A man armed with a nutcracker allegedly tried to kill Pueblo real estate developer Louie Carleo on Tuesday. According to an arrest affidavit the suspect, Michael T. Singleton "vigorously opened and closed the nutcracker device three times." However this was no ordinary nutcracker. Pueblo police say it was rigged into... more »
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Federal prosecutors charged the suspect in shooting of Arizona congresswoman with attempted assassination and four other charges.
Jared Loughner is charged with one count of attempted assassination of member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government and two counts of... more »
A man charged with attempted murder in Colorado has been captured after a three-day manhunt in southwest Missouri.
McDonald County deputies found Jeramy McCauley, 32, lying in a field about four miles south of Anderson Monday. McCauley, who is originally from Anderson, is wanted on three counts of attempted... more »
An escaped prison inmate was captured in a modular home where he was holding a woman hostage, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections. That information is dramatically different from what was originally reported, that Douglas Alward was apprehended in a corn field.
The hostage was not injured.
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Authorities are offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a Colorado inmate who made what officials say was an "elaborate escape" from a maximum security prison.
A Department of Corrections spokeswoman says authorities are going door-to-door around the Sterling Correction Facility as they search for... more »
The search continues for an inmate who escaped from a maximum security prison in northeastern Colorado.
Douglas Alward fled from the Sterling Correctional Facility about 100 miles northeast of Denver sometime Sunday night. He was serving a 20- to- 40-year sentence for attempted murder, assault, burglary and kidnapping.
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The FBI says agents are searching several locations in the Northeast in connection with the failed Times Square car bomb.
An FBI spokeswoman said Thursday that there is "no known immediate threat to the public or any active plot against the United States." FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz would not... more »
Colorado Springs Police have arrested two young men in an attempted robbery. It happened around 3 a.m. Tuesday at the Western Convenience Store at 227 West Fillmore Street. Two white men entered the store, according to employees carrying sticks. The reportedly demanded money, but left before getting any.
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President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name Wednesday, a blow to an administration trying to explain how a man could attempt to blow up a commercial airliner on Christmas Day.
Erroll Southers said he was pulling out because his nomination had become a... more »