Crime and Public Safety

A Denver jury convicted Travis Jamahal Jackson, 41, of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 28-year-old during a drug deal near Cheesman Park.

Huerfano County and a Pueblo-based healthcare provider will pay $10.2 million to the estate of a man who died in the Huerfano County Detention Center after officers broke his ribs and failed to give him medical treatment.

A Jefferson County district judge sentenced former Mountain View town councilman Brent Metz to work release and probation for shooting a 17-year-old boy looking for homecoming photo spot.

Colorado prison officials failed for more than two hours to call an ambulance for an inmate who was gravely wounded in an attack that killed two other prisoners in the Bent County Correctional Facility last month, according to county dispatch records.

Thornton police arrested Cesar Licon Jr., 18, on suspicion of murder in a shooting at a house party that killed a 44-year-old on Sunday.

The Ferris fire in southwest Colorado shot out by another 8,864 acres Sunday evening and into Monday, though firefighters appeared to have gotten a better handle on the blaze through the day.

Denver Police are trying to find more information about a hit-and-run crash in downtown Denver Thursday night.

The Colorado State Patrol is seeking information on a man suspected of hurting a tow truck operator bad enough to send the victim to the hospital.