, was the third man to plead guilty in the 2024 robbery of Joyeria El Ruby in Denver, federal court records show. | | | | | A Colorado corrections officer who ran for county sheriff is accused of possessing and trying to sell photos and videos of children being sexually abused through a messaging app, according to an arrest affidavit from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. | | | | | Dollar Tree’s chronic understaffing and lack of security measures have made stores a “hunting ground” for gooning, the act of public masturbation, a new Colorado lawsuit alleges. | | | | | A 3-month-old baby died after an “incident” at a Colorado casino hotel on Saturday morning, Black Hawk police officials said. | | | | | Judge Vicente Vigil dismissed a felony sex assault on a child case after finding that the CBI’s inaction was “conduct that violates fundamental fairness and is shocking to the universal sense of justice.” | | | | | Denver police arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a quadruple shooting outside Denver nightclub early Saturday morning. | | | |
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