COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) has arrested a 31-year-old and a 41-year-old for car theft after they allegedly eluded police several times during the past two weeks. CSPD says on Aug. 14, their motor theft unit began investigating a stolen 1999 Ford F-250 truck, which police say Gabriel Bales,31, and
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) says that an elderly resident was able to defend themselves, warding off a home intruder in the Stratmoor Valley area. According to EPSO, they received a 911 call from the resident just after 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. EPSO says that the resident,
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) says that a domestic violence situation led to a late-night standoff on Tuesday night. EPSO says their deputies were called around 5:30 p.m. because a victim said they had been assaulted at home near South Powers Boulevard. Deputies identified the suspect as
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) –The DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) confirms they are conducting operations in El Paso County. KRDO13 crews sent to the scenes witnessed agents at El Ranchito #2, located off Maizeland Road, as well as El Ranchito off Airport Road. A spokesperson with the DEA made it clear that this is not
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – 35-year-old Jacob Martinez was run over by a suspect on July 24, police said. On the day of the incident, security footage showed Martinez getting out of his car, standing in the road, only for the other car to run him over and drive off. Martinez died at the hospital
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department says they are investigating what appears to have been a murder-suicide. According to police, they were called out on Sunday to the 4100 block of Sod House Trail. When they arrived, they found both a man and a woman deceased. Police believe 45-year-old Tanya Burnside
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) conducted a search of a residence tied to an alarming traffic stop last week. On Thursday, police reported that they had arrested Anthony Lopez after a traffic stop investigation. According to police, Lopez had vehicle registration violations and did not have a valid driver’s
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department announced they are investigating the deaths of two people after a 911 call came in reporting a shooting on Sunday afternoon. The police department says the 911 call came in just before 2:30 p.m. The caller described a shooting along Sod House Trail, a residential
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – On Thursday, a spokesperson with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confirmed two search warrants were executed at the Village East Apartments on Hathaway Drive in Colorado Springs. The DEA says the raid happened Thursday morning. They allege the apartments were being used to distribute drugs by Mexican cartel members. During
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Deputies responded to a stabbing in a parking lot of a business around 8:45 p.m. on Aug.1, which led to the arrest of a 31-year-old. El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) says they responded to the stabbing at 6400 Omaha Boulevard, where a victim was identified and transferred to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)- Police say they got a call around 2:00 a.m. Sunday for a burglary on Zebulon Drive in Southeast Colorado Springs. Investigators say they found the suspect, 20-year-old Chance Garcia, sleeping in the victim’s bed. After they arrested him, police say he smashed the police cruiser window and assaulted an officer. They
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A man has been arrested after firing gunshots just west of Downtown Colorado Springs. Police got a call about the gunshots on Henderson Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Friday. When they got there, officers say they saw a car speeding off. Investigators say another man was still there and told them
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – On October 8, 2024, a Colorado Springs police officer fired four shots at Matthew Kemper, killing him. Today, the District Attorney’s Office announced it will not be filing charges against the officer who fired the shots. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Police release body cam footage in deadly Oct. shooting in northeast Colorado
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Photo: CSPD COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) arrested a male suspect after allegedly seizing 11 guns, 439 fentanyl pills, 62.4 grams of meth, 5.5 grams of cocaine, and over $11,000 in his vehicle. CSPD says on July 27, they received a report of a gray Ram truck at 2512 Gunnison
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) says they are seeking information in hopes of solving the 1988 murder of a teen girl. The sheriff’s office says the body of 17-year-old Towana Lewis was found in an irrigation ditch near Goldfield Drive and the Big Johnson Reservoir on Sunday,
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s (EPSO) Office has made an arrest in the shots-fired call that occurred July 24 at Rivon Gas & Convenience Store near 4140 S. Highway 85-87. EPSO arrested 23-year-old Miguel Mayo, charging him with alleged crimes of menacing and reckless endangerment. According to court records,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two Colorado Springs residents have been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, which resulted in the death of a 15-year-old girl. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado (USACO) says that Eugene Edwards, 57, and Destiny Benjamin, 30, allegedly distributed fentanyl pills to a juvenile female who later
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) arrested a 29-year-old man with two active arrest warrants on Saturday after they say he violated a protection order. EPSO says River Merritt had allegedly entered a home on July 26, violating an active protection order, causing a victim to leave the residence
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Police are investigating an overnight shooting by the Citadel Mall on the east side of Colorado Springs. Police say two people were shot in the area around 2:00 Sunday morning. One of them was treated at the scene. Officers say the other victim got to the hospital on their own,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)- A military family that was moving from Oregon had their car stolen while they were staying at a hotel in Colorado Springs over the Fourth of July celebration. The family is asking for help from the community in hopes that someone will find their stolen car, which is filled with family
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