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Mother Charged in Death of Boy Found in Denver Storage Unit
The mother of a 7-year-old found dead inside a storage unit just before Christmas was charged Monday in the boy’s death.
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Man Driving Tractor Leads Denver Police on Slow-Speed Chase
The Denver Post reports that a man driving a tractor led authorities on a slow-speed chase through the city Friday night before hitting a police vehicle downtown. The newspaper says it appears more than a dozen squad cars chased the tractor and many other vehicles were hit. The Post says police rammed the tractor with their cars to end the...
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FBI Agent Whose Gun Went Off While Dancing Taken Into Custody
An off-duty FBI agent who accidentally fired a gun that dropped out of its holster while he was doing a back-flip at a nightclub was booked into custody on Tuesday, NBC News reports. Chase Bishop, 29, was being held in a detention center in downtown Denver. He faces charges for second-degree assault but he has not been formally charged, according...
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FBI Agent Whose Gun Went Off While Dancing Taken Into Custody
An off-duty FBI agent who accidentally fired a gun that dropped out of its holster while he was doing a back-flip at a nightclub was booked into custody on Tuesday, NBC News reports. Chase Bishop, 29, was being held in a detention center in downtown Denver. He faces charges for second-degree assault but he has not been formally charged, according...
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Forcing Stretches Is Improper, Outdated, Cheerleading Group Says
Newly released video of a Denver teen crying while a coach and teammates hold her down shows techniques that are outdated and damaging, the head of a national cheerleading group says. Forcing athletes into painful stretching used to happen decades ago. But he said coaches are now required to learn safe stretching practices, Cheerleading Coaches and Administration Association director Jim...
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Police Launch Investigation After ‘Distressing' Video Emerges of High School Cheerleaders Forced Into Splits
Police are investigating a Denver high school’s administration after video surfaced of cheerleaders being forced into doing splits, NBC affiliate KUSA reported. The video shows an incoming freshman at East High School surrounded by teammates and a coach in June during the first week of cheer camp. The girl screams in pain and repeatedly cries “please stop” as the group...
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Son of Nashville Mayor Dies of Apparent Drug Overdose
The office of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry said Sunday that her only child has died of an apparent drug overdose. The office released a statement from Barry and her husband, Bruce, saying 22-year-old Max Barry died Saturday night in Denver. “Early this morning, we received news that no parents should ever have to hear,” the couple said. “Our son Max...
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Man Arrested Near LAX After Pipe Bombs Found in Colorado Hotel Room
Authorities have arrested a Denver man at a hotel near Los Angeles international airport after a search of a hotel room where he had stayed in Denver yielded several pipe bombs.
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Police End Lock Down of Denver Hospital Amid Gun Report
Police locked down a Denver hospital complex Friday amid reports that gunshots were fired and a man was seen carrying a rifle on the grounds. Officer Tyrone Campbell said a room-by-room search of Rose Medical Center was completed Friday night, and everyone who was told to shelter in place has been allowed to go home. Police are still looking for...
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Driver Killed, 18 Injured in School Bus Crash at Denver Airport
A school bus carrying members and coaches of a Colorado high school football team crashed into a concrete pillar Sunday at Denver International Airport, killing the driver and injuring 18 passengers, authorities said. Joe Ferdani, a spokesman for the Adams 12 Five Star Schools District, said 15 students from Legacy High School in Broomfield, north of Denver, were transported to...
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Man Held Decades in Colorado for Rape He Denies Walks Free
A Denver man who spent more than a quarter-century in prison for an attack he denies committing walked free Tuesday, locking arms with his wife as his tearful children applauded and his grandkids embraced a man they had never met....
Clarence Moses-EL, 60, had just posted a $50,000 bond that a judge required for his freedom after she overturned his 1988...