Category: Crime

Colorado State Patrol wants you to keep your head up and phone down

(COLO) – A Colorado State Patrol vehicle sustained moderate damage when a company box truck driver, based out of Colorado Springs, failed to properly hold his lane position and struck the cruiser on the driver’s side as it was traveling in the right lane.

At 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 31, a box truck traveling westbound on Meadows Parkway (Highway 85) was in the center lane when the driver veered to the right sideswiping a vehicle traveling in the same direction one lane to the right. The vehicle was a Colorado State Trooper going to work in an unmarked cruiser.

While both vehicles were estimated to only be driving at 10 mph at the time of impact, moderate damage occurred to the cruiser when the box truck temporarily hooked onto the car and then separated. Fortunately, both the trooper and other driver were not injured in the crash. The other driver was cited for careless driving due to being distracted.

Lane violations can be switching lanes in an unsafe manner, driving too close and subsequently crossing over lane boundary lines.

“We find a variety of reasons people fail to drive in their designated lane, but some of the most common are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, driving aggressively or being distracted behind the wheel,” stated Sgt. Troy Kessler, Colorado State Patrol. “In this case the driver wasn’t paying attention to where he was headed. He was looking at his GPS because he was unfamiliar with the area and his truck moved into the adjacent lane. No road, weather, or other extenuating circumstance contributed to the crash.”

Colorado State Troopers made over 12,650 proactive traffic stops for lane violations in 2022. Driving distracted has consistently been one of the top causal factors for serious injury and fatal crashes in Colorado for the last five years.

A picture of the Colorado State Patrol vehicle and dashcam video of the lane violation and resulting collision are available for media use.

As a reminder, a driver’s primary or “default” position in normal circumstances is to drive so that your vehicle is in the center of the lane with equal amounts of space on both sides.

Troopers continue to take a low tolerance approach to lane violations while launching a yearlong campaign called “Stay in Your Lane.” This campaign is designed to remind people to control their lane position based on their current driving environment. This campaign also aims to bring attention to three of the most common and avoidable behaviors that contribute to lane violations – driving aggressively, driving distracted or driving while impaired

See more pictures and dashcam video here.

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office requests help from the public in locating a person of interest.

On 12/2/2022, Deputies responded to a medical call in the 9600 block on E. Easter Ave. At the address, deputies found a deceased female who appeared to have been murdered and was last seen by the hotel staff on 11/29/2022.

Sheriff’s Investigators are looking to speak with ALEXANDER JAMES  MORGAN, age 28. ALEXANDER “ALEX” is a person of interest in the suspicious death.

ALEXANDER has several unrelated warrants for his arrest.

Investigators are asking the public to call the Sheriff’s Office tip line 720-874-8477 with any information about the death or the whereabouts of ALEXANDER MORGAN.

Denver, Colorado — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in conjunction with the Denver Police Department, are offering a reward up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the April 8th, 2022, murders of 14-year-old Adrian Foster, 13-year-old Jayden Hoyle and Mr. Uriel Reyes-Medina.

 

The murders occurred in the 3700 block of North Peoria Street in Denver. It is believed the suspects are three to four young men known to law enforcement, however, more information is needed to bring charges against them.

 

Anyone with information about this crime should contact ATF at (888) ATF-TIPS (1-888-283-8477). Information can also be sent to  or through ATF’s website at www.atf.gov/contact/atftips. Tips can be submitted anonymously using the Reportit® app, available from both Google Play and the Apple App store, or by visiting www.reportit.com.

 

ATF regulates the firearm industry and is the lead federal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction involving firearms and violent crimes. More information about ATF and its programs is available at www.atf.gov.

Deputy Sheriff Impersonator Running Phone Scam

DENVER –The Denver Sheriff Department (DSD) is urging the community to be vigilant regarding another telephone impersonation scam. The impersonator in the most recent cases is using real names and ranks of current DSD sworn personnel. It has been reported that the impersonator will tell the victim they were served a subpoena and failed to appear in court resulting in a fine, and they are subject to arrest if they do not comply and send money via Venmo or CashApp. The victim is then instructed not to speak about the case as there is a gag order issued from the judge. They additionally demanded a signature and a “signature verification fee” from the victim.

A Denver Deputy Sheriff will never request payment for not appearing in court, nor make contact by phone. A Deputy Sheriff would never suggest a member of the public meet someone on the street to pay cash or send money via Venmo or CashApp for not appearing in court. We encourage the community to be aware of these recent fraudulent activities and alert family members and friends.

If you receive a suspicious call from someone alleging to be a Denver Deputy Sheriff, please report the information to your local police department and use the link following to notify the Colorado State Attorney General’s Office of the activity: https://www.stopfraudcolorado.gov/, or call the Denver DA’s Fraud Hotline 720-913-9179.

AURORA, Colo. (AP) _ A man accused of causing a disturbance at a work release program for jail inmates with mental health and substance abuse issues died after being shot by police on a public bus in suburban Denver on Sunday, police said.

No one else was injured, interim Aurora police chief Dan Oates said in a briefing after the shooting of the 35-year-old inmate, whose name has not been released yet. The man was reported to be armed with a large knife, he said.

Oates declined to say whether the man had threatened passengers on the bus, saying that would be part of the investigation of the shooting by a team led by the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Officers deployed a stun gun and a dog in unsuccessful attempts to arrest the man, Oates said. Two other officers then fired their handguns at him, hitting the man, Oates said. He declined to provide more detail about what led up to the shooting, saying why the officers decided to open fire would also be part of the investigation.

An Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Deputy was called to the work release program to arrest the man and take him back to jail, police said in a statement. The deputy found him on a nearby corner where he had reportedly threatened people, they said.

The deputy backed off and called Aurora police for help, Oates said. In the meantime, the man went into a convenience store across the street where police then got calls that an armed robbery had occurred, Oates said. The man crossed back across the street and boarded a bus stopped there, and officers got on and got into a confrontation with him, he said.

Oates said he did not believe there was a mental health clinician who was working at the time who could have responded.

It was the second fatal shooting involving Aurora police over the weekend. On Saturday, Aurora officers chased an SUV suspected in a robbery into Denver, used a maneuver to stop it and then fired at the driver when he threatened the officers with a long gun, acting Denver police chief Ron Thomas said. It was not known if the driver fired the gun, he said.