The Crime Report
MAY 3, 2021
A bill which seeks to force police to ticket people more and arrest them less as a means of lowering the state’s jail population is at the center of a statewide debate in Colorado, reports the Denver Post. The number of people in Colorado jails rose by about 800 percent between 1970 and 2017, disproportionate to overall population growth.
JURIST
JUNE 14, 2022
Members of white supremacist group Patriot Front Monday were released from jail on bond after being charged with conspiracy to riot , a misdemeanor. Those arrested included men from 13 states, including Michigan, Texas, Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, South Dakota, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri.
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The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Two Colorado police officers, Fort Lupton police officer Jordan Steinke and Sergeant Pablo Vazquez of the Platteville police, have been charged with leaving a handcuffed woman in a patrol car parked on railroad tracks, where it was struck by a freight train, seriously injuring her, reports Keith Coffman for Reuters.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Dean Schiller, who in 2021 filmed and live-streamed the fallout from and officer response to a mass shooting at a Boulder, Colorado shopping market, has been acquitted of obstructing police, a misdemeanor, after his lawyers argued that being a temporary distraction does not equate to keeping police from doing their job, reports Colleen Slevin of the (..)
JonathanTurley
JULY 19, 2021
A well-known Colorado lawyer and animal rights activist, Jennifer Emmi, 43, is facing an impressive array of charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the girlfriend of her estranged husband. She also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of child abuse, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and evidence tampering.
The Crime Report
JUNE 13, 2022
Thirty-one members of the white supremacist group known as Patriot Front are being charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor, after being arrested over the weekend in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho before they could act on plans to disrupt a local Pride event, reports the New York Times.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 27, 2022
Other states, such as Colorado, Florida and New Hampshire, prohibit the consideration of misdemeanors and lower-level, nonviolent felonies in licensure determinations, realizing that these offenses do not portend whether licensure will pose a risk to the public.
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