Aurora
Aurora city council committee votes to oppose fentanyl ballot measure Prop 132
AURORA | The Aurora City Council may officially oppose a November ballot measure to increase penalties for fentanyl possession and distribution after the council’s government relations committee took a position against the proposition. On Thursday, the committee voted 2-1 to pass a resolution opposing Proposition 132, a ballot measure that would set mandatory minimums for […]
Colorado sues GEO Group over tuberculosis investigation in Aurora
AURORA | Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the GEO Group on Wednesday, seeking to force the private GEO Group that operates the Aurora ICE detention center to comply with a state public health order requiring the jail to release details about a confirmed tuberculosis case at the facility. The lawsuit, filed in Adams County […]
Cops credit Flock cameras in arrest linked to fatal hit-and-run of cyclist in Aurora
AURORA | Police credited the city’s Flock camera system after an Aurora man turned himself in and was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run last month that killed a cyclist. Jamie Gardner, 53, turned himself into the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. He faces a charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting […]
Aurora recruiting its first police, fire ‘accountability’ monitor
AURORA | The city is starting to recruit its first public safety accountability monitor to establish a new office meant to be a watchdog over police, fire, 911 and detention. The job application for the manager of the recently created Office of Public Safety Accountability will open on Aug. 24. The city is working with […]
Aurora immigration detention operator misses state tuberculosis health order deadline
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | The private company that runs Colorado’s only immigration detention center missed a compliance deadline set by the state’s health department to provide information about a recent tuberculosis case in the Aurora facility. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a public health order on the […]
ICE owes local hospital nearly $4 million for care provided to Aurora immigrant detainees
This story was first published at CPR News. DENVER | Since last fall, the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora says they have provided roughly 150 hospital admissions, clinic appointments and emergency visits — totaling almost $4 million in expected reimbursements — for immigrants detained by the Department of Homeland Security. They haven’t been […]
Denver man arrested in northwest Aurora robbery and shooting Sunday
AURORA | Aurora police arrested an 18-year-old Denver man Sunday night in connection with a robbery and nonfatal shooting in northwest Aurora, authorities said. Julien Weeks was faces charges of first-degree assault, robbery and violating a court order, Aurora police spokesperson Joe Moylan said in a statement, Weeks is being held in the Adams County […]
Suspect arrested in Colorado Springs linked to fatal west-Aurora sidewalk shooting Sunday
AURORA | Police say they’ve identified and arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a man found lying on west Aurora sidewalk Sunday morning. Colorado Springs Police, working with Aurora police, arrested Armanni Woods, 31, Sunday, Aurora police said in a statement Monday. Woods will be booked and held in the El Paso County […]
Firefighters rescued 7 motorists after storms deluge west Aurora on Saturday
AURORA | Aurora firefighters were called to rescue at least seven stranded motorists, primarily near Overland High School, caught in flooding after a deluge storm Saturday afternoon, according to Aurora Fire and Rescue. “Around 2:30 pm, as severe storms moved through Aurora, Aurora firefighters responded to more than 15 emergency 9-1-1 calls, including reports of […]
Elderly Ugandan priest faces worsening illness after nearly 1 year inside Aurora ICE facility
DENVER| A 78-year-old priest who has been in immigration detention in Aurora for almost a year continues to present symptoms of respiratory illness with no improvement in his condition. Edward Nalwamba, a citizen of Uganda who has lived in Colorado for more than two decades, has been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention since […]