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Mounted units roam ranch in Security-Widefield after human remains discovered
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A Colorado Springs Utilities employee discovered human remains Thursday morning, prompting the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office to search the area with mounted horseback units. The remains were found near a drainage pond on Pinello Ranch off U.S. 85/87 in the Security-Widefield area of unincorporated El Paso County, said Cassandra Sebastian, a spokesperson with the…
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Grand jury to investigate deadly July shooting involving El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies
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The Grand Jury for the 4th Judicial District will review a deadly shooting to determine if criminal charges should be filed against the El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies involved, according to a Monday news release. The incident, which occurred July 18 in the Security-Widefield area, resulted in the death of Brian Prine, 59, according to…
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office pilot program receives national award
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An El Paso County Sheriff’s Office pilot program has received national recognition, according to a Monday news release. The National Commission on Correctional Health Care, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of health care in jails and prisons, recently recognized EPCSO’s Therapeutic Response Unit and Stabilization Team (TRUST) program as the 2025 Program of…
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El Paso County transfers 26 people to ICE custody over 3 months, sets new monthly high
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Twenty six people with criminal charges were transferred from the custody of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement from July to September, according to a news release by the office Monday. Deputies also detained 14 additional individuals with criminal charges who were released “before ICE authorities could take custody.”…
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Polis says red flag law ‘can work better’ than assault weapons ban
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Gov. Jared Polis believes Colorado’s red flag law is a more effective tool than an assault weapons ban, which General Assembly Democrats appear to be pursuing. Extreme Risk Protection Orders – which allow family members or law enforcement officers to petition a court to removing firearms from a person who poses an imminent threat to themselves or others –…
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Henry Allen Jr., former Colorado NAACP president and civil rights advocate, has died
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Henry Allen Jr., a former president of the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP and civil rights advocate, died Thursday after a long illness. He was 67. A 24-year veteran of the U.S. Army, Allen dedicated the latter decades of his life to public service in the Pikes Peak region. After retiring from the armed…
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El Paso County inmate died rapidly of COVID, autopsy finds
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A 64-year-old man with medical risk factors being held in the El Paso County jail died in the hospital just six days after he issued a request for medical help, citing symptoms consistent with the coronavirus, according to an autopsy. Wayne Baca was the first incarcerated person to die during an ongoing outbreak in the…
