Tag: Thornton
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3 Adams County Sheriff’s Office administrators under investigation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Adam County undersheriff and two of his fellow administrators are under investigation, Adam Sherman, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said Tuesday. Undersheriff Tommie McLallen and Training Division Chief Mickey Bethel were placed on administrative leave Jan. 29. An outside company is handling the investigation.…
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Bloodstained Men and other groups’ push to not circumcise infant boys seen as anti-Semitic by some, a child-protection issue by others
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A decade after men began showing up at public events wearing white pants smeared with red paint on the crotch, the shock value hasn’t faded. People seem simultaneously repulsed and intrigued. “What’s this about?” onlookers wonder. Meet the Bloodstained Men, a nationwide organization formed in 2012,…
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Man sentenced to nearly 100 years in prison for multiple crimes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 98 years in prison on Friday for trying to drown his girlfriend’s cousin in a bathtub and strangling and sexually assaulting her in 2020, according to the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Fermin Gonzalez-Flores was found guilty last August…
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11 reasons to be thankful for Colorado outdoors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Around this time every year, we’re asking outdoorsy Coloradans to give thanks to the places they adore the most. Let their gratitude inspire your own (and tell us what you’re thankful for in the comments section at the end of the story): John Fielder, Summit…
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Hundreds celebrate Veterans Day early around downtown Denver on Saturday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save People gathered around Denver on Saturday to celebrate, honor and give respect to Colorado’s many veterans just days before Veterans Day. From Lincoln Memorial Park and along the 16th Street Mall, retired veterans and active duty military members wore their uniforms with pride, while others…
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One dead after motorcycle strikes curb in Thornton
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A motorcyclist died Friday night in Thornton after striking a curb in front of the police department, police said. The driver was headed westbound when he struck a curb in the 1000 block of Thornton…
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Person of interest in missing person case dies after being shot by police at metro Denver golf course
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editors note: This version has been updated to indicate that the man shot and killed by police was not a homicide suspect as first reported by police, but a person of interest in a missing persons case. A man believed to be a person of…
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Thornton police retrieve vehicle from pond near I-76
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thornton police officers and Westminster fire crews retrieved a vehicle from a pond near Interstate 76 on Thursday, police said. Thornton PD is investigating what appears to be a submerged vehicle in one of the water ponds near the I-76 Frontage Rd (7500 block). Nothing…
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3 dead following crash in Thornton
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three people are dead following a multi-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Thornton. Officers responded to a report of an accident at the intersection of East 120th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in north central Thornton shortly after 1 a.m., said Sgt. Tom Connor, a spokesperson for…
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Officials believe trio of robbers connected to multiple bank robberies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Law enforcement officials are searching for three suspects accused of robbing multiple banks since November. In the latest heist, authorities say the trio entered a Bank of the West in the 12000 block of Colorado Boulevard in Thornton and began a take-over style robbery on…