EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Formal charges have been filed against the man accused of killing a Colorado Community Parole Officer. Ofc. Christine Guerin Sandoval was killed after she and two other parole officers tried to serve a warrant to parolee Justin Kula on Sept. 28. While trying to detain him, court records state
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – It’s been over a year since 27-year-old Allison Scarfone was found dead. Two days after the anniversary of her death, the man accused of raping and killing her pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Gregory Whittemore, 40, is charged with the first-degree murder of Scarfone. Court documents state Whittemore
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – New court documents indicate that the grandfather of the 6-year-old boy who drowned at Prospect Lake in late September, left the at-risk child unattended for at least 20 minutes. According to a police interview Joseph Camacho gave at Memorial Central hospital, he and his grandson had just eaten lunch in his truck on
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed over the weekend on Saturday, October 7. At around 9:34 p.m., officers to with the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) were called to the 400 block of E. Kiowa St. for a shots fired call. At the scene, officers found
Continue ReadingOriginally Published: 04 OCT 23 06:35 ET By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Today is the day for the US government’s big emergency alert drill, which will send a test message to every TV, radio and cell phone in the nation. Starting at approximately 2:20 pm ET on Wednesday, the federal government will begin conducting
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) officer was assaulted while attempting to serve a summons to a shoplifting suspect. According to CSPD, the suspect, John Ballinger, assaulted the officer and a store employee. Both sustained minor injuries. Ballinger was taken into custody for assault on a peace officer, resisting arrest,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A shelter-in-place has been lifted after police took the suspect into custody. According to police, the suspect exited an apartment and was taken into custody without issue. Previous reporting: The Colorado Springs Police Department issued a shelter-in-place alert due to a barricaded suspect in the area of 1940 S. Chelton
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – The body of fallen parole officer Christine Guerin Sandoval, who was killed while responding to a welfare check on September 28, was brought to her home town of Pueblo via an official escort by law enforcement. The escort began around 3:15 p.m. from the El Paso County Coroner’s office in Colorado
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — 13 Investigates is diving deeper into the early release of a man now charged in connection with running over a parole officer, allegedly hitting and killing her with his car last week. Our calculations reveal Justin Kula, 41, served 53 percent of his court-ordered four-year sentence before being granted parole.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward that will lead to the arrest of two suspects who stole U.S. Mail. The Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information that may lead to the arrest of two suspects who stole mail from the Quail
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– A 32-year-old man has been arrested after reportedly stealing a car and attempting to evade police. On Monday, October 2, at around 10 p.m., the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) received an emergency call for service at the 400 block of N. Murray Blvd. from a person reporting their car had
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As of early Monday evening, 101 people had donated more than $9,100 to a GoFundMe account to help the family of a state parole officer who was killed while confronting a suspect last week. The fund for Christine Guerin Sandoval began receiving donations Saturday, with a goal of $10,000 to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Surveillance video obtained by 13 Investigates shows when an accused cop killer drove off after allegedly hitting a Colorado parole officer. On Sept. 28, the Colorado Department of Corrections said three parole officers – including Officer Christine Guerin Sandoval – arrived at Veterans Convenience Store in Colorado Springs to serve
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many smartphone users may be asking about the statewide Blue Alert they received Thursday as authorities sought Justin Kula, the suspect in the hit-and-run death of a Community Parole Officer near the intersection of Bijou and Spruce streets. KRDO The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issued the alert at 6:17
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Officials identified the Community Parole Officer killed in a hit-and-run while trying to serve an arrest warrant as Christine Guerin Sandoval. During a press conference Friday afternoon, investigators revealed what led up to Ofc. Guerin Sandoval’s death. The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), first received reports of an auto-pedestrian crash
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Thursday, a Community Parole Officer made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs Police Department began searching for a man accused of hitting two parole officers in Colorado Springs, just west of I-25, near N. Spruce St. and W. Bijou St. A Blue
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Witness testimony Thursday on the second day of the murder trial of Joshua Johnson, 29, revealed that the victim, Riley Whitelaw, 17, had expressed concern to a Walgreens store manager that he was uncomfortable working with the defendant. KRDO Prosecutors have accused Johnson of killing Whitelaw at the store
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) identified the victim in a shooting on the north side of town as 26-year-old Kymir Williamson. On September 25, police received a call from a woman claiming that she was about to be attacked by a male she just met so she shot him
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday, legal teams delivered opening statements in the trial of 29-year-old Joshua Johnson. Johnson is accused of killing 17-year-old Riley Whitelaw in June 2022 at the Colorado Springs Walgreens where they both worked. He is pleading not guilty. Friends and family of Riley Whitelaw poured into the courtroom, completely filling
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SOUTHERN COLORADO, Colo. (KRDO) — A man looking for an easy target found his match, last week. Around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 19th, the man walked inside a garage that’s door was left open and rummaged through the victim’s vehicles. Garage prowler (picture courtesy of victim) A home on the east side of Colorado
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