EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A man is in custody after allegedly firing into a house where his ex and child were in. On January 23, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Communications center dispatched deputies to the 11000 block of Tiffin Dr. in unincorporated El Paso County on reports of a residential burglary
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Friday afternoon, several students held a protest at Liberty High School in response to alleged sexual misconduct among students. Allison Cortez with Academy School District 20 shared with KRDO an email sent to the Liberty High School Community about the situation: This afternoon, during lunch period, a group of approximately
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department arrested a man accused of drug trafficking. According to police, AVOU personnel acted on source information indicating a man had a firearm and was drug trafficking from the Springs Motel on W. Colorado Ave. On January 26, officers arrested Jacob Pinski on an outstanding warrant.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police arrested a suspect in connection to multiple armed robberies across Colorado Springs, Fountain, and Monument. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the robberies began in early December 2021 and ended on January 13, the day the suspect was taken into custody. Below is a list of the robberies:
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Letecia Stauch, the El Paso County woman accused of brutally murdering her stepson, appeared in court Thursday, exactly two years to the day since she reported the fifth-grader missing. 11-year-old Gannon Stauch was found under a Florida bridge weeks after his 2020 disappearance. A law enforcement officer present for his
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A new report, published by the National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum (NLEOMF), says law enforcement line-of-duty deaths in the United States were up approximately 55% in 2021 compared to 2020. Out of the 458 confirmed law enforcement line-of-duty deaths in 2021, COVID-19-related fatalities were the leading category. According to
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Coroner’s Office identified the man who was found by Colorado Springs Police Department early Friday morning near Nichols Boulevard. Police are actively investigating the man’s death as a homicide. In Colorado Springs Police Department’s statement, the coroner’s office have identified the man as Brian MacDonald,
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – $15,000 worth of ATVs and a trailer was stolen from a property in Black Forest, and now investigators need help to identify the suspects who were caught on camera. Black Forest ATV Thieves The crime happened January 17 at 1:30 p.m. The victim tells KRDO that the suspects cut
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — The Fountain Police Department recovered a stolen vehicle out of Northern Colorado and arrested a man on multiple charges. On Saturday, officers found a vehicle reported stolen out of Thornton in the 1100 block of South Santa Fe at 10:45 a.m. Police say there was one occupant in the vehicle, later
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — A man is in custody after officers with the Fountain Police Department found suspected drugs during a traffic stop. According to police, officers stopped the suspect in the area of Southmoor Drive and Lovitt Lane on Jan. 21 at 9:30 p.m. for a moving violation. During the stop, officers requested the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department says the victim in a shooting near the Martin Luther King Jr. Bypass has died from his injuries. According to CSPD, officers received reports of a shooting on the MLK Bypass at 9:07 p.m. on Jan. 20. At the scene, police found a man suffering
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating a possible road rage incident that resulted in a shooting. According to police, the shooting happened across from the entrance of Barefoot Park off of Northgate Blvd. and Roller Coaster Rd. At 4:53 p.m., police shut down all eastbound lanes of Northgate Blvd.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Last week, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled to reverse a Colorado Springs drug conviction and ordered a retrial on the same charge. In their review of the case, the appellate judges said the district court ‘erred by admitting certain evidence. Pedro Rodriguez was found guilty of a felony-level drug
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two months after the murder of his 14-year-old son and 23-year-old nephew, Ray Celano is still looking for answers as to who committed the heinous crime at a Colorado Springs skate park. Celano retired from the Hollister Police Department in California after decades of service and moved his family to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department has a six-officer team designed to enforce city ordinances and offer resources to those experiencing homelessness inside city limits. Monday, a KRDO crew had to chance to ride along with the Homeless Outreach Team. The team’s leader, Sergeant Olav Chaney, estimates there are 300 to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating two armed robberies that happened early Sunday morning, just two hours from each other. At 3:42 a.m. Sunday, police received reports of a robbery. According to CSPD, the victims were walking in the area of 3100 Galley Rd. when they were approached by
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police are looking for a suspect or suspects after someone reported shots being fired into their house on the southeast side of Colorado Springs. Saturday at 11:06 p.m., the Colorado Springs Police Department received a call that someone had shot into a house in the 1100 block of Quivira Drive.
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Editors note: This case has been dismissed as of March 11, 2024. MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A second former Manitou Springs High School teacher was arrested this week following allegations of sexual assault of a student. Matthew Barton, 53, faces six counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A man is in custody after a deadly bar fight in Colorado Springs. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, officers arrested 25-year-old Marco Barcelo for first-degree murder. Police say Barcelo is accused of shooting Sergio Suarez Gonalez after a fight at a bar on North Circle Drive. When officers
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting from 2021. On December 15, 2021, the CSPD Communication Center received a report of shooting victims in the parking lot of the CSPD Falcon Division substation at 10:18 p.m. Officers and medical personnel found two men suffering from gunshot wounds
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