Tag Archives: Colorado

AP: Club Q Mass Shooter Expected To Take Plea Deal

The Associated Press reports: The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17, several survivors told The Associated Press. Word of a possible legal resolution of …

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Cops: Church Official Stole To Buy Dildos And Vacations

The Christian Post reports: A former financial director of a Colorado church has been charged with stealing over $340,000 from the church to purchase several items for personal use, such as adult sex toys. According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Sara Ann Mock-Butler turned herself into El Paso County Jail on May 31 to answer for charges related …

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Dem Colorado Gov Poses “Friendly Wager” To DeSantis: If Denver Beats Miami In NBA Finals, We Get Disney

The Denver Post reports: On the verge of the NBA finals, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has proposed a “friendly wager” with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with a happy Disney ending should the Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat. The championship matchup starts on Thursday and Polis suggests that the Walt Disney World Resort pull up stakes from the Sunshine State …

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DOJ: Woman Made Terror Threat Calls To CO Gay Bars

From the Justice Department: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Sharon Robinson, age 40, of New York, has been arrested and charged by indictment with making multiple threatening calls to LGBTQ businesses in Denver and Glendale. According to allegations in the indictment, the defendant called at least four businesses catering to the LGBTQ community …

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Six Hurt In Ductwork Collapse Into Denver Hotel Pool

The Associated Press reports: Six people were hurt — two critically — when part of a heating and ventilation system collapsed at a resort pool in Colorado on Saturday, fire officials said. There were 50 to 100 guests in the pool when the collapse occurred about 9:50 a.m. at the Gaylord Rockies resort near Denver International Airport, Aurora Fire Rescue …

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Colorado Sued Over New Gun Control Laws [VIDEO]

Courthouse News reports: When he signed four laws addressing gun violence on Friday, Democratic Governor Jared Polis claimed he was putting Colorado among the top ten safest states in the nation. But a gun rights group quickly fired off two federal lawsuits challenging the Centennial State’s new gun ownership age restriction and waiting period laws. “They will not be happy …

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Colorado Governor Signs Four New Gun Control Bills

The Associated Press reports: Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills Friday, edging the once-purple state closer to liberal-leaning governments in California and New York just months after a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, the latest in the state’s long history of notorious massacres. The new laws are aimed at quelling rising suicides and youth violence, preventing …

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Church Music Teacher Arrested On Child Sex Charges

Colorado Springs’ NBC affiliate reports: A Colorado Springs man has been arrested on sexual assault charges according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and detectives are looking for more victims. According to deputies with the SVU unit of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office 58-year-old Robert Henry Gordon was arrested on Wednesday, on charges of sexual assault on a …

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QAnon Ex-Clerk Gets House Arrest In Obstruction Case

The New York Times reports: Tina Peters, a Trump loyalist who was barred from overseeing elections in a Colorado county after her indictment on charges related to tampering with voting equipment, was sentenced on Monday to home detention after she was convicted in a separate obstruction case. Ms. Peters, the former clerk in Mesa County, was given four months of …

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CO Christian Filmmaker Pleads Guilty In Child Sex Sting

Ministry Watch reports: Steve Greisen, a Christian filmmaker and a veteran of the Jesus movement’s 1970s-era music scene, pled guilty Wednesday in Colorado Springs to a criminal attempt to solicit online sex with a minor. In a plea deal, Greisen agreed to register as a sex offender and spend five years in Colorado’s supervision program for sex offenders. He had …

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CO Student Sought After Shooting Two School Officials

CBS News reports: A male student shot two school administrators at a high school in Denver on Wednesday, and the victims were taken to area hospitals, officials said. Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said the student fled the scene after the shooting. One victim was in critical condition and one was in serious but stable condition, Thomas said. The two …

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Boebert’s Speech At CO High School Enrages Locals

The Durango Herald reports: Many parents opted to keep their children home amid concerns for their children’s safety after the announcement that U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert would hold a Q&A with Dolores High School students Wednesday during her trip to Southwest Colorado for water-related meetings. On Monday, the Dolores secondary school administration emailed parents about the Republican representative’s visit. After …

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Anti-Vax “Let’s Go Brandon” Former State Rep Defeats Indicted QAnon Clerk To Become Colorado GOP Chair

The Associated Press reports: The Colorado Republican Party selected a combative former state representative who promised to be a “wartime” leader as its new chairman, joining several other state GOPs this year that have elected far-right figures and election conspiracy theorists to their top posts. The move in Colorado comes as the party totters on the brink of political irrelevance …

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Jenna Ellis Admits To Judge: I Lied About The Election

Colorado Newsline reports: Jenna Ellis, the Colorado attorney who was former President Donald Trump’s senior legal advisor as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss, has been censured by a Colorado judge for misconduct. The public censure order was signed Wednesday by Presiding Disciplinary Judge Bryon M. Large, who oversees lawyer discipline cases in Colorado. As part of an …

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QAnon Colorado Ex-Clerk Found Guilty Of Obstruction

The Denver Post reports: A jury made up of four women and two men, found former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters guilty of obstruction of a government operation. Peters was convicted on a misdemeanor obstruction charge for refusing to turn over an iPad she allegedly used to videotape a court hearing. The charge has a mandatory sentence of up to …

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Indicted CO QAnon Ex-Clerk: No Jury Will Convict Me

The Associated Press reports: In a basement event space in the Denver suburb of Parker, Tina Peters surveyed a crowd of Colorado Republicans last week and made an unusual pitch for why she should become Chair of their beleaguered party: “There’s no way a jury of 12 people is going to put me in prison.” Peters was referring to her …

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Boebert’s Defunct Diner Replaced By Mexican Eatery

The Glenwood Post reports: Cerveza, margaritas and enchiladas rancheras are coming to a downtown Rifle spot that formerly dished out burgers and fries by pistol-packing servers. Tapatios of New Castle is currently in the process of opening a new location inside the vacant downtown Rifle storefront that used to house Shooters Grill. The former Shooters was owned by Silt Republican …

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Club Q Shooter Held Without Bond Until Jury Trial

Colorado Springs’ Fox affiliate reports: A judge ruled on Thursday that the Club Q mass shooting suspect, accused of killing five people last year, will get a jury trial and is being held without bond. The prosecution focused on Anderson Lee Aldrich’s “aversion to the LGBTQ community” to establish probable cause. On Wednesday, Aldrich’s lawyers presented the picture of a …

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Club Q Shooter Had Bullet-Riddled Rainbow Target

The Daily Beast reports: Accused Club Q mass shooter Anderson Aldrich hung out at the popular Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightspot weeks before it was turned into a gruesome mass murder scene, according to numerous court exhibits released Thursday. A slew of new details emerged in Wednesday’s hearing, including that Aldrich visited Club Q several times before the November massacre, that …

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Trump Lawyer To Face Ethics Complaint In Colorado

Colorado Newsline reports: Colorado attorney Jenna Ellis, one of the central figures in former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, is the subject of a formal professional misconduct complaint that’s expected to be filed in the coming weeks. Ellis had been under scrutiny by the Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, which investigates allegations of professional misconduct …

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