Posted 10:03 AM 12/23/2012 by Matt Stafford
FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - A Fort Carson Army sergeant has been sentenced to 35 years in a military prison after being found guilty of sexual assault charges. Our news partners at he Gazette report a military panel Friday found Alberto Silva-Sadder guilty of 21 charges. They include (More)
Posted 10:14 AM 12/22/2012 by Matt Stafford
LONDON (AP) - Authorities say that prosecutors are weighing whether to press charges over a royal hoax call that preceded a nurse's apparent suicide. Two Australian DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles, as they phoned London's King Edward VII hospital (More)
Posted 6:12 PM 12/21/2012 by Alyse Rzemek
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A man suspected of leading a ring of thieves who broke into cars at funerals, churches, schools and other places in Weld County has been sentenced to 36 years in prison. The district attorney says 31-year-old Ernesto Castanuela Jr. was sentenced Friday in Weld (More)
Posted 9:13 PM 12/20/2012 by Andy Koen
COLORADO SPRINGS - The woman accused of taking a Colorado Springs toddler and triggering an amber alert was formally advised of the charges against her. Tonia Shetina, 38, is being held at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center on $200,000 bond for charges of 2nd Degree Kidnapping and Motor (More)
Posted 6:38 PM 12/17/2012 by Matt Stafford
DENVER (AP) - Colorado's new marijuana regulators will consider five areas for potential recreational pot rules. The areas of concern are: - REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: The task force will look at big-picture regulation questions, including which alcohol regulations make sense for use on (More)
Posted 5:07 PM 12/15/2012 by Kate Richards
DENVER (AP) - A 23-year-old man has been convicted in the shooting death of a soldier from Illinois who was stationed at Fort Carson. The Denver district attorney's office said Friday that Ricky Scott was found guilty of first-degree murder in the July 23, 2011, death of 25-year-old (More)
Posted 5:21 PM 12/13/2012 by Andy Koen
DENVER - A federal judge will soon decide whether to block the new downtown solicitation ban in Colorado Springs. The American Civil Liberties Union sued the city on behalf of four individuals and four non-profit organizations and on the grounds that the law violates their free speech right.
(More)...Posted 5:24 PM 12/12/2012 by Alyse Rzemek
PEMBROKE, N.Y. (AP) - A prostitution charge in New York against a former teen pageant princess who once appeared on the reality TV show "Wife Swap" has been dropped. An attorney for Alicia Guastaferro says Genesee County prosecutors agreed to drop the charge during a court appearance (More)
Posted 5:47 PM 12/10/2012 by Alyse Rzemek
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska woman who claimed she was attacked by three men who carved anti-gay slurs into her arms and stomach was found guilty Monday of making a false report.
Charlie Rogers, a former University of Nebraska basketball star, entered a no contest plea, which allowed (More)
Posted 4:46 PM 12/7/2012 by Alyse Rzemek
DENVER (AP) - Pot may be legal, but workers may want to check with their boss first before they grab the pipe or joint during off hours. It's already legal in Washington state and will be in Colorado by January. Businesses are trying to figure out how to deal with employees who use it (More)
Posted 2:42 PM 12/7/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals.
The justices said Friday they will review a federal appeals (More)
Posted 6:51 PM 12/7/2012 by Greg Boyce
An employee at the Pueblo Judicial Complex is charged with Official Misconduct and has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation.
Robin Arwood was arrested Wednesday. She's been a judicial assistant in the Pueblo Court system since 2010. She was (More)