Denver Crime Report newsletter
The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Thursday, May 1
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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Toddler dies in submerged car after crash near Brush

A 1-year-old girl died last week when a car crashed into an irrigation ditch near Brush in Morgan County, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

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Colorado accountant pleads guilty to $8 million in tax fraud

The owner of a Colorado-based accounting firm took a deal and pleaded guilty Monday to tax evasion and “conspiring to defraud the United States” of $8 million, federal officials said.

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Teen sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatal Aurora, Arapahoe County shootings

An 18-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in two shootings that killed an Iraqi refugee and an Aurora teenager in 2023.

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Pedestrian seriously injured in Aurora crash on Alameda Avenue

A pedestrian was seriously injured in a crash on Alameda Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, Aurora police said.

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Motorcyclist killed in Wheat Ridge crash north of Sloan’s Lake

One person died Wednesday after a car and a motorcycle collided near the intersection of West 32nd Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard in Wheat Ridge, police said.

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Woman shot in bus terminal at Denver’s Union Station not expected to survive

A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Tuesday night after a woman was shot at a bus terminal underneath Denver’s Union Station. She is not expected to survive her injuries.

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Ex-Bronco Josh Reynolds was not targeted for his fame in “calculated” shooting, DA says

“That was our first month living in Colorado and we got shot at by 15 different people, I don’t know how to even explain that,” one victim of the shooting said.

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Former LaSalle police officer sentenced to 6 years in prison for fatal on-duty shooting

A LaSalle police officer who fatally shot a man outside a Family Dollar store while on duty was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday.

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Victim of Stone Canyon fire in Boulder County identified after lengthy investigation

The identification of the Stone Canyon Fire victim comes after a nine-month investigation, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday.

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Attempted kidnapping near Thornton Middle School leads to one arrest