Penalties for a theft depend on the value of what you’ve been accused of stealing. The worth of the object in question will lead to a petty, misdemeanor, or felony theft offense. A theft crime happens anytime someone illegally obtains (by taking, taking by a threat, or taking by deception) anything of value from the item’s owner. […]
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A 66 year old Colorado Springs woman was involved in a hit and run accident last week, with of all things, a police car. According to The Gazette, the accident happened at Airport Road and South Academy Boulevard. The woman’s SUV collided with a police car that was responding to a call involving a gun. The police car had its […]
Judging by the Colorado Springs Police Department’s (CSPD) website, the past weekend was a busy one, with a shooting, a stabbing, a suicide, assault, and gang activity. In one incident, a CSPD Gang Unit pulled over a 28 year old male and discovered illegal drugs and a handgun in his vehicle. The man was arrested. […]
Colorado Amendment 64 made headlines around the world in 2012. The popular ballot initiative made it legal for people aged 21 and over to possess certain amounts of industrial hemp or cannabis (marijuana). Essentially, Amendment 64 legalized the personal recreational use of marijuana much in the same way as alcohol may be used. In addition, […]
Two juveniles are in custody and two adults are being sought after several 7-Eleven stores were robbed at gunpoint yesterday morning. According to a CBS Denver report, the robberies began at an E-cigarette store before spreading to convenience stores throughout the Denver metro area. Denver Police Department spokesperson Raquel Lopez said, “We’ve had three 7-Elevens in […]
According to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), over 26,000 people are arrested for DUI in Colorado each year. State and local law enforcement officers typically increase patrols, sobriety checkpoints, and other scrutiny of drivers during the summer months. If you’re arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs (DUI), […]
The 2014 “Crime in Colorado” report released last week by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation reported a decrease of 2.5 percent in the crime rate per 100,000 Colorado residents between 2013 and 2014. Although the percentages of certain crimes increased, as a whole, the violent crime rate dropped in Colorado in 2014. Categories in which rates increased […]
Memorial Day weekend 2015 saw approximately two million more drivers on the roads nationwide than in the previous year, according to an estimate by the American Automobile Association (AAA). Memorial Day also marked the start of “Checkpoint Colorado,” a program that increases the number of checkpoints and police officers on the road throughout the summer, […]
Colorado has passed a bill which significantly increases the penalties for those who have prior drinking and driving convictions. On June 1, 2015, Governor John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 15-1043 into law. This new law elevates a fourth conviction or greater for DUI, DUI Per Se, or DWAI over the course of a person’s lifetime to […]
Analyzing the FBI’s most recent crime statistics for Colorado, a group of researchers at FindTheBest.com ranked Colorado’s counties according to violent crime rates. And although the site’s “Ten Worst Counties” list has been making the rounds on the Internet, a second look at the numbers reveals that even in these so-called “worst” counties, the number […]