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• Texas DA will be laid to rest today

  April 5, 2013 4:18 AM

  The texas District Attorney who lost his life Saturday will be laid to rest today. The funeral services for Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, will take place in Wortham, Texas. That will be followed by a private burial. The governor of Texas was among the hundreds of people who... more »

• Trading for marijuana: Is this legal? Play Video

  February 22, 2013 1:28 AM

  Marijuana users are getting creative when it comes to getting their hands on pot. They're using web sites like Craigslist to trade merchandise for marijuana. Plug in "marijuana" on Craigslist and a laundry list of postings will appear. People are looking to trade anything and everything from cell phones... more »

• New details into Tuesday's officer involved shooting in Woodland Park

  January 23, 2013 7:29 PM

  New details continue to pour in over Tuesday's deadly officer involved shooting in Woodland Park. Around 2:30 p.m., two officers with the Woodland Park Police Department pulled over Craig Bondo, 20, for driving a stolen Saturn station wagon along Highway 24. While attempting to make an arrest, the... more »

• Seized marijuana returned to local patient

  November 16, 2012 8:34 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - A tearful Bob Crouse finally picked up the medical marijuana that was being kept in evidence at the Colorado Springs Police Department. It took a court order and a decision to not block that order by the state court of appeals before Crouse was at last able... more »

• Robbery suspect seems to fit "habitual" definition Play Video

  June 6, 2012 8:34 PM

  It was a disturbing new way of committing a common crime; the suspect allegedly doused his victims in lighter fluid and threatened to set them on fire if they didn't open the cash registers. That suspect, 51 year-old Dwight Davis, was arrested last month on a slew of burglary... more »

• Flags lowered to honor former DA

  January 26, 2012 6:40 PM

  Flags are lowered at all El Paso County facilities in honor of former District Attorney Robert L. Russel. Russel served five terms as District Attorney from 1965 to 1985. In 2006, the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners rededicated the Professional Building at 105 East Vermijo in Colorado... more »

• Falling viral video was created by local teens Play Video

  January 12, 2012 7:59 PM

  The latest viral video craze has ties to Southern Colorado. It's called falling and as you may have guessed, the subjects in the videos intentionally trip themselves up in public places. The social media schadenfreude is the brainchild of Classical Academy grad Justin Stuart, 18, who started making YouTube... more »

• DA: Pueblo officer justified in fatal shooting

  May 15, 2011 2:57 PM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - A deadly shooting by a Pueblo police officer of an armed man has been ruled justified. Officer Phil Trujillo shot and killed Robert Daniel `'Danny" Elmore Feb. 24 while he stood in the doorway of his home. Trujillo had been responding to a report of... more »

• Grand Junction man accused of killing wife charged

  February 6, 2011 9:06 AM

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged a 38-year-old man accused of stabbing his wife to death and his bond was set at $250,000. Authorities say in an arrest affidavit that Nathan Yager admitted to his mother that he had stabbed his wife. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel... more »

• Colorado District Attorney faces more charges

  December 23, 2010 1:44 PM

  MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - A western Colorado district attorney facing criminal charges for allegedly demanding sexual favors from women in his office has been arrested again, this time on allegations of harassment and violating his bond. The Grand Junction Sentinel reports that Montrose County District Attorney Myrl Serra was... more »

• Pueblo D.A. says Greaves investigation ongoing

  December 20, 2010 6:50 PM

  Pueblo District Attorney Bill Thiebaut says he is not filing charges against Phillip Greaves II for writing or distributing his book: "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover's Code of Conduct." However, Thiebaut cautions the investigation into the Pueblo author continues. Greaves was arrested Monday morning by law... more »

• Interim District Attorney appointed in western counties

  December 17, 2010 5:15 PM

  MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - A Montrose lawyer has been appointed acting district attorney for six southwestern Colorado counties after the elected DA was indicted on charges of demanding sexual favors from women in his office. The Montrose Daily Press reports that Dan Hotsenpiller, a former prosecutor, will serve as... more »

• Arrested Colorado DA subject of restraining order

  October 1, 2010 10:42 AM

  The western Colorado district attorney suspected of unlawful sexual contact was the subject of a restraining order filed by a 39-year-old woman. The Denver Post reports that the woman filed a restraining order in Montrose County against Myrl Serra in 2008 and again on Sept. 20. Serra, the top... more »

• Special prosecutor appointed in Montrose DA case

  September 30, 2010 1:00 PM

  MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - A district attorney from western Colorado has been arrested, accused of unlawful sexual contact and indecent exposure. Myrl Serra is the top prosecutor in for the 7th Judicial District, which is based in Montrose and covers six western counties. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers' office... more »

• Ken Buck to give up 2 months pay while he campaigns

  August 24, 2010 8:36 AM

  Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck plans to give up two months pay while he campaigns for the U.S. Senate. He earns $140,000 a year and will give up $11,666 in pay for September and October. Buck says he'll stay in regular contact with his office while he campaigns... more »

• Clearing up robocall confusion

  July 29, 2010 2:59 PM

  Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes announced Wednesday that he was asking the state Attorney General's Office to investigate a false robocall campaign. The automated called made to registered Republicans allegedly said that Maes had dropped out of the race. NewsFirst5 has learned that the confusion may have stemmed from... more »

• DA's Office issues report on Officer Involved Shooting

  July 9, 2010 4:10 PM

  The District Attorney's Office investigated an officer-involved shooting in Colorado Springs. Its final report was released Friday afternoon. Here's a complete transcript -- "The District Attorney's Office has concluded its' investigation of the officer involved shooting that occurred on June 4, 2010 and issues the following report: Any... more »

• Man who planned to murder his wife in 1990 up for parole

  June 13, 2010 8:00 PM

  A Colorado Springs man who planned the murder of his wife, and later escaped from prison, is up for parole. The District Attorney who prosecuted the case in the early 1990s is now our state Attorney General. John Suthers thinks Brian Hood is lucky to get a parole hearing.... more »

• Tom Wiens drops out of Colorado Senate race

  May 25, 2010 8:40 AM

  Republican Tom Wiens is dropping out of Colorado's primary Senate contest. The former state senator is backing Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck over former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton. Wiens was a self-funded Senate candidate who planned to petition onto primary ballots. But on Monday, Wiens dropped out before... more »

• UPDATE: Ethics complaint against DA over marijuana fight in limbo

  March 3, 2010 10:41 PM

  UPDATE: 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May has filed a complaint with city code enforcement about a possible zoning violation at Pure Medical, a marijuana disepnsary in the Rockrimmon area where May lives. He also says his homeowner's association and several neighbors told him they also filed complaints against... more »

• UPDATE: Ethics complaint against DA over marijuana fight in limbo

  March 3, 2010 7:21 PM

  UPDATE: Owner of Pure Medical marijuana dispensary, which is at the center of a dispute involving District Attorney Dan May, says he's willing to shut down his Rockrimmon area business. Through his attorney, Thomas Choi told News First 5, if the people in the neighborhood don't want his medical... more »

• President Obama will campaign for Sen. Bennet

  January 28, 2010 1:51 PM

  The White House has confirmed that President Barack Obama will visit Colorado in February to attend an event with U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. White House spokesman Adam Abrams said Thursday that the details are still being worked out. Bennet was appointed by fellow Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter to... more »

• Aspen prosecutors ask judge not to dismiss Sheen order

  December 31, 2009 11:06 AM

  Aspen prosecutors don't want a judge to lift a restraining order against actor Charlie Sheen, who is accused of threatening his wife with a knife. Attorneys for both Sheen and his wife, Brooke, say they want the order dismissed so the couple can try to reconcile. The order bars him... more »

• Governor's aide withdraws consideration for US attorney

  December 15, 2009 9:39 AM

  Gov. Bill Ritter's deputy chief of staff has withdrawn from consideration to be the next U.S. attorney in Colorado amid questions raised during Ritter's gubernatorial campaign. Stephanie Villafuerte said Monday that a "needless and extraneous political fight" has overshadowed an independent assessment of her qualifications. During Ritter's 2006 campaign, the... more »