Kyle Gould was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation. He was monitoring the situation between Glass and sheriff’s deputy Andrew Buen remotely.
Colorado State Patrol
Posted inCulture
“Courageous” team envisions new life for Longmont’s derelict, dangerous sugar mill as a neighborhood
The plan to remake the former economic engine of the city starts with an $80 million conversion of a huge, bullet-riddled shed into a performing arts center
Posted inCrime and Courts
A dozen Colorado State Patrol cars have been struck by drivers so far this year
A trooper tumbled 30 feet off a bridge and down an embankment to avoid being hit by a second state patrol car that was struck while on an early-morning stop in Adams County
Posted inPolitics and Government
Jared Polis isn’t going to ban guns. But that might not be the point of the Colorado Capitol sit-in.
Part of asking for such a radical — if unrealistic — change is to garner attention, regardless of whether their demands will actually be met
Posted inCrime and Courts, News, Politics and Government
Colorado trooper who guards Capitol and governor charged with felony menacing after pointing gun at driver
A Colorado State Patrol trooper assigned to a unit that protects the legislature and serves as the security detail for Gov. Jared Polis has been charged with felony menacing after he allegedly pointed his gun at a driver near the state Capitol while on duty. Jay Hemphill, 49, has been placed on administrative leave. Hemphill […]
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Four teens die in SUV crash on Colorado’s Eastern Plains
Four teenagers died Wednesday night when the SUV they were riding in on Colorado’s Eastern Plains was struck by a tractor trailer. The youngest victim was 15 years old and the oldest was 16. The crash happened in Prowers County at the intersection of U.S. 287 and Prowers County Road 196 near the town of […]
Posted inColoradans, News, Outdoors
Horses escape from Eagle County Fairgrounds, lead motorists in chase on I-70
By John LaConte, The Vail Daily Colorado State Patrol Trooper Jacob Best encountered one of the most unique situations he’s seen in 15 years of duty in a high-speed horse pursuit on Interstate 70 near Eagle Friday night. The horses escaped from the Eagle County Fairgrounds, where the annual fair and rodeo was wrapping up […]
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Colorado just released a big report on how cannabis legalization is going. Here’s what it found.
More than seven years since Colorado became the first state to allow cannabis to be sold at stores for recreational use, pot arrests are down, marijuana-impaired driving cases are up and school expulsions are both up and down. Those numbers — and a whole lot more — come from a new report released Monday by […]
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Now-fired Colorado state trooper pointed rifle at car in off-duty dispute, police say
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press A now-fired Colorado state trooper charged with menacing allegedly pointed a semi-automatic rifle at two people in a car during a confrontation in Denver while he was off duty, according to a police report. According to the report released Monday, Wesley Dakan, 44, pulled out the gun from the […]
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Colorado State Patrol trooper fired after arrest in felony menacing case
A former Colorado state trooper has been charged with felony menacing in a case that prosecutors said involved a man pointing a rifle at a person in another vehicle, authorities said Thursday. Wesley Dakan, 44, was put on paid leave after the Colorado State Patrol was notified about the allegations by Denver police in the […]