Tag: Clear Creek County
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Multiple Jeffco initiatives receive more than $2 million in opioid settlement funding
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ten recipients will split $11.2 million in opioid settlement money to help programs aimed at those struggling with substance abuse. The Gateway to the Rockies Opioid Council (GROC) announced its 10 recipients for the settlement disbursement on Tuesday, including multiple programs throughout Jefferson County. The…
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Discovery continues in Idaho Springs dog breeder murder case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Clear Creek County prosecutors are still awaiting evidence in the case regarding the murder of a prestigious dog breeder. Sergio Ferrer — the 36-year-old Idaho Springs man charged with shooting and killing 57-year-old Paul Peavey — appeared in court virtually Monday morning with a shaved head and…
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A woolly dilemma: Tourism, road salts and wildlife collide on Mount Blue Sky
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One summer day in 2020, Stefan Ekernas and a fellow researcher were driving up Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway in a Toyota RAV4 when they spotted bighorn sheep in the near distance. The herd ran to the road. “We had to come to a stop…
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Colorado’s long-dreamed Peaks to Plains Trail extending in complex canyon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Officials working to fill the gap of a long-dreamed trail in Colorado have marked “a colossal construction milestone.” So read a recent social media post by Jefferson County Open Space, showing photos of an underpass, a 70-foot-long box culvert and two bridges beside U.S. 6…
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Multiple crashes along I-70, interstate closed near Georgetown
The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office has closed westbound Interstate 70 after multiple crashes due to whiteout conditions near the tunnels. A multi-vehicle crash occurred on I-70 West at mile marker 216, just east of the Eisenhower Tunnel, around 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to a social media post by the sheriff’s office. Three other crashes…
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Ex-Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy Andrew Buen convicted of criminally negligent homicide
A jury found former Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Andrew Buen guilty of criminally negligent homicide — but not of second-degree murder — in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Christian Glass on June 11, 2022 outside of Silver Plume. The charge is a lesser included offense in the second-degree murder charge. Buen stood at the podium…
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Second jury to decide fate of former deputy in Christian Glass shooting death
The parents of 22-year-old Christian Glass recoiled on Wednesday as Clear Creek County prosecutors showed autopsy photos of their son after he was shot to death by a former Clear Creek County Sheriff’s deputy. Simon and Sally Glass faced the back courtroom wall, covering their ears, as Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Kirwan discussed the…
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Retrial of former deputy involved in Christian Glass’ death begins
A Clear Creek County jury on Friday heard opening statements in the second-degree murder trial of a former deputy sheriff over the death of 22-year-old Christian Glass. Andrew Buen — the Clear Creek County Deputy who shot and killed Glass on June 11, 2022 — was initially charged with second-degree murder, official misconduct and reckless endangerment. The defendant pleaded…
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Man charged with murder, theft in Colorado dog breeder’s death
A man has officially been charged with six counts, including first-degree murder, in the killing of Colorado dog breeder Paul Peavey. Peavey, who bred and sold Doberman puppies, was reported missing in late August 2024, and his body was discovered days later in a shallow grave on his property in Clear Creek County. Investigators said Peavey…
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Man arrested with multiple guns and fake law enforcement badge in Clear Creek County
Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man with multiple guns, a fake federal law enforcement badge and tactical armor Monday afternoon. Deputies arrested 40-year-old Brian Cope on Monday on suspicion of possession of a weapon by a previous offender, impersonating a peace officer, violation of a protection order and four other charges after…