Tag: Commerce City Police Department
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1 dead, several injured in shuttle bus crash near Denver International Airport
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A crash involving a shuttle bus killed at least one person and seriously injured several others late Saturday night near Denver International Airport. At around 11:30 p.m., a pickup truck and shuttle bus collided at the intersection of Tower Road and East 81st Avenue, according to…
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Commerce City teacher charged in sexual assault case from 2016
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office charged a former Commerce City teacher with sexual assault on a child stemming from an incident in 2016. Prosecutors charged 44-year-old Michelle McMillan with one felony count of sexual assault by a person in a position of trust on…
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Commerce City police implement drones to respond to 911 calls
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Commerce City Police Department is now using drones as first responders to 911 calls, helping officers arrive at emergency situations with a better understanding of what’s going on, according to a department news release. The new program, called the Drone as First Responder Program, launched…
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Officers won’t face charges in fatal Commerce City shooting
Two local police officers will not face criminal charges in an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead last summer. 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason wrote a letter to corresponding police chiefs Wednesday regarding the justified use of force from Brighton Police Department Ofc. Tyler Sandusky and Commerce City Police Department Sgt. Tyler Ahlem…
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Adams City High School lockdown was due to bomb threat
The lockdown that caused Adams City High School to send its students home early was due to a bomb threat, police said. The Adams City High School — a school just west of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City — was placed on lockdown around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to a…
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Adams City High School students sent home following 3-hour lockdown
A Commerce City high school was placed on lockdown as local police assessed a potential threat. The Adams City High School — a school just west of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City — was placed on lockdown around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to a social media post from the Commerce…
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Man convicted in DUI crash that killed Commerce City officer
An Adams County jury convicted a man of vehicular homicide after a 2020 DUI crash left a Commerce City Police Department detective and another victim dead. Following a three-day trial in an Adams County District Court, 49-year-old Fructuoso Rosales-Cano was convicted Thursday of two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of driving under the…
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Former anti-violence activist officially charged with first-degree murder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tajuana McKinley — the mother of shooting victim Malcolm Watson — banged her fists on the court podium, blaring words against the man suspected in her son’s murder. The heated hearing marked the first court appearance for 46-year-old Lumumba Sayers Sr., who was officially charged with first-degree murder and…
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Former anti-violence advocate allegedly kills man as anniversary of son’s murder nears
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Hellauer tom.hellauer@denvergazette.com A Denver man who had dedicated his life to getting guns off of Denver’s streets is in jail for allegedly shooting a man at his son’s birthday party. There are still more questions than answers as to why Lumumba Sayers Sr. went…
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Denver man sentenced to 4 years in prison after injuring 4 first responders in DUI crash
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County judge sentenced 24-year-old Benjamin Winters to four years in prison after a DUI crash that injured four first responders in December. District Judge Sean Finn sentenced Winters on Friday on charges of vehicular assault and third-degree assault on first responders. Winters will…