law enforcement
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Nicolais: Black Lives Matter better off without Kaepernick
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Colin Kaepernick is an imbecile. Anyone associated with the Black Lives Matter movement should run away from the idea of Kaepernick as an advocate. It will not end well. It isn’t too dissimilar than appointing Donald Trump as the spokesman for conservative values. It does more damage than good. At the outset, it’s important to…
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Lawyer for former El Paso County sheriff says misconduct indictment is flawed
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An attorney for former El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa says an indictment accusing the ex-officer of extortion, official misconduct and other crimes is fatally flawed. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports Maketa’s lawyer made the comments Tuesday during a hearing mostly devoted to setting deadlines for motions. Maketa, former Undersheriff Paula Presley and former Sheriff’s Commander Juan…
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Boulder’s urban camping ban back in effect
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The Boulder City Council has told police to start enforcing the city’s urban camping ban again after a five-month time-out, but police don’t want to end up being the bad guys. Chief Greg Testa told his officers to use restraint and respect and urge homeless people to find other accommodations, but people who continue to…
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Former Garfield County bookkeeper resentenced for embezzlement
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A former bookkeeper in the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s Office has been resentenced to one less year in prison after a successful appeal of her original 10-year sentence. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reports that Robin McMillan, who pleaded guilty to embezzling public money last year, was resentenced Thursday to 9 years in prison. Investigators…
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DNA expert barred from testifying at Denver trial
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A man who testified as a DNA expert in the Casey Anthony trial and helped overturn the murder conviction of a Colorado man wasn’t allowed to testify at a trial in Denver this week after being discredited, Denver prosecutors said Thursday. The Denver District Attorney’s Office said Judge Brian Whitney barred Richard Eikelenboom from testifying at a…
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Police say JonBenet slaying still an open investigation
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Police say the slaying of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey in Colorado two decades ago remains an open investigation with investigators regularly receiving information. Renewed interest ahead of the 20th anniversary of the unsolved case prompted Boulder police Chief Greg Testa to issue a video statement Thursday saying the department will not comment on the investigation. Testa said investigators…
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Sedgwick County sheriff accused of sexually assaulting inmate
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A sheriff in rural Colorado was arrested after being accused of taking a developmentally delayed inmate to his home, sexually assaulting her and threatening to put her in prison for the rest of her life if she told anyone, according to an arrest affidavit released Wednesday. Sedgwick County Sheriff Tom Hanna, 43, was taken into custody Tuesday…
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Affidavit: Sedgwick County sheriff accused of sexually assaulting developmentally delayed inmate
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An arrest affidavit says a rural Colorado sheriff is accused of taking a developmentally delayed inmate to his home, sexually assaulting her and threatening to put her in prison for the rest of her life if she told anyone. District Attorney Brittny Lewton says Sedgwick County Sheriff Tom Hanna was arrested at his office Tuesday on suspicion…
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Nicolais: Boulder sexual assault case provides no answers in a broken system
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I don’t have the answer. I want that to be clear right from the beginning. As a member of the University of Colorado family, an attorney and stepfather to a college-aged woman, the stories regarding Austin Wilkerson and the sexual assault he committed leave me with many more questions than answers. I didn’t sit through…