Crime and Public Safety

An early morning apartment fire displaced dozens of residents and sent two people to the hospital, according to Aurora Fire Rescue.

Jamir Deante Bright was arrested in December 2024 on three felony “sextortion” charges, including child sex exploitation and criminal extortion.

Thornton Police Department officers found four people “obviously deceased” in a home Saturday night, police officials said.

Eastbound I-70 is closed in west metro Denver after a fatal crash involving a semi-truck early Saturday morning, Wheat Ridge police said.

Emily Katherine Merrill, 41, accused of stealing millions from companies based in Lafayette and Denver.

A climber was injured after they fell about 40 feet from a route on the First Flatiron outside of Boulder on Friday afternoon.

A district attorney on Colorado’s Western Slope dismissed more than 30 criminal cases and is reviewing nearly 100 more because of newly discovered credibility issues with former Archuleta County sheriff’s Deputy Jermal Ball, who investigated the alleged crimes.

A 28-year-old man died after he was found unresponsive early Friday morning in his Adams County jail cell, the sheriff’s office said.

Police are searching for a 14-year-old Thornton girl who was last seen Thursday.