COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A jury found a US Army Soldier guilty of charges related to child sexual assault. In September 2022, the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC) started an undercover investigation into subjects who lure and exploit minors using the internet. During that operation, detectives arrested 23-year-old Kevin
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A neighborhood on the east side of Colorado Springs said a homeless man “crossed the line” after crashing a truck he’s suspected to be living out of through a homeowner’s fence. Sheryl Ayala said she was watching TV with her husband Wednesday night when she heard a loud noise in
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A middle school student in Harrison School District Two faces an assault charge for sending another child to the hospital. According to a statement provided by D2, the assault happened Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, after school at Carmel Community School. KRDO confirmed with the Colorado Springs Police Department that a
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A Las Animas County man was found guilty on charges related to sexually assaulting a child after being caught by the Colorado Springs Police Department’s (CSPD) Internet Crimes Against Children Unit In January 2023, CSPD’s ICAC Task Force started an undercover investigation into subjects who lure and exploit children online.
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Springs Police released the name of the victim in a shooting that happened over the weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 5, officers with the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) responded to a shooting in the 200 block of West Brookside St. One man was found dead at the scene. Monday,
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – One man is in custody after a brief standoff with police in a Colorado Springs neighborhood Tuesday morning. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, officers responded to a home in the 100 block of Farragut Ave. for an in-progress burglary at 7:16 a.m. CSPD said it was reported a
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Police (CSPD) say one person is critically injured in a local hospital after a shooting Saturday night on the 2000 block of Capulin Drive. According to CSPD, their communications center received multiple calls from people reporting a shooting there. According to CSPD, the department’s communications center received multiple
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is investigating a shooting on West Brookside Street that ended with one person dead. CSPD received reports that a shooting had taken place on West Brookside Street at 9:12 Saturday morning. When officers arrived, CSPD said they found one person deceased on scene. Officers
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department Internal Affairs Unit has released its findings after conducting an investigation into the use of force during an arrest in 2022 involving a Black veteran and officers. 13 Investigates first reported on the arrest of Dalvin Gadson in December 2022. According to Gadson’s attorneys, he
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Hikers and outdoor enthusiasts at High Chaparral Open Space discovered offensive graffiti Friday morning, depicting swastikas and a cartoon caricature of Hitler. Though it’s unclear exactly when the spray-painting happened, hikers say it’s certainly something they’ve never seen before. “I saw it when I pulled in,” said Clifton Carney, who
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department is asking the community for help identifying a suspect in a homicide that happened on January 8, 2023. Officers were dispatched to a reported shooting in the 300 block of E. Brookside Street. At the scene, officers found a man dead in an apartment with
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department released information about a sexually violent predator that is now living in the area. Friday morning, CSPD said that “Charles William Swift is transient in the Colorado Springs Police Department’s jurisdiction.” The department said Swift is a sex offender whose past behavior has led him
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened early Friday morning. At 4:13 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 5300 block of Sprucemont Grove for a shooting. At the scene, police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a local hospital.
Continue Reading
Editor’s note: This article includes graphic information about suicide. FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) – Court documents shed light on the investigation surrounding the homicide of a young mother, allegedly killed by a man she had children with. According to investigators, the suspect claimed she died by suicide – but the evidence says otherwise. According to the
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A Colorado Springs woman who tried to pay an undercover Colorado Springs Police Officer to kill her ex-fiancé in May 2022 has pleaded guilty to lesser charges in court Thursday. Vanessa Lavaty, 34, was originally charged with murder in the first degree-solicitation charges, a class-two felony. A week before she
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department arrested a man accused of an overnight armed robbery. On August 3, at 1:15 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 5600 block of Palmer Park Blvd. on reports of an armed robbery. At the scene, police learned a man entered the business, pulled out a
Continue Reading
FALCON, Colo. (KRDO) – After nearly six months, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office announced six juveniles were arrested for their connection in a shooting that left two teens dead. In the early morning of February 5, 2023, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received numerous 911 reports for multiple shots fired in
Continue Reading
PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo County Detectives are on the lookout for a man who tried to steal gas from the Desert Hawk Golf Course. Would-be gas-guzzling suspect (PCSO) It comes as gas prices hover around $4.00/gallon in the area. Surveillance pictures show the man, wearing a ballcap, getting into his white, four-door pickup
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A Colorado Springs man, at the center of a murder investigation at Havana Bar and Grill in East Colorado Springs, has has been given a lengthy prison sentence after being found guilty in May. Carnel Davis, 42, was arrested four days after 37-year-old Glenn Fruster was shot and killed in
Continue Reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Police are searching for an unidentified man accused of crawling through a woman’s bedroom window, attacking her, and then trying to take her with him. Officers with the Colorado Springs Police Department responded at 11:25 p.m. Thursday to a reported home invasion in the 1400 block of Custer Avenue —
Continue Reading