DAILY SKETCH

Thursday, March 19, 2026

DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTIES SEEK TO TOPPLE LEGO BANDITS

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  Let go my Lego! The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is seeking two men and a woman suspected of stealing thousands of dollars of Legos...

SHOOTING ON ACOMA STREET IN DENVER

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Police said a person was shot Wednesday in the  1500-block of South Acoma Street in Denver. The victim was transported to hospital. No furth...

ARREST MADE IN DENVER MURDER

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Lavon Wedgeworth, 44, was arrested as a suspect in a killing this week in Denver, police said Wednesday. The suspect's apprehension - ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ON COLORADO BALLOT

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Two ballot measures that would restrict rights for transgender children in the state will appear on the Colorado ballot in 2026, according t...

COPS SEEK SUSPECTS IN BRAWL OUTSIDE NAPPER TANDY'S IRISH PUB

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A large fight erupted outside  Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub in Breckenridge, resulting in minor injuries, police said. A total of eight men were...

CRASH KILLS DRIVER, IGNITES BRUSH FIRE IN BRIGHTON

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An SUV struck a light pole at Highway 85 and East 136th Avenue in Brighton early Wednesday, killing the driver and igniting a grass fire. ...

POLICE SEEK BURGLAR IN CREEPY PHOTO

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Police are seeking this man as a suspect in a burglary in the  1100-block of Grandview Avenue in Boulder earlier this month. " The sus...

CHILD FORMALLY CHARGED IN BROTHER'S MURDER IN CENTENNIAL

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A child arrested in the killing of his little brother in Centennial has been formally charged with m urder in the first degree, prosecutors ...

'HIGH-STAKES' RESCUE AT KING SOOPERS IN DENVER

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Firefighters rescued a worker pinned against a canopy "in a complex and time-critical situation" in Denver, the fire department s...

STATE PATROL SEEKS CLUES IN FATAL HIT & RUN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

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A body found in a highway median Sunday has been determined to be a pedestrian who was struck by one or more autos the night before, the sta...

FIRE, EXPLOSION INJURED 1 IN NORTH DENVER

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Firefighters rescued a person after a small explosion and fire early Wednesday at a home in North Denver. The person suffered burns and was ...

I-25 REOPENS AFTER TANKER ROLLS OVER

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I-25 reopened in Pueblo early Wednesday after a tanker flipped on its side Tuesday afternoon, the fire department said. The accident occurre...

DOUBLE SHOOTING ON WEST 10TH AVE. IN DENVER

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Two people were shot in the  2600-block of West 10th Avenue in Denver, police said early Wednesday. They were transported to hospital. Polic...

MURDER ON EAST 42ND AVE. IN DENVER

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A man was shot and killed Tuesday in the  12400-block of East 42nd Avenue in Denver, police said. "Investigators are working to develo...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

NO INJURIES IN AIRPORT CRASH LANDING

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A small aircraft - struggling to stay airborne after one of its engines failed - slid to a crash landing Tuesday near the runway at Rocky Mo...

KIDS' VACCINE BILL PASSES COLORADO HOUSE

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Colorado lawmakers are set to give final approval to a bill that would allow state childhood vaccine recommendations to rely on findings fro...

STABBING ON KRAMERIA IN DENVER

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Police said a person was stabbed Tuesday in the 3500-block of North Krameria Street in Denver. They were transported to hospital. "Inve...

FLAMES GUT HOME'S GARAGE IN LONGMONT, DESTROYING VEHICLES

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Fire struck a home Monday on  Westview Court in Longmont and " destroyed the vehicles in the garage, as well as the garage structure an...

BRUSH COPS FIND BODY IN AUTO; DEATH 'SUSPICIOUS'

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Police found a body inside an auto in a towing lot in Brush and determined it to be a female, officials said Tuesday. A search warrant was o...

TINA PETERS CLEARED IN ALLEGED PRISON ATTACK

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  Disgraced Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, imprisoned for election fraud,  was found not guilty of assaulting another inmate, the Denver Pos...

11 ARRESTED IN MAJOR DRUG BUST; SWAT TEAM ON SCENE

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State and local authorities arrested 11 suspects in a major drug ring, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said. The arrests were made in t...

TWO JAILED AS SUSPECTS IN WOLFF RUN PARK KILLING

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A man and woman are locked up in the Adams County Jail as suspects in a deadly shooting at  Wolff Run Park in Westminster, police announced ...

STABBING ON SOUTH MONACO IN DENVER

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A person was stabbed in the  3600-block of South Monaco Street Parkway, police said early Tuesday. "One victim located with non-life-th...

BLAST LIFTS ROOF OFF HOME IN LAKEWOOD

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An explosion lifted the roof off a townhome in Lakewood. West Metro Fire said: " While the explosion was small, it was powerful, causin...
Monday, March 16, 2026

COLD CASE: THORNTON'S TRACY NEEF, 7, FOUND DEAD IN 1984 NEAR NEDERLAND

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The body of little Tracy Marie Neef, 7, was found huddled outdoors near Nederland on March 16, 1984. The blue-eyed first grader was last see...

FAMILY 'IN SHOCK' AFTER FIRE TRAGEDY IN LONGMONT

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A family lost four dogs -  Mika, Dakota, Bentley and Brodie - in a house fire on  South Collyer Street in  Longmont. Neighbors tried to resc...

FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE BLAZE UNDER GROUND

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South Metro firefighters battled a blaze  inside a drainage ditch along West Belleview Avenue near South Prince Street. Wooden pallets and a...

WINDSOR MAN ARRESTED AS SUSPECT IN BOMB PROBE

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Michael Foug, 18, of Windsor, was arrested on a felony charge of possessing bomb parts. Police and federal agents served a warrant at the m...

TEEN SAFE AFTER VANISHING ON FRIDAY THE 13TH IN POSSIBLE KIDNAPPING

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Police Monday located a teenage girl last seen on Friday the 13th in Pueblo. Police said Isabella Young, 16, is safe after the Colorado Bure...

FAMILY DISPUTE LEADS TO SHOOTING IN DENVER

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Two people were shot and injured in a family dispute in Denver.  Gary Brown, 61, was arrested and accused of attempt murder and assault, po...

SCOOTER RIDER INJURED IN DENVER

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A stand-up scooter and auto collided Sunday in Denver, seriously injuring the scooter rider, police said. The accident occurred at  East 48t...

FIREFIGHTERS SAVE HISTORIC LAKESIDE AMUSEMENT PARK

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Firefighters stopped a windswept brush fire from reaching historic Lakeside Amusement Park - home of one of the world's largest wooden r...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

STOLEN CHURCH STATUES LOCATED; CHOPPED UP FOR SCRAP METAL

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Two metal statues ripped from a downtown Denver church were recovered after being cut to pieces for scrap. The thief, who was traveling by s...
Friday, March 13, 2026

ENOUGH FENTANYL 'TO KILL 88%' OF WELD COUNTY

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A man convicted of trafficking a quantity of  fentanyl so lethal it could kill almost all of Weld County's population has been sentenced...

SENTENCED TO 75 YEARS FOR FACEBOOK HOME INVASION

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Frayer Contreras-Gafaro's victim tracked him down on Facebook and now he's going to prison for 75 years for an armed robbery and hom...

DRONE SPOTS ARSON SUSPECT

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A police drone spotted an arson suspect was walking away from an overnight brush fire in Colorado Springs and officers made an arrest, Fox 2...

DRIFTING SMOKE FROM NEBRASKA BLAZE

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UPDATE Smoke from a huge wildfire in Nebraska lingered over northern and eastern Colorado on Friday, prompting calls to 911 from concerned c...

STOWAWAYS RESCUED FROM UNDER HOOD

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A pop of the hood revealed a litter of baby squirrels snuggled in the engine compartment of an auto at a repair shop in Westminster. Their ...

MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER 2 YEARS ON RUN

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After two years on the run, police arrested Adrian Pacheco, 33, accused of first-degree murder in a shooting on New Year's Eve 2023. The...

BUMPER TO BUMPER ON WESTERN SLOPE

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Traffic jams in Delta County in western Colorado - such as Thursday's bumper-to-bumper backup - typically involve cattle and cowboys, th...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

JURY SEES MAN'S DIRTY HANDS IN SANITIZER SCAM

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A federal jury  convicted Rico Tomas Garcia, 51, of Castle Rock, of wire fraud and money laundering for falsely promising delivery of bulk q...

MISSING WYOMING WOMAN IS SAFE

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Authorities located a missing Wyoming woman whose auto was found in a parking lot in Commerce City and she is safe, the Laramie County Sheri...

HIKING TRAGEDY AT NATIONAL MONUMENT IN MESA COUNTY

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A hiker was fatally injured in a fall at the  Colorado National Monument in Mesa County, search and rescue officials disclosed Thursday. The...

RENEWED BID FOR WORKER RELIEF

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Colorado lawmakers will once again consider a bill to place protections for people who work in extreme heat or cold, this time offering a ph...

MANY SEMIS TIP AS WINDS ROAR ACROSS ROCKIES

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UPDATE As winds crashed across the Rockies, a semi flipped Thursday on e astbound I-70 at Lookout Mountain - one of many such mishaps in Jef...

SICK HIGH SCHOOL PRANK WITH FAKE BLOOD TRIGGERS ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERT

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Two students were arrested after an active shooter stunt with fake blood and a bomb threat at Adams City High School. Hundreds of police and...

CRASH KILLS SKIER ON BRECKENRIDGE PEAK 8

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A skier died Wednesday in an accident  at Breckenridge Ski Resort, the Summit County Sheriff's Office said. The man, who was visiting fr...

DENVER POLICE K9 HELPS FIND DOPE STASH

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Denver police K9 Moose led officers to 200 pounds of meth hidden in a storage unit over the weekend after the FBI and local authorities seiz...

DENVER POT SHOP BURGLARY RING MEMBER GOING TO PRISON

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Demonie Young-Anderson, 20, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his part in a burglary ring that targeted dozens of marijuana dispensari...

3 DOGS ARE SAFE AFTER HOUSE FIRE

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Firefighters went to the aid of three dogs trapped by a house fire Wednesday on Sombrero Lane in Fort Collins, Poudre Fire Authority said. N...

AUTO KNOCKS DOWN WALL IN BROOMFIELD

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An auto crashed into a business and knocked down a wall Wednesday on Highway 287 in Broomfield, North Metro Fire said. No one was injured. ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

DENVER COPS SEEK SUSPECT IN CARJACKING, KIDNAPPING

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Police are hunting for this suspect in a carjacking and kidnapping at South Irving Street and West Ohio Avenue in Denver on March 9.

YOUTH ACCUSED IN MURDER OF LITTLE BROTHER

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The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday the suspect in the homicide of a 5-year-old boy is the victim’s brother, aged 11. ...

RESCUED BALD EAGLE DIES OF LEAD POISONING

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A bald eagle died of a heart attack while undergoing treatment for lead poisoning, the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance said. The eagle, whi...

AURORA COPS CHASE MURDER SUSPECT INTO DENVER

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Aurora police arrested a fugitive wanted on a murder warrant who bailed out of his auto after a wild chase into Denver. After a short foot p...

VAN, TRUCK COLLIDE ON I-25 IN LARKSPUR

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Three people were injured when a van and a truck collided Tuesday on I-25 northbound near the Greenland exit, Larkspur Fire said. An off-du...

HAZMAT CALL TURNS INTO BEER RUN IN AURORA

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Their alarm fell flat. Aurora firefighters responding to a report of a truck leaking corrosive material determined the fluid in question was...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

RIDE ENDS AT QUIK TRIP IN LITTLETON

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A truck crushed an auto and smashed a convenience store Tuesday in Littleton. One person taken to hospital from the QuikTrip at  2338 West B...

MOB TOWN: PUEBLO BOSS DIED IN 'SUGAR MOON' WAR

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"Sugar Moon" brought money and death to Colorado. One of Pueblo's earliest mob bosses, grocer Pellegrino Scaglia, was gunned d...

HOLY STATUES CHISELED FROM CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN DENVER

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A skateboard-riding thief made off with statues of St. Rita and St. Paul that stood outside  Holy Ghost Church in downtown Denver since it o...

ELK WIRED UP IN 200 YARDS OF FENCE FREED

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A Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer tranquilized and freed an elk whose antlers were entangled and dragging 200 yards of quarter-inch ele...
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