Tag: Douglas County Sheriffs Office
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Wildfire begins in Jefferson County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jefferson County firefighters began battling a wildfire just south of Conifer Tuesday afternoon. The White Hawk fire began burning late Tuesday afternoon on a mountainside near White Hawk Trail — around half a mile north of the North Fork of the South Platte River near Conifer —…
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Douglas County sheriff’s deputies investigate Castle Pines death as family-related stabbing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office on Monday launched a murder investigation into the stabbing death of a woman at a Castle Pines apartment complex on Sunday night. A second woman suffered serious injuries and is in the hospital, according to the sheriff’s office. In a…
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Texas man arrested in connection to body found along I-25 near Larkspur
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office coordinated with investigators in Austin, Texas in the arrest of a man allegedly connected to the dead body of a woman found along Interstate 25 near Larkspur last month. The Douglas County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased woman as Brenda…
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Officials say train sparked Colorado wildfire that scorched 130 acres near Louviers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Multiple grass fires that grew to burn more than 130 acres near the small town of Louviers in Douglas County were likely caused by a passing train, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the South Metro Fire Rescue Marshal’s Office. Firefighters reached 100%…
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New brush fire emerges near Louviers as hot spots remain in 130-acre blaze
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Douglas County’s wildfire response helicopter took to the air again on Tuesday as a new brush fire emerged after a series of brush fires near Louviers. No structures were threatened in the new brush fire burning in open space near 6005 Ron King Trail east…
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Evacuation lifted for Louviers as firefighters gain control of brush fires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Authorities have lifted an evacuation order for residents in Louviers, a small unincorporated town in Douglas County south of Chatfield Reservoir, after firefighters gained control of two brush fires burned nearby Sunday afternoon. As of 8:45 p.m., the fire is 90% contained after burning 130…
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Body found along I-25 near Larkspur exit ‘appears suspicious,’ police say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office seeks help from the public and motorists after a woman’s body was found along southbound Interstate 25 near the Larkspur exit on Sunday. The woman’s body was found early Sunday, roughly a half mile north of Exit 173 near Larkspur,…
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Douglas County Sheriff’s Office buys 5 pursuit ‘grapplers’ – how does it work?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Motorists who attempt to flee Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies might well get stopped with a new device called the grappler police bumper. The department bought five “grappler” devices to better, and more safely, stop a feeling vehicle than using the precision immobilization technique (PIT) most…
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19-year-old man arrested in deadly Highlands Ranch pedestrian crash
A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide after fatally crashing into a pedestrian and his dog in Highlands Ranch on Sunday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. In a Monday news release, sheriff’s officials said Cade Kaminski, 19, will face charges of fourth-degree felony vehicular homicide and animal abuse, alleging he…
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Man struck, killed in Highlands Ranch crash along Kendrick Castillo Way
A 31-year-old man died when he was struck and killed in a crash along Kendrick Castillo Way in Highlands Ranch on Sunday afternoon, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The crash, which was called in at 2:54 p.m., closed southbound Kendrick Castillo Way at Mayberry Drive and northbound Kendrick Castillo Way at Bristle Pine…