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Colorado justices: El Paso County judge erred by removing prosecutor for comments about stabbing public defenders
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The Colorado Supreme Court, by a 5-1 vote, concluded on Monday that an El Paso County judge mistakenly removed a prosecutor from a murder case after he was overheard saying he hoped the defendant would stab public defenders if he were released from custody. As the prosecution and the defense litigated Rocky Wayne West’s competency…
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Family upset after Return to Nature owners Jon, Carrie Hallford offered plea deals
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The owners of the Return to Nature funeral home have been offered a plea deal in their state-level case, according to an email sent to impacted family members and acquired by The Gazette. Jon and Carie Hallford face 286 criminal charges stemming from the discovery of 189 bodies improperly stored at the Return to Nature Funeral…
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Colorado House bill requiring investigation of all misconduct allegations in law enforcement barely passes committee
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A bill that sponsors say will protect law enforcement officers who report misconduct by their peers barely passed through committee amid allegations from opponents that it was haphazardly put together without sufficient stakeholder input. House Bill 1460 would require law enforcement agencies to investigate all reported allegations of officer misconduct. Failure to do so would…
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Colorado House bill requiring investigation of all misconduct allegations in law enforcement barely passes committee
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A bill that sponsors say will protect law enforcement officers who report misconduct by their peers barely passed through committee amid allegations from opponents that it was haphazardly put together without sufficient stakeholder input. House Bill 1460 would require law enforcement agencies to investigate all reported allegations of officer misconduct. Failure to do so would…
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El Paso County district attorney won’t seek charges against former state Sen. Dennis Hisey
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The District Attorney for Colorado Springs, who indicted a Democratic senator on voter fraud tied to residency, has decided not to charge a Republican senator with committing a similar offense. The case involves former state Sen. Dennis Hisey, who was elected to represent Fountain in Senate District 2 in 2018 but ran for a different…
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Federal judge dismisses Colorado Springs man’s challenge to 3 state gun laws
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A federal judge last week dismissed a Colorado Springs man’s lawsuit that sought to declare multiple gun safety laws unconstitutional in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision expanding gun rights. Delbert Elmer Sgaggio Jr. sued to halt enforcement of Colorado’s law prohibiting those who are subject to protection orders, also known as…
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Prosecutor struggled with alleged Club Q shooter’s bomb threat case that was dismissed
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Four days before the alleged Club Q shooter was scheduled to go to trial last year on charges of threatening to set off a bomb and become the “next mass killer,” a prosecutor handling the case could not provide key details to the presiding judge over why a key witness might not be available to…
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Indictment against state Sen. Pete Lee dismissed
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An indictment against state Sen. Pete Lee has been thrown out by an El Paso District Court judge, who cited erroneous information presented to a grand jury in August. Lee, a Democrat from Colorado Springs, said Judge Eric Bentley dismissed the indictment following an hour-long hearing Friday morning. Bentley’s order is not yet publicly available, but…
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District attorney to move forward on Sen. Pete Lee indictment
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The Fourth Judicial District intends to move forward on a felony charge filed against state Sen. Pete Lee, despite District Attorney Michael Allen’s office acknowledging it presented incorrect information to a grand jury. Allen’s office in a tweet Wednesday said despite receiving an update on a key part of information cited by prosecutors, “the evidence continues…
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State Sen. Dennis Hisey accused of voting irregularity
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Sen. Dennis Hisey, R-Colorado Springs, has been accused of voting in a district in which he does not live. The Colorado Ethics Institute, founded in 2020 by former Colorado Democratic Party Chair Rick Palacio and former journalist Curtis Hubbard, asked Republican District Attorney Michael Allen of the 4th Judicial District in Colorado Springs to investigate…
