Tag: Thornton
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17th Judicial District Attorney finds Thornton officer justified in October shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Seventeenth Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason found a Thornton police officer justified in the October fatal shooting of a man involved in a standoff with police. Thornton Police Department Ofc. Robert Smedley shot and killed William Skells at the end of a prolonged shootout that…
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144th Avenue reopens following crash that killed a motorcycle driver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A section of East 144th Avenue has reopened in all directions between Washington and Franklin streets following a fatal crash that occurred Friday morning. The road closed for an approximately three-hour investigation, and reopened around 11:30 a.m. according to the Thornton Police Department. Closed section…
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Man charged with first-degree murder for Thornton house party shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office filed a first degree murder charge against a man in connection with a fatal shooting in Thornton on Sunday. Daniel Ramirez-Ayala, 20, was charged with first-degree murder after a shooting at a house party in the 7000 block of…
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Thornton to open new transit hub next fall, connecting northern Front Range
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Transportation broke ground last week on a new mobility hub along the Interstate 25 corridor in Thornton that will give people in northern Colorado additional transit options, according to a news release. Thornton will host the new hub, which is the…
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Thornton shooting, arson being investigated as double homicide
Two days after the Thornton Police Department found two people dead inside of a house after a fire, the incident is being investigated as a double homicide. “On Feb. 28, continuing investigative efforts in this case have revealed information that confirms this case is a double homicide,” the police department said in a social media…
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Colorado family jewelry store business hit by thieves for the second time this year
A Colorado family’s jewelry business was targeted by thieves for the second time this year. Just months after armed robbers stole merchandise worth millions from the Joyeria El Ruby store in northwest Denver, burglars ransacked the business’ second location in Thornton. Security camera footage shows masked burglars using crowbars to break in through the front…
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‘We want answers’ | Quiet pursuits by Thornton officers ended in violence outside their jurisdiction
In the dead of night, an undercover Thornton Police Department unit quietly followed a car with missing plates out of Thornton and into Denver and Lakewood. No lights. No sirens. Unmarked trucks. Mile after mile. The officers — each a member of the city’s IMPACT team — communicated to one another on the radio. “Coming up on…
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Thornton police officer cleared in shooting of man threatening people at recreation center
A Thornton Police Department officer will not be criminally charged for shooting a man who was threatening people in a crowded recreation center parking lot last May. The 17th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team found that Terrell Watson was not only justified in the death of Brandon Martinez, but that Watson was “courageous and…
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DA charges man with murder for hit-and-run pedestrian death on Thornton bridge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man under investigation for an overnight hit and run death on Thornton’s 84th Avenue bridge last week has been charged with first-degree murder, according to a news release from the 17th Judicial District Attorney. Mathew Lopez, 34, is accused of hitting pedestrian Rubin Aguilar…
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Thornton Fire Department rescues person from storm drain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Thornton Fire Department rescued a person from a storm drain Sunday afternoon. The fire department clarified the person did not fall in, but rather got in some how. The rescue, which took place at the Regional Transportation District Park and Ride at 88th Avenue…