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A 33-year-old Colorado man is facing felony charges after police claimed he was making pipe bombs in his apartment on Dec. 17. While the alleged bomb-making materials were being cleared from the Colorado Springs apartment, the accused man’s neighbors had to evacuate for more than six hours. Materials that were inside of two of...

On Dec. 24, a 24-year-old driver for an armored car company was taken into custody in Colorado and charged after he was believed to have involved in a heist. The vehicle involved in the alleged incident was reportedly recovered on Dec. 22, approximately a half-hour after it went missing. After the vehicle was recovered,...

Summit County residents may be interested in the story of two men who have plead guilty to criminal charges. They are currently serving a deferred sentence, and the charges and jail time could be dismissed for good behavior. An Adams County spa owner alleges that the movers she hired to relocate her spa business...

A 57-year-old man was recently indicted by a grand jury in Colorado on nine charges in relation to an alleged DUI accident in Arapahoe County. The 57-year-old man reportedly has 20 previous citations for alcohol-related convictions and has been convicted 16 times. Most of these convictions took place in Colorado. The choice to use...

Colorado residents may have heard about the right to remain silent. In popular parlance, people refer to this as “pleading the Fifth.” This right is stated clearly in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which says that a person cannot be compelled to testify against himself or herself when accused of a...

Obtaining a restraining order in Colorado is a straightforward process, but it involves many steps. It begins by filling out form JDF 402, the Complaint/Motion for Civil Protection Order. You must sign the form in the presence of a notary public or before the court clerk. You must also complete JDF 442, the Information...

Many people in Colorado become addicted to their prescription drugs over time. When the addiction becomes overwhelming and people feel the need to take more medication than prescribed by their physician, they often run out of their prescription amounts much earlier than they would have if they had taken them as prescribed. Desperation to...

Police in Colorado took a 22-year-old man into custody on burglary charges on Nov. 7 after connecting recovered property to an earlier residential break in. The burglary took place in northeast Colorado Springs. According to a Colorado Springs police report, officers responded at approximately 2 a.m. to a call regarding a burglary at a...

Drivers in Colorado may know that if they are suspected of drunk driving, it is possible they will be administered a Breathalyzer test. This test is used to register the amount of alcohol present in an individual’s blood. Three categories of technology are used by Breathalyzer tests to measure one’s blood alcohol content. Personal...

Under Colorado law, there are many offenses that are classified as class-3 felonies. One such offense is second-degree murder. Murder in the second degree is defined as murder that occurred after provocation from the victim. The provocation then incites such a rage or passion in an otherwise reasonable person that the person is driven...

On Oct. 16, Colorado Springs police took a woman into custody on multiple criminal charges. According to authorities, police made contact with the woman after they received a call about a group of individuals using illegal narcotics inside parked vehicles in an alleyway near the intersection of Platte Avenue and Circle Drive. According to...

An ongoing investigation resulting in five search warrants led to the detainment of five Colorado men on Sept. 26. The search and seizure following the investigation into methamphetamine distribution throughout Larimer County was headed by the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force. This multi-jurisdictional task force consists of law enforcement personnel from Fort Collins Police...