Tag: Northglenn
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Northglenn man sentenced for human trafficking, sexual exploitation of a child
A man from Northglenn faces 20 years in prison and a lifetime on sex offender registration after submitting “young women” to sexual servitude, the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said. The same man faces sentencing in a similar case in Boulder County later this month. Adams County District Court Judge Jeffrey Ruff sentenced 52-year-old William…
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Colorado Senator Faith Winter to seek treatment for alcohol use, checking in to rehab
Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster, is entering a rehab facility tied to alcohol use, according to multiple sources. Winter, who is in her second and final term in the state Senate, has been battling a number of health issues, including an auto-immune disorder, over the past year. She also suffered a traumatic brain injury last year…
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Northglenn residents decry planned transition home for sex offenders, mentally ill
Northglenn residents packed a meeting Wednesday to voice their opposition, often tearfully, to a panel of city, county and state leaders over a Mental Health Transitional Living Home planned for an area near an elementary school, playgrounds and a church. Some are so upset by the facility, they plan to move from Northglenn. “If this…
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Officer shoots wanted suspect in Northglenn
A Northglenn police say an officer shot an armed suspect on Saturday morning. According to a news release, police responded to an unwanted party call in the area of Fowler Drive and Humboldt Street around 12 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived, the suspect was armed with a firearm, the release said. The suspect was also reported to…
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Phamaly, ‘Spring Awakening’ and boundaries of disability and stage intimacy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It takes some real soul-searching and courage for any theater company to stage “Spring Awakening.” The raucous, rocking, revolutionary 2006 Broadway musical is an adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s tragic 1891 banned novel about hormonally charged German teens discovering the often frightening urges of adolescence that…
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10th Circuit finds no merit to First Amendment claims of Northglenn mosque protestor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed Wednesday that a man convicted of violating a sidewalk obstruction ordinance while holding an “Islam Kills” sign outside a Northglenn mosque failed to show his First Amendment rights were violated. Richard Roy Blake filed a federal lawsuit…
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Officials: Northglenn water tested 12 times a day, still safe to drink after body found in reservoir
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man in charge of Northglenn’s water treatment plant says Northglenn water is safe to drink and that he “absolutely” drinks from the tap himself after a male body was found early Wednesday on the…
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Body found at Northglenn water treatment plant
Authorities on Wednesday were investigating after a body was found in a reservoir at the Northglenn water treatment plant on West 112th Street. Investigators said they don’t believe that foul play was involved, and city officials said the water was still safe to drink. North Metro Fire Rescue said the water was still safe to drink. According…
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Adams Co deputies fatally wound attempted murder suspect
An attempted homicide suspect was shot and killed by Adams County sheriff’s deputies on Friday, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies contacted the suspect, who was wanted for attempted murder, at a home in the 300 block of Malley Drive in Northglenn, according to a news release from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office posted on Twitter…
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Adams County leaders tout region’s economic power
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Adams County is poised to embrace the economic growth, development and influx in population in coming years, according to business and government leaders who spoke at the Adams County Regional Economic Partnership “State of the Region” event in Northglenn on Wednesday. “This region is a…