COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday afternoon to create a new citizen advisory board that could help improve police accountability. The Law Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Commission was approved on an 8-1 vote, with Yolanda Avila being the sole council member voting no. The citizens advisory committee would be tasked with
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SECURITY-WIDEFIELD, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says two people were arrested during a burglary Monday morning. Deputies responded around 5:35 a.m. to a reported burglary in progress on the 100 block of Easy Street in the Security-Widefield area. The person reporting the incident said his security cameras showed two men entering
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Ryan Sabin, 41, and Tara Sabin, 42, were at the El Paso County Courthouse Tuesday for their first appearance. While the judge said he could not grant bond for Ryan Sabin based on the probable cause affidavit, Tara Sabin’s bond was set at $50,000. Both were arrested on numerous charges,
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death in Manitou Springs. Detectives from the sheriff’s office took over for authorities from Manitou Police, according to El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Deborah Mynatt. Around 11:07 a.m. Saturday, the El Paso County Communications Center dispatched Manitou Springs Police officers
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police have arrested one man in Colorado Springs after his former girlfriend was found dead back in March. The Colorado Springs Police Department has arrested and charged 30-year-old Daveon Rogers with first-degree murder of 28-year-old Elizabeth Kremer. On March 11, CSPD was notified of Kremer missing. Officers say she was
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — One day after their first court advisement, Tara and Ryan Sabin, accused of killing 11-year-old Zachary Sabin, have been scheduled for their next court appearance. On June 23rd, both the father and stepmother will hear if the prosecutor in this case chooses to keep the charges suggested by the El
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The father and stepmother of an 11-year-old in Black Forest have been charged for allegedly murdering the child through forced water intoxication. Zachary Sabin’s father, Ryan Sabin, and stepmother, Tara Sabin, turned themselves in to the El Paso County Jail on Tuesday for the murder charges, in addition to
Continue Reading A couple turned themselves in to the El Paso County jail on Tuesday, after warrants were issued for their arrest in the March death of their son. Zachary Sabin, a student at Explorer Elementary in D20, died March 11 just before school was called off due to the pandemic. Three months later, Ryan and Tara
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A local construction company says a small group of scammers claiming to be some sort of Coronavirus enforcement team tried to extort them for money. Vern Albila is a security and investigations consultant. He says he was hired by the construction company that was targeted. Albila says on Friday a
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) – Deputies from all across southern Colorado learned how to interact with people who might be mentally unstable without force during Critical Incident Training in Cañon City over the last week. The program was set up by the Central Mountain Training Region — made up of deputies from Fremont, Park and
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Woodland Park police are looking for attempted home burglars who targeted a house last month. On May 22nd, police say two men approached a house in the Blackfoot Trail neighborhood with what appears to be an “an AR-15 style rifle.” The surveillance video shows the two suspects approaching a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The curfew for Colorado Springs is no longer in effect as of Monday morning, but it appears to have helped keep crowds under control and curb some of the violence that occurred when protests went into late hours. A city-wide curfew came to an end at 5 a.m. Monday morning,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As tensions run high, El Paso County reports more than two dozen people have been booked into the county jail after nearly a week of protests. The arrest records provided cover protests from Saturday to Wednesday. Charges have varied and include charges like obstructing a peace officer or fireman, driving
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man suspected of stealing from a store and leading police on a chase on Tuesday. Sheriff’s deputies received a call around 1:23 p.m. about someone stealing clothing items and automotive parts from a store located on Widefield Boulevard, according to a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Amid several days of protests, some of which have turned into chaotic scenes, statues and government buildings in Colorado Springs have been vandalized. When the buildings in Colorado Springs are covered in graffiti, and glass is still shattered from the night before, cleaning up seems pointless to some. Many don’t
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department tweeted that they responded to a hazmat incident at Fillmore and Sinton Rd Wednesday afternoon. According to the tweet, someone dumped two 55 gallon drums of a dark chemical on the side of the road. A tweet said the chemical was oil, but firefighters later
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department is warning the community about two sexually violent predators who have moved to new addresses in Colorado Springs. The notifications are required by Colorado law. The police department alerted neighbors and businesses surrounding the offenders’ home. Robert Carlos Vargas-Delao moved to 2633 Summit Drive in
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Neighbors in Fountain are putting you on the lookout for burglars in the Little Ranches neighborhood. On May 21st around 1:46 a.m., surveillance video captured a young man rifling through a pick-up truck and getting away with an infrared thermometer. Residents in the area say the suspect was seen
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A woman is facing multiple charges after a gunshot victim was taken to the hospital early Sunday with critical injuries. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a release that deputies were called to a domestic dispute just after 1:30 a.m. in the 700 block of Harvard St.
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Deputies are looking for two people suspected of mail theft and fraud after a victim found $2,000 in fraudulent transactions on a credit card account and empty envelopes near their mail box. Deputies say the alleged mail theft happened May 11 in the 3900 block of Pine Air Place.
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