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New law will force police departments to test sexual assault kits Play Video
March 8, 2013 1:20 AM
U.S. Senator Michael Bennett's SAFER Act was signed into law Thursday. The SAFER Act would help reduce the national backlog of rape kits by helping state and local governments conduct audits in law enforcement storage facilities and increasing available resources for crime labs to process those kits. In recent... more » -
5 Uncovers: Sexual assault kits not being tested
February 13, 2013 12:48 PM
News 5 uncovers hundreds of sexual assault kits collected are not being sent off for testing. "We assume evidence is being submitted for testing after a victim comes to law enforcement and goes through the additional traumatic experience of having the evidence collected," House District 43 Representative Frank McNulty... more » -
Higher court halts marijuana return
November 9, 2012 6:15 PM
The Colorado Court of Appeals has halted a court order requiring the return of seized medical marijuana to a local cancer patient. According to attorney Clifton Black, the higher court issued the eleventh hour stay after District Court Judge Timothy Schutz rejected an earlier request during an emergency hearing Friday... more » -
Marijuana patient again denied seized pot Play Video
November 2, 2012 8:23 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS - Local cancer patient Bob Crouse was hoping to get his medical marijuana back today, as was his lawyer Clifton Black. A judge signed a court order three days ago directing the police to turn over the drug, but when they came to the police department today to... more » -
Trial of dragging death suspect to begin Wednesday
January 30, 2012 2:22 PM
Attorneys in the Detra Farries case sorted through a series of last minute motions each aimed at putting their side in a better position as the case heads to trial later this week. Farries is charged with 11 counts including aggravated manslaughter for the dragging death of tow truck driver... more » -
Sex assault case investigated in Florissant
November 25, 2011 6:44 PM
The Teller County Sheriff says his investigators have made a major break in a sexual assault case in Florissant. According to Sheriff Mike Ensminger, deputies searched a property in the town on Thursday and were able to obtain a substantial amount of evidence. He isn't saying much about the... more » -
Dozens of bullets, no injuries or arrests
August 9, 2011 5:11 PM
Colorado Springs Police are investigating a pair of early morning shootings. The first happened around 4:00 a.m. in an alley in the 800 block of South Corona St. About 40 minutes later, several shots were fired at a home in the 3400 block of Cochran Drive. No one was... more » -
Colorado Cold Case: suspect tied to 4 murders
September 14, 2010 3:40 PM
Colorado investigators say one suspect is responsible for two unsolved homicide cases involving four people in Aurora and Lakewood. Lakewood police say the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has connected the two homicide cases from 1984 through DNA evidence. Authorities plan to announce their findings during a Tuesday news conference.... more » -
Colorado inmate charged in cold case
May 7, 2010 8:18 AM
A Colorado inmate serving time on a drug conviction faces charges of sexually assaulting one woman and trying to assault another 16 years ago. Denver police and the district attorney said Thursday DNA evidence led them to 38-year-old Jody Smith. Smith is accused of trying to grab a woman... more » -
Evidence refrigerator fails
January 13, 2010 3:33 PM
Colorado Springs Police say an Evidence refrigerator was not cooling properly last month at the Colorado Springs Police Department Police Operations Center. An Evidence Technician discovered the problem. The refrigerator was being used to store approximately 235 blood, urine, semen and other evidence samples. The refrigerator was repaired.... more »
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