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Colorado bill makes falsely reporting mass shootings a felony
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Update: Senate Bill 249 passed the Senate Thursday in a unanimous 35-0 vote with no amendments. It will next be sent to the House. “I have an AR-15 and pipe bombs with me. I’m going to shoot every kid I see in the school. I’m walking in now.” That threat was made against at least…
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Colorado lawmakers target indecent exposure in front of children
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In January 2020, two Larimer County sisters ages 14 and 16 were sitting in a parking lot eating a snack after school when a strange man drove up to them. The man raised his pelvis to his window and exposed his genitals to the girls, masturbating in front of them. The man was immediately apprehended…
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Former Rep. Tracey Bernett pleads guilty to residency fraud charges
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Former state Rep. Tracey Bernett, D-Louisville, pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to residency fraud and received a deferred sentence and two-years probation, according to a news release. Prosecutors charged Bernett last year with falsifying her residency in order to run for re-election to House District 12. Bernett was elected in 2020 to represent HD12,…
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To harm or not to harm: State Supreme Court examines law against spitting on officers
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Although it is undisputed that intentionally spitting on a police officer is a crime, Colorado’s Supreme Court justices on Tuesday grappled with whether a La Plata County woman was properly convicted of a felony offense for her spitting or if she actually committed a less serious infraction. A jury found Cheryl Lynette Plemmons guilty in 2017…
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Felony for expungement: Arapahoe sheriff offers compromise on fentanyl bill
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Law enforcement advocates are pursuing a compromise to make possession of any amount of fentanyl a felony but allow for the expungement of the criminal record upon completion of certain programs, such as drug treatment or diversion. Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown told Colorado Politics that offer was “met with resistance” when he and others…
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State Supreme Court to scrutinize trial of man found responsible for 1991 double killing
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Although Timothy John Kennedy reportedly had no motive, left no conclusive DNA evidence at the crime scene, and could point to another suspect who was indisputably hatching a murder plot, an El Paso County jury convicted Kennedy in 2014 for an execution-style double homicide. But that trial, which took place after a judge overturned a…
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Republican in Colorado House race called on to step aside because of felony conviction
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The only Republican on the primary ballot in the House District 21 race running to represent southern El Paso County, Karl Dent, is embroiled in legal battles related to domestic violence and animal cruelty, leading a former representative for the district to call on him to step aside. “I can’t imagine anybody at the Capitol…
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Judge blocks Aurora from enforcing felony ban against ex-council candidate
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An Arapahoe County judge has permanently blocked Aurora from enforcing against a 2021 council candidate the city charter’s prohibition on people holding elected office if they have ever received a felony conviction. District Court Judge John E. Scipione agreed with former at-large city council candidate Candice Bailey that the council’s vote in August to add…
