Crime and Public Safety

A Jefferson County District Court judge sentenced former school psychologist James Michael Chevrier to at least five years in prison this week for sexually assaulting a student.

Denver police arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of first-degree murder in a fatal shooting near East Colfax Avenue and North Dahlia Street.

A Jefferson County District Court judge sentenced a 20-year-old to six years in prison this week for a drunken driving crash on Colorado 93 that killed a Littleton woman, Cynthia “Cindy” Myers.

Authorities say a man suspected of stealing a truck who was shot by police on June 2 had a lighter that looked like a handgun

Weld County sheriff’s deputy Alex Porter was arrested on suspicion of stalking, assault and harassment as part of a domestic violence investigation.

Aurora police arrested Carlos Zarco on suspicion of second-degree murder in a shooting that killed a 25-year-old, officials said.

Fort Collins will pay $397,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit filed Andru Kulas, who police held down and sprayed in the face with pepper spray in Old Town.

Three Northern Colorado men were killed in a crash while riding motorcycles around 4 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 12 in Idaho, according to Idaho state officials: Ethan Powers of Tinmath, Jeremy Coleman of Berthoud, and Coleman’s 26-year-old son-in-law, Nathan McCormick of Loveland.

Federal safety officials are investigating the death of a construction worker at the Denver Broncos’ new training facility in Arapahoe County.