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DENVER — The woman accused of providing the gun used to murder Colorado Department of Corrections director Tom Clements will be held without bond until her case is resolved, U.S. Magistrate Boyd N. Boland ordered Monday. Stevie Vigil, 22, is both a danger to the community and a flight risk, Boland said. The defendant is scheduled […]

DENVER — After reviewing thousands of court cases looking for possible errors in sentencing orders, the Colorado Department of Corrections announced Wednesday judges in only 267 cases have decided to amend sentencing orders, while about 1,200 were left alone. The DOC sent 1,514 potentially questionable cases to judges for review. Just 18 percent (267) were […]

ARAPAHOE COUNTY — The woman accused of giving Evan Ebel, the suspect in the murder investigation of DOC director Tom Clements, is facing federal charges according to attorneys in the case. Vigil was arrested Friday morning by ATF agents during her court appearance. Prosecutors from Arapahoe County withdrew state charges against the 22-year-old after federal […]

BRIGHTON, Colo. — Two families connected in tragedy came together Saturday to help each other heal through the pain. It has been seven years since Bryan Seymour took his own life, and for the past four years, his family has held a benefit car show in his honor. But the Bryan Seymour Scholarship Fund Car […]

The Colorado Department of Corrections new Executive Director was announced Friday.

DENVER — The Colorado Department of Corrections has fired Parole Director Tim Hand, officials confirmed Thursday. Hand was placed on leave May 22. His office had come under increasing scrutiny after the murder of Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements, likely at the hands of parolee Evan Ebel. Ebel is believed to have cut off his […]

DENVER — A Saudi man being investigated for the murder of former Colorado Corrections chief Tom Clements lost his latest bid for parole on Tuesday morning. Homaidan al-Turki, serving an eight-years-to-life term for keeping his housekeeper a virtual slave in Colorado and sexually assaulting her, now must wait another two years before his next appearance […]

DENVER — Two months after a former Colorado inmate killed two men and lead police on a nationwide manhunt, a sheriffs office in Texas is releasing new images of an attack between the suspect and police. The video clip above is graphic.I On Wednesday, the Montague County Sheriffs Office released dashboard camera video that shows a 27-year-old deputy […]

DENVER — The early results of an audit of the sentences of prisoners in Colorado has found potentially hundreds of errors. Corrections officials are alerting judges throughout the state to the errors. The reviews are happening after it was disclosed that the man accused of killing Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements and Commerce City […]

DENVER — Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant killer Nathan Dunlap is set to be executed the week of August 18-24, Arapahoe District Judge William Sylvester ruled Wednesday afternoon. Now the only thing that can save the killer’s life is clemency from Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. Hickenlooper and his staff are scheduled to meet with Dunlap’s defense […]

DENVER — Thomas Guolee, a suspected member of the white supremacist 211 Crew and an associate of murder suspect Evan Ebel, has been arrested, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday evening. Police have been seeking Guolee, 31, since last week. He and another man, James Lohr, were wanted for questioning in connection with […]

DENVER — The Colorado Department of Corrections will implement new measures designed to capture former prisoners who break their parole, the agency announced Wednesday. The new measures include monthly roundups of fugitives who break parole and a new rule requiring a two-hour response time for investigating all ankle bracelet tampering alerts. The Capitol’s Joint Budget […]