A contractor working at the Safeway noticed the device in the parking lot behind the store and called police
Robert Tann
Special to The Colorado Sun
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Timeline unclear for release of body camera footage in Englewood police shooting
More than a month has passed since Colorado Community Media requested release of body camera footage from a July 24 shooting involving Englewood police officer that left an unarmed man dead. Matthew Neal Mitchell, 22, was shot and killed as police engaged in a shootout with his brother — 29-year-old Phillip L. Blankenship — who was […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: I’ve lived in a country with gun control. It works.
Ten days after the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, Americans were reeling from yet another preventable tragedy. The lives of 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school did not have to end in such hateful bloodshed. As devastated as this country is, we cannot allow our grief to stall our […]
Posted inCOVID, News
Death threats over a vaccine clinic hosted by Littleton Public Schools led to days of anxiety, urgency for the district
New details about the death threats sent to Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert and the board of education following controversy over a district-hosted COVID vaccine clinic convey days of anxiety, uncertainty and urgency for the district. The threats began shortly after two videos surfaced showing a 15-year-old Littleton High School student and a 16-year-old homeschooled student […]
Posted inEducation, Health, News
Littleton Public Schools superintendent says he got death threats over vaccine controversy
Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert said he received death threats and other harassing emails after two videos surfaced on a right-wing Twitter account showing minors unaccompanied by their parents cleared to receive a COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic at Heritage High School on Jan. 21. The two videos, posted on Jan. 25, have since […]
Posted inCOVID, News
Parent of Littleton student who misled COVID vaccine clinic staff says goal was to shut down school inoculation sites
The father of a Littleton Public Schools student who filmed himself misleading health staff to see if he could get a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic using space in an LPS high school said the intention of the video was to shut down the clinic and the prevent similar ones in the future. Gregg McGough, the […]
Posted inEducation, Health, News
Littleton Public Schools shuts down vaccine clinics after videos show alleged minors misled staff about age, consent
By Robert Tann, Colorado Community Media Littleton Public Schools will stop hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics on school campuses after two videos surfaced on a far-right Twitter account on Jan. 24 showing alleged students misleading clinic staff in order to receive a shot. Neither student appears to have actually gone through with a vaccination, the videos […]
Posted inCOVID, News
Fewer COVID cases are being reported, but more of the virus is being found in Denver-area sewage
Testing of wastewater at the Englewood-Littleton sewage plant is finding record-high signs of COVID prevalence in the south Denver metro populace, though the number of people receiving positive COVID tests has dropped. A Colorado researcher says the situation may indicate vaccinated people are catching the virus but not feeling sick enough to get tested. Since […]
Posted inColoradans, News
Future funding uncertain for Littleton Immigrant Resources Center that has aided hundreds
The future of Littleton’s only affordable resource center for immigrants seeking citizenship has been uncertain for years. But following a recent City Council budget meeting, members appear poised to pull funding from the center by fall of 2022. On Sept. 11, the city council voted 5-2 to move ahead with cutting the Littleton Immigrant Resources […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Police identify man accused of shooting Littleton officer several times
Littleton police Wednesday named a suspect in the shooting of one of its officers earlier in the week, and said the officer, who was shot multiple times, is still in intensive care at Swedish Hospital in Englewood. Police identified their suspect in the shooting as 33-year-old Rigoberto Valles Dominguez, who they said is still at large. […]