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COLLEEN SLEVIN

COLLEEN SLEVIN

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Crime|Election|US

Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, one-time hero to election deniers, convicted in computer breach

Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the first local election official to be charged with a security breach after the 2020 election amid unfounded conspiracy theories, has been found guilty by a jury on most of the charges she faced

Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, one-time hero to election deniers, convicted in computer breach
Crime|News

Search is on for up to 10 Doberman puppies after dog breeder is killed

Authorities are investigating the killing of a Colorado dog breeder and trying to find as many as 10 Doberman puppies missing from his business

Crime|News|US

Family of man killed by SUV on interstate after being shocked by a Taser reaches $5M settlement

The family of a man who was hit and killed by an SUV on a Colorado interstate after a sheriff’s deputy shocked him with a Taser has reached a $5 million settlement in his death

Crime

Man arrested in Colorado dog breeder's killing, but the puppies are still missing

Authorities say a man suspected in the killing of a Colorado dog breeder found dead last week has been arrested

Crime|News|US

Trial expected to focus on shooter's competency in 2021 Colorado supermarket massacre

The man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is going on trial this week

Trial expected to focus on shooter's competency in 2021 Colorado supermarket massacre
Crime|News

Shooter's sanity at issue as trial begins in Colorado supermarket mass killing

A prosecutor says a man who killed 10 people in a Colorado supermarket mass shooting knew what he was doing and was sane but his attorney says that wasn’t the case

Shooter's sanity at issue as trial begins in Colorado supermarket mass killing
Americas|Crime|US

Police deny Venezuela gang has taken over rundown apartment complex in Denver suburb

Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora say a Venezuela street gang with a small presence in the city has not taken over a rundown apartment complex

Police deny Venezuela gang has taken over rundown apartment complex in Denver suburb
Crime|News|US

Woman recounts praying after falling while trying to escape Colorado supermarket shooting

A woman who fell while trying to escape the shooting at a Colorado supermarket testified Friday during the trial of a man charged with killing 10 people there in 2021

Crime|News|US

DA who oversaw abandoned prosecution of Colorado man in wife's death should be disbarred, panel says

State regulators have ruled that a district attorney who brought charges that were ultimately dismissed against a Colorado man accused of killing his wife should no longer be allowed to work as a lawyer, finding that her mismanagement of the case resulted in the prosecution “running aground.”

Crime|News|US

Colorado mass shooting survivor testifies the gunman repeated 'This is fun' during the attack

A pharmacist who survived a 2021 mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket says she heard him say, “This is fun” at least three times during the shooting

Colorado mass shooting survivor testifies the gunman repeated 'This is fun' during the attack
Crime|News|Opinion|US

Judge frees Colorado paramedic convicted in death of Elijah McClain from prison

A judge is freeing from prison a Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020

Judge frees Colorado paramedic convicted in death of Elijah McClain from prison
Crime|News|US

Gunman says he heard 'killing voices' before Colorado supermarket shooting

A psychologist who evaluated a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket says the gunman heard “killing voices” right before opening fire

Crime|News|US

Mother of Colorado supermarket gunman says he is 'sick' and denies knowing about plan

The mother of a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 says her son is “sick” and he began acting strangely two years before the shooting

Mother of Colorado supermarket gunman says he is 'sick' and denies knowing about plan
Crime|News|Opinion|US

Father of Colorado supermarket gunman thought he could be possessed by an evil spirit

The father of a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket says he thought his son may have been possessed by an evil spirit before the attack

Father of Colorado supermarket gunman thought he could be possessed by an evil spirit
Crime|News|US

Jurors begin deliberations in trial of man who killed 10 people at Colorado supermarket

Jurors have begun deliberating whether a mentally ill man who said he heard “killing voices” should be convicted of murder for fatally shooting 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 or be found not guilty by reason of insanity

Jurors begin deliberations in trial of man who killed 10 people at Colorado supermarket
Crime|News|US

Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket is sentenced to life in prison

A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been sentenced to life in prison for murder

Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket is sentenced to life in prison
Crime|News|US

Daughter finds 'earth angel' in woman who made her dad laugh before Colorado supermarket shooting

In the moments before a gunman leaned on a car to steady his aim at Kevin Mahoney during a 2021 mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket, a fellow shopper loading her groceries next to him made him laugh

Crime|Political|US

Colorado officer who killed Black man holding cellphone mistaken for gun won't be prosecuted

A Colorado police officer who fatally shot a Black man holding what turned out to be a cellphone as police tried to arrest him will not be prosecuted

Crime|US|World

Man charged with rapes in Utah says he changed his names due to threats

A man charged with two rapes in Utah who lived under a series of names in the United Kingdom and allegedly faked his own death says he changed his names because of threats made against his life

Crime|US

Colorado gold mine where tour guide was killed and tourists trapped ordered closed by regulators

State regulators have ordered a former Colorado gold mine where a tour guide was killed and a group of tourists was trapped for hours after an elevator accident to remain closed while its operations are reviewed

Colorado gold mine where tour guide was killed and tourists trapped ordered closed by regulators
Crime|US

Arraignment for funeral home owner accused of leaving body in hearse delayed again

An arraignment for a funeral home owner accused of keeping a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 people has been delayed again until December

Crime|Election|US

A man who threatened to kill Democratic election officials pleads guilty

A Colorado man repeatedly made online threats about killing the top elections officials in his state and Arizona, as well as a judge and law enforcement agents

A man who threatened to kill Democratic election officials pleads guilty
Environment|Lifestyle

Can an elephant sue to leave a zoo? Colorado's top court must now decide

Colorado’s highest court is considering whether five zoo elephants can challenge their confinement under a legal process mainly used by prisoners to dispute their detention

Can an elephant sue to leave a zoo? Colorado's top court must now decide
Crime|Election|US

Colorado postal carrier and a friend accused of forging stolen mail ballots to test voting security

A postal worker and her friend have been arrested in connection with the forging of stolen mail ballots in Colorado in an alleged attempt to test the security of the state's voting system

Crime|US

Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey's killing

Police in Boulder, Colorado, are refuting assertions that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996 killing of JonBenet Ramsey that they are not pursuing

Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey's killing

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