EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Department confirmed a suspect in a deadly shooting in Palmer Lake is now in custody. On Friday, the Regional Fugitives Unit, Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms, and explosives, and the Colorado Springs Police Department Tactical Enforcement Unit found and arrested Jose Alfredo Romero, 36.
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — El Paso County deputies are investigating a shooting at a Palmer Lake area trailer park that left one woman dead. A news release from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened off Highway 105 and Peakview Blvd at 4:26 p.m. Thursday. Officers with the Palmer Lake
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Two days after KRDO aired a report about a man facing criminal charges for blinding a dog by digging his thumbs into his eyes, incoming District Attorney Michael Allen announced that he is putting together a special Animal Cruelty Unit that will focus on crimes against animals. Allen, who won the position in the 4th
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Hanover firefighters were forced to call for backup from the Fountain Fire Department and other neighboring agencies after a car fire near Wigwam sparked a brush fire. According to CDOT, the fire between Colorado Springs and Pueblo was initially reported around 7 p.m. Thursday. Once on scene, crews discovered
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Animal Law Enforcement says it is actively investigating New Hope Rescue in Colorado Springs. The investigation comes after New Hope Rescue director Joann Roof was charged with animal cruelty in August 2020. Roof currently has access to dozens of animals she is trying to adopt out at the rescue. Court
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Sand Creek officers responded to a bomb threat Thursday afternoon in southeast Colorado Springs. According to police, officers arrived at 1700 Aeroplaza Drive at 2:31 p.m. At this time, an ENS message was sent for the surrounding area, telling people to evacuate to the north using Keith Dr. This is
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday morning, investigators arrested two suspects and recovered more than $7,000 of stolen goods from the Park Row Lodge hotel in Manitou Springs. The Stetson Hills Detectives, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, and the Metropolitan Vice, Narcotics, and Intelligence Division have been working together for the past several months
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Colo. (KRDO) — El Paso County Sheriff detectives are on the lookout for a man who’s thought to be behind a string of car break-ins at Fox Run Park. The suspect — according to detectives — most recently charged $1,027.95 to a victim’s credit card at the King Soopers off Baptist Road. The suspect had
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — On Jan. 9, Colorado Springs police were dispatched to Cedar Springs Behavioral Health Services Hospital after reports of juveniles running away from the facility. According to officers, they arrived on the scene just after 9 p.m. and found multiple patients “rioting, overriding the facility, destroying property, and overtaking the staff.”
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is warning the community of a new scam that costs victims thousands of dollars. Callers have been threatening people over the phone, saying they missed jury duty and will face felony charges if they don’t pay up. Officials with the El Paso County Sheriff’s
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two massage parlors owned by a man accused of keeping a house of prostitution appear to be closed after an encounter with KRDO last week. Xinan Xia, 55, appears to have closed Rose Spa or Energy Day Spa. However, last Thursday Xia briefly reopened the spas after bailing out of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department released more information regarding the Nov. 4 officer-involved shooting near Fort Carson, including body camera footage of the incident. The video below includes Corporal Ford’s body-worn camera footage and Officer D’Amour’s body-worn camera footage. Viewer discretion is advised, this video contains graphic image: Colorado Springs
Continue Reading FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Police have arrested a man in Fountain who is charged with sexual exploitation of a child. Detectives arrested 32-year-old Thomas Edward Wirebaugh on Thursday in the 7000 block of Old Pioneer Trail in Fountain. The Colorado Springs Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit executed a search warrant at Wirebaugh’s address.
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the arrest of two suspects charged with sexual assault. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says an investigation began in eastern El Paso County on May 15, 2020. The victim told investigators that during the assault, the suspects eluded to additional victims.
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Authorities in Otero and Crowley Counties, as well as the city of Pueblo, want to find 43-year-old Mark Fox. He currently has eleven warrants out for his arrest — the most serious allegations against him include kidnapping and multiple domestic assaults. Fox hasn’t shown up in court to face charges. Fox is known to have
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – One person was sent to the hospital early Monday morning with several injuries, after multiple suspects broke into his apartment and robbed him. Colorado Springs police said they responded to a call of a home invasion in the 7500 block of Copper Crest View, just after midnight on Monday. According
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo (KRDO) – A man was arrested after he allegedly started 9 different fires in Colorado Springs Friday afternoon. The Colorado Springs Police Department said they received calls about a man who lit a fire in the 1000 block of South Tejon around 4:15 pm on Friday. According to police, the suspect, who
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo (KRDO) – Several CSPD units responded to calls early Friday morning of gunfire at a large gathering in a parking lot near South Academy Blvd. Colorado Springs Police said at about 12:30am on Friday, multiple officers from the Sand Creek Division responded to the parking lot of a business located in the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A suspect who threatened to blow up government buildings was arrested in Colorado Springs on Thursday, near the CSPD’s Gold Hill substation. According to police, on Thursday afternoon the CSPD’s Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence Unit, and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force notified the Gold Hill substation of the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating a robbery at a local medical dispensary that took place early News Year’s Eve morning. The owner of The Apotheke at 2582 South Academy Blvd., Reneé Sweets, reached out to KRDO about the robbery. According to Sweets, the robbery happened at 3:30 a.m.
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