“I didn’t want anyone else to die”: Aurora officers recount heroics
This is an extended version of the story that ran in Jan. 8′s Denver Post. Aurora police Officer Justin Grizzle stood at the exit door to theater 9. A trail of blood ran along the concrete to where he...
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7 notes from Day 1 of the Aurora theater shooting preliminary hearing
[media-credit name="RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post " align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit]Aurora Police Officer Justin Grizzle walks back to the court room on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Centennial....
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7 notes from Day 2 of the Aurora theater shooting preliminary hearing
[media-credit name="RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post" align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit]Thomas Teves, left, and his wife, Caren Teves, arrive for court on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, in Centennial....
View ArticleGroup honors Denver police for underreported heroics
It’s not all bad news out of the Denver Police Department, as one group sought to remind us Monday. Citizens Appreciate Police honored nine Denver officers for “providing service to the community above...
View ArticleAurora police honor those who saved lives, sought clues in theater shooting
The Aurora police department on Monday night honored more than than 100 people — officers, detectives, crime scene investigators, victims advocates — for their efforts during last summer’s theater...
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Why you can’t watch Terry Barton’s confession to the Hayman fire
The Hayman fire charred 215 square miles in Teller, Douglas, Jefferson and Park counties. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post) In late spring 2002, Terry Barton struck a match and lit a fire. The flames —...
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New theater shooting prosecutor has mixed record in death-penalty cases
Karen Pearson and Rich Orman, two of the prosecutors in the murder case against James Holmes, walk toward the courtroom. Veteran prosecutor Daniel Zook will soon join them. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver...
View ArticleMetro Denver Crime Blotter: “Twilight” marathon ends in man’s arrest
Click on a pin to read the report; view YourHub Crime Blotter Map in a larger map LAKEWOOD, March 9: “Twilight” marathon ends in man’s arrest. Police received a report of domestic violence on the 7900...
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James Holmes to plead insanity in Aurora theater shooting case
James Holmes sits in the courtroom during his arraignment in Centennial on March 12, 2013. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post) James Holmes wants to plead not guilty by reason of insanity to the killing of...
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Aurora theater shooting jury selection will be long, complicated
A view of the courtroom during the June 4, 2013, hearing in which Aurora movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes formally entered a not guilty by reason of insanity plea. (Andy Cross, The Denver...
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The seven famous words that spared a Colorado soldier 150 years ago
President Abraham Lincoln’s pardon of Colorado soldier Michael Delaney. (Courtesy of the National Archives) All it took was seven words. On July 18, 1863, a Colorado army private awoke in a jail cell....
View ArticleColorado’s minuscule rate for insanity pleas
Add this to the details that make the prosecution of Aurora movie theater shooter so unique: Almost nobody in Colorado pleads insanity. According to new numbers provided by the Colorado Judicial...
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