PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — In a Facebook post, the Pueblo Police Department announced officers recovered a stolen car after a chase early Wednesday morning. An Acura was reported stolen earlier in the month. Police said after it was stolen, the owner’s son saw it and started following it. A person in the car fired shots
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying a suspect in an armed robbery of a Pueblo West liquor store late Sunday night. Deputies responded to Cheers Liquor on 316 S. McCulloch Blvd. at about 9:45 p.m. on a report of an armed robbery. Witnesses told deputies a man
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A man is under arrest after a standoff with Pueblo Police Sunday night. Police say they were called to a home near Summit and Adams around noon. The suspect had left an incendiary device in a neighbors’ lawn, according to police. Police say the man has been verbally aggressive with neighbors
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Pueblo police are on the scene of a fatal officer-involved shooting. Capt. Kenny Rider says an officer located a stolen vehicle on 4th St. and Reading Ave. around 2:30 a.m. Friday. That officer initiated a traffic stop, and at some point during the stop the driver began to drag the officer.
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A woman is facing several charges after police say she rammed into her daughter’s car, tried to run her daughter over and then led police on a chase. On Tuesday around 5:00 p.m., Pueblo police officers were dispatched to a home on Lancaster Drive near Doherty Road. A 911 caller said
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a stabbing incident sent a 73-year-old man to the hospital with non-life threatening wounds. Deputies took 37-year-old John J. Ortega Jr. into custody Wednesday after he allegedly stabbed an elderly man that afternoon. Deputies were called to a home in the
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office says an illegal butane hash oil lab is the cause of a home explosion in Pueblo West that happened Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors reported hearing two booms around 2 p.m. before a fire started at the home on Tierra Buena Drive. One person was transported to
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo police are looking for information on a man who opened fire inside a Dominos restaurant before stealing money. On April 22nd, around 12:12 a.m., police say the suspect entered the store and “threatened the employees with a handgun and robbed the store of an undisclosed amount of money.” Surveillance video
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo Police are investigating the city’s 5th homicide of 2020 after a man died in the emergency room early Sunday. Police tell us the 26-year-old was dropped off just after 3 a.m. at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center. He died from injuries regarding a ‘possible’ gunshot wound, said police in a release
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fire Saturday night that they now believe is a case of arson. Deputies found about 10,000 railroad ties on fire in two separate locations near railroad tracks off of I-25 north of Pueblo. “Preliminary investigation indicates this was arson. Investigators with the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — We know how hard protective equipment is to acquire for frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19, but was that a factor in a recent break-in at a Pueblo business? The owner of LTS Resource, an industrial supplier on the city’s east side, said 75 protective suits, 10 respirator masks and
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – A woman in Pueblo fended off a would-be carjacker Tuesday night, according to police. Around 6:30 p.m., Pueblo police officers responded to a carjacking at Ent Credit Union at 300 W 5th Street. A woman was screaming that someone was trying to steal her car. Police say officers arrived quickly and
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo Police believe the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home order has led to a decrease in overall crime across the Steel City. According to crime statistics provided by Pueblo Police, there have been 1,469 reported crimes in 2020 from January 1st to March 31st. Those numbers are down 4% compared to
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PUEBLO, Colo. – Within the last few weeks, there has been a steady decrease of traffic on Colorado roadways as people continue to work from home. While this seems like a good thing, Police departments in the state are seeing an increase in speeding and reckless driving because of it. That’s why several police departments
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Police Department is investigating after a man was shot in his own home early Saturday. Police are working to positively identify the suspect. Officers were called to a home on Euclid Avenue at 4:15 a.m. where they found a man with a severe injury to his left arm from
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Pueblo Police officers were involved in a shooting in the Eastwood Heights neighborhood early Friday morning. Just after 3 a.m., an officer on patrol spotted a stolen truck out of Colorado Springs at a residence near the intersection of Deane Ln. and 13th St. According to Cpt. Kenny Rider with the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — An investigation is underway after a bag of human remains was found in Pueblo along the bank of the Arkansas River. Police tell us they were called to the south bank of the river around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday near the 200 block of Howard Street. A Park Ranger called police after
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FORT CARSON, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office says it’s arrested a man who sent threatening emails to several individuals, businesses and lawyers, including a claim that he was going to kill every Pueblo County Sheriff’s deputy. The Sheriff’s Office says the suspect is 37-year-old Thomas Wornick of Pueblo. Wornick, who identified himself
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PUEBLO, Colo. – The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office says it has solved a 1996 homicide of an infant girl. It says detectives used DNA testing and other evidence to tie the girl’s death to her mother. The Pueblo Chieftain reports that the infant’s body was discovered in the Arkansas River. Last year, DNA tests produced
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo County deputies were on the look out for a stolen truck Saturday morning. They found it — plus the suspect, who was still asleep inside. Deputies found the missing truck in the downtown Pueblo area, along with suspect who had multiple illegal drugs in her possession, said the Pueblo
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