Tag: Michael Allen
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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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El Paso County district attorney won’t seek charges against former state Sen. Dennis Hisey
The District Attorney for Colorado Springs, who indicted a Democratic senator on voter fraud tied to residency, has decided not to charge a Republican senator with committing a similar offense. The case involves former state Sen. Dennis Hisey, who was elected to represent Fountain in Senate District 2 in 2018 but ran for a different…
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Indictment against state Sen. Pete Lee dismissed
An indictment against state Sen. Pete Lee has been thrown out by an El Paso District Court judge, who cited erroneous information presented to a grand jury in August. Lee, a Democrat from Colorado Springs, said Judge Eric Bentley dismissed the indictment following an hour-long hearing Friday morning. Bentley’s order is not yet publicly available, but…
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District attorney to move forward on Sen. Pete Lee indictment
The Fourth Judicial District intends to move forward on a felony charge filed against state Sen. Pete Lee, despite District Attorney Michael Allen’s office acknowledging it presented incorrect information to a grand jury. Allen’s office in a tweet Wednesday said despite receiving an update on a key part of information cited by prosecutors, “the evidence continues…
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Letecia Stauch will stand trial for murder, judge rules
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Letecia Stauch, the El Paso County woman charged with killing her 11-year-old stepson last year, will stand trial for murder, a judge ruled Thursday. Letecia Stauch hearing: Blood stains from Gannon Stauch’s bedroom among evidence presented District Judge Gregory Werner ruled there was enough evidence…
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New El Paso County DA criticized over demotion of longtime prosecutor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Longtime El Paso County prosecutor Donna Billek is set to be demoted next week, a move that freed up her senior rank for a former district attorney recruited after a controversial tenure in Adams and Broomfield counties. Billek, a nearly 22-year office veteran who handled…