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This booking photo provided by the Aurora, Colo., Police Department shows Joseph Mario Castorena, who was convicted Thursday, May 16, 2024, of killing four people at his ex-girlfriend's home in suburban Denver in 2022 a week after she was granted a court order to keep him away from her. (Aurora Police Department via AP
Man convicted of killing 4 people at ex-girlfriend’s home near Denver
A man has been convicted of killing four people at his ex-girlfriend’s home in suburban Denver in 2022 a week after she was granted a court order to keep him away from her.
 
This image provided by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office shows the remains of a tanker truck after a crash on Colorado's main east-west highway near Denver on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office via AP)
1 person has died and another is hurt after a fiery tanker truck crash in Colorado
One person is dead and another has been hospitalized after a vehicle crashed into a tanker truck carrying fuel on Colorado’s main east-west highway.
 
FILE - Defendant Nicholas "Mitch" Karol-Chik listens to District Court Judge Christopher C. Zenisek during an arraignment in Jefferson County District Court, May 3, 2023, in Golden, Colo. Karol-Chik pleaded guilty on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in the death of Alexis Bartell, a 20-year-old driver who was hit in the head by a rock that crashed through her windshield in suburban Denver last year. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via AP, File)
Colorado teen pleads guilty in death of driver who was hit in the head by a rock
A second teen has pleaded guilty in the death of a 20-year-old driver who was hit in the head by a rock that crashed through her windshield in suburban Denver last year.
 
This photo provided by Dalvin Gadson shows Gadson, right, with his attorney, Harry Daniels, April 29, 2024, in Denver. The city of Colorado Springs, Colo., agreed on Tuesday, May 14, to pay $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Gadson, who was punched and kicked by police during a traffic stop in 2022. (Dalvin Gadson via AP)
Colorado city agrees to settle police beating lawsuit for $2.1 million
The city of Colorado Springs has agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a Black man who was punched and kicked by police during a traffic stop in 2022.
 
FILE - Defendant Zachary Kwak listens to district court judge Christopher C. Zenisek during an arraignment in Jefferson County district court on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in Golden, Colo. Kwak, one of three teens who was charged with killing a 20-year-old woman while throwing large rocks at passing cars pleaded guilty on Friday, May 10, 2024 to reduced charges under a plea agreement, prosecutors said. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via AP, File)
1 of 3 teens charged with killing a Colorado woman while throwing rocks at cars pleads guilty
One of three teens who was charged with killing a 20-year-old woman while throwing large rocks at passing cars in Colorado has pleaded guilty to reduced charges under a plea agreement.
 
This image provided by Colorado State Patrol shows a Tesla Model 3 that crashed on May 16, 2022 in Clear Creek County, Colo. The widow of a man who died after his Tesla veered off the road and crashed into a tree while he was using its partially automated driving system in Colorado in 2022 is suing the car maker, claiming its marketing of the technology is dangerously misleading. The Autopilot system prevented Hans Von Ohain from being able to keep his Model 3 Tesla on the road and he died after the car burst into flames after hitting the tree, according to the lawsuit filed by Nora Bass in Colorado state court on May 3, 2024. A passenger was able to escape, it said. (Colorado State Patrol via AP)
Tesla’s Autopilot caused a fiery crash into a tree, killing a Colorado man, lawsuit says
The widow of a man who died after his Tesla veered off the road while he was using its partially automated driving system is suing the carmaker.
 
Man paralyzed after being hit with a Taser while running from police in Colorado sues officer
A man who says he was paralyzed after being hit with a Taser while running from police in Colorado has filed a federal lawsuit against one of the officers.
 
FILE - Jessica Vestal, right, consoles her husband, Devon, as he speaks during a news conference to announce plans to sue the Littleton, Colo., school district for abuse suffered by their autistic children while riding the bus to class, April 9, 2024, in Denver. Kiarra Jones, a school bus aide shown on surveillance video hitting a non-verbal autistic boy, has been charged with 10 more counts of abuse involving two children, prosecutors said Friday, May 3. Vestal’s son is one of two children that Jones is charged with abusing, according to Vestal’s attorney. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Colorado school bus aide shown hitting autistic boy faces more charges
Prosecutors say a Colorado school bus aide shown on surveillance video hitting a nonverbal autistic boy has been charged with 10 more counts of abuse involving two children.
 
U.S. Attorney for Colorado Cole Finegan, left, speaks outside Denver federal court after the sentencing of Jared Sebastian Dalke on Monday, April 29, 2024, in Denver. Behind him are federal prosecutors and FBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Michalek. Former National Security Agency employee Dalke, who sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official, was sentenced Monday to nearly 22 years in prison, the penalty requested by government prosecutors. (AP Photo/Colleen Slevin)
Former NSA worker gets nearly 22 years in prison for selling secrets to undercover FBI agent
A former National Security Agency employee who sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison, the penalty requested by government prosecutors. U.S.
 
FILE - Barry Morphew leaves a Fremont County court building in Canon City, Colo., with his daughters, Macy, left, and Mallory, after charges against him in the presumed death of his wife were dismissed, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. The death of Suzanne Morphew, whose disappearance nearly four years led to murder charges against her husband that were later dropped, has been ruled a homicide authorities said Monday, April 29, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)
A Colorado woman was reported missing on Mother’s Day 2020. Her death was just ruled a homicide
The death of a Colorado woman reported missing on Mother’s Day nearly four years ago has been ruled a homicide. Authorities revealed the result of Suzanne Morphew’s autopsy on Monday. Morphew disappeared in May 2020.
 
Former paramedic Jeremy Cooper, who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death, sits in court for sentencing, Friday, April 26, 2024, in the Brighton, Colo. Cooper was convicted last year of criminally negligent homicide in the Black man's death, which helped fuel the 2020 social justice protests. (ABC News One/Pool via AP)
Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison
A Colorado judge has sentenced a former paramedic to a jail work release program and probation in the death of Elijah McClain.
 
FILE - Simon and Sally Glass comfort each other during an emotional news conference about the death of their son, Christian Glass, Sept. 13, 2022, in Denver. Prosecutors on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, urged jurors to convict a former Colorado sheriff's deputy of murder and other charges for shooting and killing Christian Glass, a 22-year-old man in some kind of crisis, after they say the deputy needlessly escalated a standoff with him. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, File)
Jury urged to convict former Colorado deputy of murder in Christian Glass shooting
Prosecutors urged jurors to convict a former Colorado sheriff’s deputy of murder and other charges in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man in distress.
 
Tim Hernandez hugs Kallie Leyba as former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, second from right, hugs Anne Marie Hochhalter, right during a vigil remembering the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School mass shooting, Friday, April 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
12 students and teacher killed in Columbine school shooting remembered at 25th anniversary vigil
The 12 students and one teacher killed in the Columbine High School shooting were remembered in a vigil on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.
 
A rose stands at the plaque for Corey DePooter, one of the 12 student victims in the massacre at Columbine High School nearly 25 years ago, at the Columbine Memorial, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Littleton, Colo. Trauma still shadows the survivors of the horrific Columbine High School shooting as the attack's 25th anniversary approaches. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting
A quarter of a century after the Columbine High School shooting, the trauma from the attack has remained with survivors. Some have taken years to identify themselves as survivors since they were not physically wounded.
 
FILE - A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Oct. 5, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. The couple who owned the Colorado funeral home — where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year — have been indicted on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government, according to court documents unsealed Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)
Owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found are charged with COVID fraud
Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government.
 
Devon Vestal, front, and his wife, Jess, react as they listen during a news conference to announce plans to sue the Littleton, Colo., school district for abuse suffered by their autistic child while riding the bus to class Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A mother releases video of her autistic son being hit by an aide on a school bus to raise awareness
The mother of an autistic boy shown being hit and punched by a school bus aide released a copy of bus surveillance video.
 
FILE - In this screen grab taken from July 23, 2021, police body camera video provided by the Aurora Police Department, Officer John Haubert points a gun to the head of Kyle Vinson during an arrest in Aurora, Colo. Haubert is on trial over the violent arrest and opening statements are expected Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Aurora Police Department via AP, File)
Black man pistol-whipped by Colorado officer testifies that he feared for his life
A former Colorado police officer is on trial over the violent arrest of a Black man in 2021. The man, Kyle Vinson, was the first person to take the witness stand as testimony began Tuesday against former Aurora police officer John Haubert.
 
A police officer stands outside a dorm in the Village at Alpine Valley housing, Feb. 16, 2024, as police investigate a shooting on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Colorado university where a student is charged with killing his suitemate and another person in a dorm room last month has hired two former U.S. attorneys to review of what led to the shooting and whether any campus policies and procedures can be improved. The University of Colorado Colorado Springs confirmed Monday, March 25 that John Suthers and Jason Dunn will lead the review. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)/The Gazette via AP)
Colorado university hires 2 former US attorneys to review shooting, recommend any changes
The Colorado university where a student is charged with killing his suitemate and another person in a dorm room last month has hired two former U.S. attorneys to review of what led to the shooting and whether any campus policies and procedures can be improved.
 
In this photo provided by Brenda Djorup, Djorup takes a photo of herself and other women who were stranded on a Thera-ski bus on Interstate 70 in Colorado on the way back from a ski trip to Vail, Colo., Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The women spent 22 hours on the bus getting back from the ski hill after getting stuck behind semi tractor-trailers. (Brenda Djorup via AP)
Weekly ski trip turns into overnight ordeal when about 50 women get stranded in bus during snowstorm
A weekly ski trip for about 50 women from the Denver area turned into an overnight ordeal when their bus got stuck in a snowstorm behind jackknifed semi tractor-trailers on their way back from Vail.
 
Shopping carts topped with heavy snow sit marooned in the lot of a grocery store as a late winter storm dropped up to a foot of snow Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Golden, Colo. Forecasters predict that the storm will persist until early Friday, snarling traffic along Colorado's Front Range communities. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado snowstorm closes highways and schools for a second day
Thousands in Colorado were without power as authorities closed highways and schools during a winter storm that pummeled the Denver area and threatened to drop another half foot there.
 
An electric Nissan Leaf gets a charge at a station as a late winter storm dropped up to a foot of snow Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Golden, Colo. Forecasters predict that the storm will persist until early Friday, snarling traffic along Colorado's Front Range communities. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Storm dumps over 4 feet of snow in Colorado, leaving thousands without power
A major storm dumped over 4 feet (1 meter) of snow in northern Colorado before ending Friday, leaving thousands without power. The National Weather Service says between 10 and 20 inches fell in the Denver area and the foothills got 2 to 4 feet.
 
This image taken from Denver Police body camera footage provided by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado shows Ruby Johnson, a 78-year-old Colorado woman, surrounded by SWAT officers, Jan. 4, 2022, in Colorado. Johnson, who sued two police officers after her home was wrongly searched by a SWAT team looking for a stolen truck, won a $3.76 million jury verdict Monday, March 4, 2024, under a new Colorado law that allows people to sue police over violations of their state constitutional rights. (Denver Police Department via AP)
A woman wins $3.8 million verdict after SWAT team searches wrong home based on Find My iPhone app
A 78-year-old woman who sued two police officers after her home was wrongly searched by a SWAT team looking for a stolen truck has won a $3.8 million jury verdict.
 
FILE - This still image taken from a Las Animas County deputies body camera and provided by Mehr Law PLLC shows Kenneth Espinoza, who was stunned with a Taser while handcuffed, including in his lip. Espinoza has settled a federal lawsuit with a Colorado sheriff's department for $1.5 million, his lawyers said Monday, March 4, 2024. (Las Animas County Sheriff's Office/Mehr Law PLLC via AP, file)
Handcuffed Colorado man stunned by Taser settles lawsuit for $1.5 million, lawyers say
Lawyers for a man who was Tasered while handcuffed is settling a federal lawsuit with a Colorado sheriff’s department for $1.5 million.
 
Sheneen McClain, left, the mother of Elijah McClain, and a supporter leave the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colo. on Friday, March 1, 2024. Peter Cichuniec, a Colorado paramedic was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders that has left officials rethinking how they treat people in police custody. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via AP)
Paramedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s death in rare case against medical responders
A Colorado paramedic was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for 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.
 
FILE - Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a member of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference on July 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boebert's oldest son was in a Colorado jail on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 after being arrested in connection with a recent string of vehicle break-ins and property thefts. Tyler Jay Boebert, 18, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and is facing possible felony charges of criminal possession of identification documents involving multiple victims and conspiracy to commit a felony, the Rifle Police Department said in a statement. He also faces over 15 additional misdemeanor and petty offenses, it said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
US Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son facing possible felony charges in string of vehicle break-ins
The oldest son of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is suspected of being part of a group of friends who used credit cards stolen from cars to make purchases at gas stations and McDonald’s.
 
Nicholas Jordan, 25, speaks with his legal counsel during his first appearance in El Paso County 4th Judicial Court, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Jordan was arrested Monday, Feb. 19, in the deaths of his roommate, Samuel Knopp, 24, and Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. (Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP, Pool)
Trash dispute between roommates led to threat one month before fatal Colorado campus shooting
A court document shows a college student accused of killing his roommate and another person in a Colorado dorm room this month told his roommate a month earlier he would “kill him” if he was asked to take out the trash again.
 
FILE - Former Colorado police Officer Randy Roedema speaks on his behalf during sentencing at the Adams County Court, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Brighton, Colo. Roedema 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. (ABC News One via AP, Pool, File)
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.
 
FILE - Michael Geilenfeld arrives at U.S. Bankruptcy Court, July 9, 2015, in Portland, Maine. Geilenfeld, 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. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Haiti orphanage founder to be sent to Florida for sex abuse case
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.
 
A police officer stands outside a dorm in the Village at Alpine Valley housing, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, as police investigate a shooting on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Judge sets $5M bond for Colorado student accused of killing his dorm roommate and another person
A judge has raised the bond for a student arrested in the deaths of two people shot in a dorm room at a Colorado college to $5 million.
 
The residence where a former funeral home owner kept a deceased women's body in a hearse for two years as well as the remains of 30 cremated people is shown Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in southwest Denver. The discovery occurred on Feb. 6 during a court-ordered eviction of the home rented by 33-year-old Miles Harford, who authorities have issued an arrest warrant for. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Woman’s corpse and 30 cremated remains found after ex-funeral home owner gets evicted from house
Colorado authorities issued an arrest warrant for a former funeral home owner who they say kept a deceased woman’s body in a hearse for two years at a residence where police also found the cremated remains of at least 30 people.
 
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