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5/27/2013

Sheriff Maketa email on gun lawsuit fundraiser stirs controversy

Posted 10:38 AM 5/28/2013 by Jacqui Heinrich, jheinrich@koaa.com

An email from El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa is raising a lot of eyebrows. The email is the latest development in the ongoing fight over gun control in our state.

"I think it is a misuse of power," Christy Lelait of A Whole Lot Of People For John Morse said. That's the crux of the (More)

5/22/2013

You could be living in a former meth lab and not even know it

Posted 9:44 PM 5/23/2013 by Jacqui Heinrich, jheinrich@koaa.com

You could be living in a former meth lab right now and not even know it. A News 5 investigation recently uncovered a Colorado Springs family who unknowingly rented out a former meth lab that was never cleaned up. News 5's Jacqui Heinrich stayed on top of that story and discovered hundreds of (More)

5/17/2013

Springs man charged with child neglect denies allegations

Posted 6:07 PM 5/18/2013 by Eric Ross

Charles Wingate and his wife, Sharon Starkey were charged Thursday with child neglect following a welfare check call.

Officers responded to a home on the 6100 block of Corinth Drive and found a 13-year-old boy inside, home alone. Police say the teen was not clothed and had been living in (More)

5/14/2013

Halfway house director answers questions about overdose death

Posted 8:39 PM 5/14/2013 by Andy Koen

PUEBLO - The state agency that oversees halfway houses believes managers at Pueblo's Minnequa Community Corrections followed all the proper procedures after an offender in their custody died 18 months ago of a drug overdose.

Adam Beauchamp, 27, (More)...

5/13/2013

Overdose death at halfway house suggests easy access to drugs

Posted 7:42 PM 5/13/2013 by Andy Koen

PUEBLO - A Colorado Springs mother is frustrated with the lack of answers provided to her 18 months after her son died of a drug overdose while serving his sentence at a Pueblo halfway house.

The body of Adam Beauchamp, 27, was found in his (More)

5/8/2013

Gurule says state embellished audit

Posted 9:14 PM 5/8/2013 by Andy Koen

PUEBLO - When parole officers relocated some 60 offenders from the Community Corrections Services Inc. (CCSI) facility in Pueblo last Friday, owner Al Gurule told News 5 at (More)

5/7/2013

State ranks Pueblo halfway houses least safe in Colorado

Posted 10:55 PM 5/7/2013 by Andy Koen

PUEBLO - All of the community corrections programs in Pueblo have a history of inadequately following state regulations, consequently increasing the risk to public safety.

As recently as (More)...

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