Crime and Public Safety

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. 

Someone tried to start a wildfire in the central Colorado mountains by dousing trees with gas and setting them on fire near the Pike-San Isabel National Forest.

Christopher Thomas, a Denver Police Department officer who eluded state troopers at speeds over 100 mph, was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to drunken driving.

The group accused in a $300,000 Front Range card-skimming scheme has grown, as three more people were arrested and six more were indicted in Boulder County as of Tuesday morning.

Donna Savoy of Parker pleaded guilty to failing to pay over taxes for her Denver bridal shop, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.