With a lawsuit on pause for now, Colorado sheriff says he’s clear to work on immigration
Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell has been in a long war with the ACLU of Colorado since the early days of the first Trump administration over his decision to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement do its work.
Immigration raids in Colorado, both highly visible and cloaked in secrecy, rattle advocates and local authorities
While the number of people detained Wednesday was small, the effort nonetheless blurred the lines between civil immigration enforcement and criminal law enforcement in uncomfortable ways.
Planned large-scale immigration action in Aurora postponed after publicity
Immigration officials hope to conduct the raids in the future but without so much attention in advance.
Colorado military officials prepare for a massive immigration raid in Aurora — but crackdowns may already be underway across metro area
Officials with the U.S. Northern Command said that they started work Monday to prepare Buckley for use by Homeland Security as a temporary detention center.
Adams County sheriff, current and former deputies, win $5 million judgment for wrongful termination by predecessor
A federal jury found former Adams County Sheriff Rick Reigenborn was political and punitive and violated the First Amendment when he fired four top commanders because they supported his opponent.
Colorado bank robberies down after charges went up
Bank robberies spiked after the pandemic but they’ve fallen dramatically — federal prosecutors say it’s because the robbers fear federal prison time.
New Trump federal immigration directives could conflict with Colorado laws requiring law enforcement to keep it local
The Justice Department memo issued Wednesday threatens prosecution of state or local officials for “resisting, obstructing, and otherwise failing to comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests.”
Current sheriff, deputies sue Adams County, say politics led to their firing
Adams County Sheriff Gene Claps and some current and former Adams deputies are suing county commissioners over what they claim were politically motivated firings by previous Sheriff Rick Reigenborn.
Listen: They arrived in Denver’s immigration wave. Here’s how they’re preparing for the next four years
Venezuelan asylum seekers were at the center of the presidential campaign. Colorado’s long court backlogs could buy them time.
Denver officials spent 2024 welcoming immigrants — but with less fanfare, police arrested some of them for low-level crimes and prostitution
Crimes of “moral turpitude,” including prostitution, funnel undocumented immigrants down the pipeline for deportation.
Colorado Springs man shot himself just before bomb detonated in New Year’s Las Vegas Cybertruck attack
The motive for the bombing and whether there was any coordination between the Las Vegas event and an earlier mass killing in New Orleans by another veteran remain a mystery.
Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump Las Vegas hotel was rented in Colorado
Authorities have not said who rented the Tesla Cybertruck nor where it was picked up in the state.
The nation’s murder rate is plummeting. Colorado’s is mostly flat
The country’s murder rate is falling at a brisk pace since pandemic-level 2021 highs — but Colorado isn’t entirely following suit.
Colorado ranks in the top 10 nationally with number of uninsured drivers
The price of insurance is a contributing factor, but accidents by motorists without coverage also drive up rates for everyone.
Colorado hopes to tighten requirements to be a law enforcement officer
The Peace Officers Standards and Training Board voted unanimously to ask the state legislature to add another 31 misdemeanor crimes to the existing list of 44 as “decertifying to be a peace officer.”
Judge drops criminal charges against gaming officers in Christian Glass death
The state Division of Gaming is not listed as an agency eligible to be held accountable for failing to intervene.
