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COLLEEN SLEVIN

COLLEEN SLEVIN

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2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine

A second Denver-area police officer has been acquitted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain

2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics

A jury has acquitted another Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black man was injected with the powerful sedative ketamine by paramedics and died

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics

A jury has acquitted another Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black man was injected with the powerful sedative ketamine by paramedics and died

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics
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Colorado supermarket shooting suspect pleads not guilty by reason of insanity

The defendant in a 2021 mass shooting that killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity

Colorado supermarket shooting suspect pleads not guilty by reason of insanity
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Authorities capture man accused of killing 3 in simmering Colorado property dispute

Authorities say they have captured the man accused of shooting three people dead in his latest property dispute with neighbors in rural Colorado

Authorities capture man accused of killing 3 in simmering Colorado property dispute
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Final trial over Elijah McClain's death in suburban Denver spotlights paramedics' role

The last trial in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by police in suburban Denver is expected to delve into largely uncharted legal territory

Final trial over Elijah McClain's death in suburban Denver spotlights paramedics' role
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Woman shocked with Taser while on ground is suing police officer and chief for not reporting it

A woman who was shocked in the back with a Taser while lying on the ground in Pueblo, Colorado, last year is suing the police officer who stunned her and the city’s police chief

Woman shocked with Taser while on ground is suing police officer and chief for not reporting it
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Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain's distress after stop and killed him with overdose

A Colorado prosecutor says two paramedics ”did nothing” to help an ailing Elijah McClain and instead injected him with a fatal overdose of a powerful sedative during a 2019 police stop

Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain's distress after stop and killed him with overdose
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Paramedics told investigators that Elijah McClain had 'excited delirium,' a disputed condition

Two paramedics on trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told investigators in videotaped interviews previously unseen in public that the 23-year-old Black man had “excited delirium,” a disputed condition critics say is unscientific and rooted in racism

Paramedics told investigators that Elijah McClain had 'excited delirium,' a disputed condition
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Paramedics were convicted in Elijah McClain's death. That could make other first responders pause

Two Denver-area paramedics have been convicted of giving a fatal overdose of the sedative ketamine to Elijah McClain in 2019

Paramedics were convicted in Elijah McClain's death. That could make other first responders pause
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Police investigating incidents involving Colorado justices after Trump removed from state's ballot

Police say they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their homes in Denver following the court’s decision to remove President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot

Police investigating incidents involving Colorado justices after Trump removed from state's ballot
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Gunman breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building; intrusion unrelated to Trump case, police say

Authorities say a gunman leaving the scene of a car wreck shot his way into the Colorado Supreme Court building and inflicted “extensive damage” to the building

Gunman breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building; intrusion unrelated to Trump case, police say
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Ex-cop gets 14 months in jail in death of Elijah McClain, whose mom calls him 'bully with a badge'

A former Colorado officer has been sentenced to 14 months in jail in the death of Elijah McClain

Ex-cop gets 14 months in jail in death of Elijah McClain, whose mom calls him 'bully with a badge'
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Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a neglected Colorado funeral home, FBI agent says

An FBI agent says investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor and maggots

Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a neglected Colorado funeral home, FBI agent says
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Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club intends to plead guilty to federal hate crimes

Court documents show the shooter who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs plans to plead guilty to new federal charges

Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club intends to plead guilty to federal hate crimes
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Colorado funeral home owners apparently sought to cover up money problems by abandoning bodies

A judge says two Colorado funeral home owners apparently sought to cover up their financial difficulties by abandoning nearly 200 bodies that they had agreed to cremate or bury

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Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement

A Black woman and a group of young girls who were wrongfully forced out of their car, held at gunpoint and handcuffed by police in suburban Denver in 2020 have reached a $1.9 million legal settlement

Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement
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Couple accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies spent cremation money on vehicles, $1,500 dinner

An FBI agent has testified that two Colorado funeral home owners accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies used payments from families to purchase vehicles, cryptocurrency, a $1,500 dinner in Las Vegas and other personal items

Couple accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies spent cremation money on vehicles, $1,500 dinner
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Nearly 200 abused corpses were found at a funeral home. Why did it take authorities years to act?

Court documents say a county coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated by a Colorado funeral home more than three years before nearly 200 decomposing bodies were discovered inside a decrepit building last October

Nearly 200 abused corpses were found at a funeral home. Why did it take authorities years to act?
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Family of man who died after being tackled by mental crisis team sues paramedic, police officer

Members of a mental health response team sent to help a man who was having a “psychotic breakdown” instead killed him by tackling him and leaving him handcuffed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by his family

Family of man who died after being tackled by mental crisis team sues paramedic, police officer
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Body of deceased woman, 30 human cremains found at house after ex-funeral home owner evicted

Denver police say the body of a woman who died in 2022 and the cremated remains of about 30 people were found at a rental house in Denver after a former funeral home owner was evicted from the property

Body of deceased woman, 30 human cremains found at house after ex-funeral home owner evicted
Crime|News

Student in Colorado campus killing was roommate of 1 of the victims, police say

Police say a student arrested in the shootings of two people who were found dead in a Colorado college dorm room was the roommate of one of the victims

Student in Colorado campus killing was roommate of 1 of the victims, police say
Americas|Crime

Haitian orphanage founder accused of sexually abusing boys ordered sent to Florida

An American founder of a Haitian orphanage who is accused of sexually abusing four boys there more than a decade ago has been ordered to be sent from Colorado to Florida to face prosecution

Haitian orphanage founder accused of sexually abusing boys ordered sent to Florida
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Former Colorado police officer appeals conviction in Black man Elijah McClain's death

A former Colorado police officer is appealing his conviction by a jury for his role in the death of Eljiah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after being stopped by police in a Denver suburb in 2019

Former Colorado police officer appeals conviction in Black man Elijah McClain's death
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Student charged with murder in fatal shooting of 2 in Colorado college dorm

A student has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, felony menacing and committing a crime of violence in the shooting deaths of two people in a Colorado college dorm

Student charged with murder in fatal shooting of 2 in Colorado college dorm

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