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The Weld County District Attorney's office dismissed a second-degree felony assault charge, the most serious charge against a Colorado police officer who locked a woman in a parked police car that was hit by a freight train, leaving her with serious injuries.
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At a vigil for Elias Armstrong on Thursday, Thomas Armstrong said a police detective told the family that the people in the stolen car fired one or two shots while the car's owner fired 15 rounds, "emptying his clip." Surveillance video obtained by The Denver Gazette show the Feb. 5 shootout lasted a matter of seconds, with the man quickly running to the car after finding it.
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A group of police officers and paramedics have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the role they are accused of playing in the death of a 23-year-old Black man who was forcibly restrained and injected with a powerful sedative called ketamine.
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Sentinel Colorado reports 32-year-old Douglas Harroun was charged with third-degree assault against an at-risk adult following Wednesday's encounter. He's accused of punching the woman in the face and head several times during an argument.
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Two dogs — Xaros and Zuma — will start several months of K-9 academy training in January and then join officers on the job in Windsor.
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Prosecutors say a grand jury is investigating the death of a 22-year-old Colorado man who was shot by police after calling 911 for roadside assistance and while experiencing what his mother described as a mental health crisis.
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A police officer who arrested a woman who was seriously injured after the police vehicle she was sitting in was struck by a freight train in Colorado said he didn't realize he had stopped the vehicle on the railroad tracks.
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Police say a man accused of causing a disturbance at a work release program for jail inmates with mental health and substance abuse issues died after being shot by police on Sunday. The police chief in Aurora said the 35-year-old inmate was reported to be armed with a large knife.
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A newly released arrest affidavit says 31-year-old Sonny Almanza, accused of killing police officer Dillon Vakoff, who was responding to a family disturbance, told investigators he didn't know law enforcement was at the scene when he started shooting.
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A 20-year-old woman is expected to survive after the parked police patrol vehicle she was detained in was struck by a freight train in northern Colorado. Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, of Greeley, remained hospitalized Monday with serious injuries