Author: Zachary Dupont
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Colorado Springs man sentenced to 33 months in prison for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
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A Colorado Springs man was sentenced to 33 months in prison last week after being found guilty of several charges relating from his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to a press release sent by the Justice Department. Jacob Travis Clark, 34, was found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding, a…
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Records reveal Return to Nature Funeral Home owner’s long legal history — including Oklahoma
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The owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home, the southern Colorado funeral home raided by law enforcement due to improperly storing more than 115 bodies at their Penrose location, had significant financial and legal problems predating his move to Colorado Springs. The Gazette reported last week that Jon Michael Hallford, 43, had recently suffered serious legal…
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Federal judge finds former Colorado Springs pastor guilty on six counts related to Jan. 6 capitol riot
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A federal judge in the nation’s capital found a Colorado Springs man guilty of six criminal charges for his role in storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Tyler Ethridge, a 2017 graduate of the Practical Government School at Andrew Wommack’s Charis Bible College in Woodland Park, was found guilty on six charges in U.S.…
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DA Michael Allen speaks on ‘thumb in the eye’ claim on being non-binary from Club Q shooter
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Fourth Judicial District Attorney and prosecutor Michael Allen last week said the Club Q shooter’s claims of being nonbinary equated to a “thumb in the eye” to the LGBTQ+ community. Allen also said he believed the shooter only took on the nonbinary identity in an attempt to avoid hate crime charges and the federal death…
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What’s next for the Club Q mass shooter
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The person who killed five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub in November pleaded guilty to 51 charges on Monday, marking the end of Anderson Aldrich’s time in Colorado’s 4th Judicial District Court, but what’s next for the convicted mass shooter? Aldrich, who was sentenced to five life sentences and 2,208 years in prison…
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Club Q shooter pleads guilty, gets 5 life sentences and 2,000-plus years in prison
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The person who killed five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub in November, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday after more than 20 people gave victim statements to the court, lamenting Aldrich as a “coward” and a “monster.” Anderson Aldrich pleaded guilty Monday morning in a packed courtroom to five counts of first-degree…
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Victims of Club Q shooting speak on anger and loss at sentencing
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Ashtin Gamblin was the self-proclaimed door girl at Club Q, a face familiar to the many patrons of the LGBTQ+ nightclub located in northern Colorado Springs. On Nov. 19, Gamblin’s life – along with the lives of more than 50 others who were at the nightclub that night changed forever. Gamblin spoke at the shooter’s…
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‘His decision to murder, maim and destroy…is unforgivable’: Club Q victims and families give statements
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Numerous Club Q victims and their families gave statements after the person accused of committing a mass shooting that left five dead last November pleaded guilty. Anderson Aldrich pleaded guilty Monday in a capacity courtroom to five counts of first-degree murder and 46 counts of attempted first-degree murder. He was sentenced to 2,000-plus years in prison after victim…
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Alleged Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter’s case remains on hold
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The state-level case of the man who allegedly shot and killed three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 continues to stall as attorneys await the result of a federal appeal to not have him forcibly medicated. Attorneys gathered on Friday morning for a status conference for Robert Lewis Dear Jr., where prosecutor…
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Alleged Club Q shooter ran neo-Nazi website, published video online minutes before attack
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At a preliminary hearing Wednesday, new details emerged regarding how the suspected Club Q shooter allegedly helped run a website with neo-Nazi materials, and had made several posts and comments about having a “hatred” toward members of the LGBTQ+ community. Rebecca Joines, Colorado Springs Police Department detective testified and spoke in detail about Anderson Aldrich’s online…
