Author: Zachary Dupont
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Carie Hallford withdraws guilty plea in federal court, instead will face trial
Carie Hallford, who along with husband Jon Hallford was originally headed to prison after taking a plea deal for crimes involving nearly 190 bodies at a southern Colorado funeral home, will instead stand trial. Carie Hallford withdrew her guilty plea in federal court Tuesday and is now set to take her case to trial, according…
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Green Beret who died in Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion used generative AI
The Colorado Springs soldier who died by suicide while blowing up a Tesla Cybertruck on New Year’s Day outside President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas used ChatGPT to help plan the attack, according to new information released Tuesday by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. Searches from the phone of Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger,…
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Green Beret who died in Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion called for military and veterans to ‘move on DC’ to oust Democrats
Notes found on the phone of a Green Beret and Colorado Springs resident who died by suicide after blowing up a Tesla Cybertruck on New Year’s Day outside President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas suggest his actions were intended as a “wake-up call” to America. Details of the possible motivations of 37-year-old Master Sgt.…
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Alleged Planned Parenthood shooter’s lawyers seek Supreme Court intervention
The state-level case against Robert Lewis Dear Jr. — the man who allegedly shot and killed three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 — continues to be delayed as attorneys seek to have Dear’s appeal heard in the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys on Thursday appeared in court for a brief status conference hearing,…
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Manitou Incline to close for boulder removal on Barr Trail
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A section of a boulder blocking Barr Trail is set to be removed by the Pikes Peak Ranger District this week, resulting in a two-day closure of the Manitou Incline, according to a news release Monday. The release states that the partial removal of the…
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Nearly $1 billion judgment goes against Return to Nature Funeral Home, although largely symbolic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A class-action lawsuit against the Return to Nature Funeral Home resulted in a judgment of nearly $1 billion, an attorney representing the victims confirmed Monday. The funeral home about 35 miles southwest of Colorado Springs came under a multiagency investigation in October after reports of…
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Judge finds UCCS shooter competent to proceed to trial despite conflicting competency reports
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An El Paso County judge ruled that the accused University of Colorado Colorado Springs shooter is competent to proceed to trial despite the conflicting competency reports presented to the court. Nicholas Jordan, 25, appeared to…
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Judge binds over charges of woman accused of gruesome kidnapping charges in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An El Paso County judge bound over the charges of a woman facing kidnapping-related allegations on Tuesday, stating she was unmoved by claims that the defendant was less involved than others in the gruesome series…
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Families upset after Return to Nature owners Jon and Carie Hallford offered plea deals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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 affected family members and acquired by The Gazette. Jon and Carie Hallford face 286 criminal charges stemming from the discovery…
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Man sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing man at park in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of killing one and injuring another during a shooting near Palmer Park last year was sentenced to 50 years in prison after accepting a plea deal on Thursday. Donnell Chess, 23, appeared in court on Thursday morning for an arraignment hearing. Chess…