Denver Crime Report newsletter
The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Friday, August 28
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Friday, August 28, 2026

Goose house party in Boulder backyard reportedly shut down by police ahead of Red Rocks run

The band Goose played a surprise concert at a house party on The Hill in Boulder ahead of its three-day Red Rocks run. Boulder Police reportedly shut it down.

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Statue stolen from Denver elementary school

Denver police are trying to track down a bronze statute that was stolen from the front of Brown International Academy in Denver early Tuesday morning.

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Denver nightclub will reopen with new safety measures after security guard accused of assaulting customer

Olympus Discotheque will be allowed to reopen as long as its owner, Wuilmer Varela Cardoza, pays a $2,000 fine and implements new safety measures upon reopening.

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Colorado police officer arrested for soliciting minor online

Florida investigators caught a police officer from southeastern Colorado in an undercover child solicitation sting, state officials announced Wednesday.

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Gov. Jared Polis pardons 29 Coloradans convicted of crimes

“Of the hundreds of applications for pardons my office receives, yours is one of the few I am granting,” Gov. Jared Polis wrote in letters to the people he pardoned.

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Colorado inmate who lost leg while incarcerated at CoreCivic prison files negligence lawsuit

An inmate who lost his leg while incarcerated at a southern Colorado prison last year was denied adequate medical care for days, a new lawsuit alleges.

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Missing 13-year-old girl last seen in north Denver

A 13-year-old girl is missing after she was last seen in north Denver last week, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday.

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Mother of Colorado prison inmate sues over gruesome killing, alleging ‘profound failure’ by CoreCivic

Charles Gates’ body was found in the fetal position inside a lidded gray plastic tote. His eye had been removed and he suffered more than two dozen small puncture wounds to his face.

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Denver leaders want to curb ‘hidden epidemic’ of domestic violence strangulation

Denver leaders hope to improve the city’s response to domestic violence victims through new, unified approach to strangulation cases.

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2 teens killed in suspected murder-suicide, Lakewood police say

Two teenagers were killed in a suspected murder-suicide at a Lakewood home on Monday morning, police officials said.

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