COLORADO SPRINGS - A Colorado Springs police sergeant charged with filling out phony time sheets will get to keep his pension. The district attorney filed charges of theft and forgery against Sergeant James Butierres yesterday.
Just before making a court appearance, Butierres filed his retirement paperwork.
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A man is in custody after trying to use counterfeit money at a Colorado Springs bar.
Police say they were called out around 1:30 Saturday morning to Copperhead Road on North Academy Blvd., near Rebecca Lane. Security guards detained a man they thought was using counterfeit money. They held... more »
Colorado Springs police arrested a man they say was trying pass phony $20 bills at the Copperhead Road nightclub. It happened at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. The club's bouncers caught the man and called police The suspect, Robert Wade, 38, was arrested on forgery and drug charges after officers found... more »
Pueblo Police need your help in finding a forger caught on surveillance video.
In mid-December a vehicle was burglarized and along with other items, checks were stolen.
Later checks were cashed at Wal-Mart, KMart and Loaf n Jug. Police are trying to identify the man captured in surveillance... more »
A Peyton woman charged with being married to two men at once has pleaded guilty to forgery.
The Gazette reports Tammy Ann Patton agreed to plead guilty to the forgery charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping the bigamy charge. Patton will also plead guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty.
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KIOWA, Colo. (AP) - An Elbert County official facing embezzlement and other charges has been placed on paid leave of absence. The Denver Post reports that the commissioners took the action on Wednesday in the case of assessor Phyllis Jean "P.J." Trostel. The 57-year-old Trostel was indicted Sept. 10 on... more »
It's something Sandra Clamon didn't expect she would have to do, speak out against another soldier.
"I was stationed with him in the same unit in Iraq. So he was one of my fellow soldiers," says Sandra Clamon, who says she's a victim of a financial scam.
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