As Arapahoe County struggles with cost, Aurora rebuffs request for more time to take its domestic violence cases

29 March 2025, 1:01 am

Aurora City Council this week declined to give Arapahoe County another year to prepare before moving its domestic violence cases from municipal court to county court. “There is zero wiggle ...... Read More »

Jeanette Vizguerra case on pause while federal judge awaits new First Amendment claim

28 March 2025, 3:15 pm

A federal judge on Friday heard that the lawyers for prominent Denver immigration advocate Jeanette Vizguerra anticipate amending their petition for her release by adding a claim that officials ...... Read More »

Judge orders mental health treatment for man accused in shootings — but case is in limbo

28 March 2025, 2:36 pm

Austin Benson was found mentally incompetent in January for a 2024 case out of Aurora, as well as in a remarkably similar 2018 incident in Douglas County.... Read More »

ICE violated Jeanette Vizguerra’s First Amendment rights by detaining her, attorneys argue

28 March 2025, 12:57 pm

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated Jeanette Vizguerra’s First Amendment rights by detaining — and planning to deport — the Colorado immigration advocate, her attorneys argued in federal ...... Read More »

Immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra was “retaliated against” in violation of free speech, her attorney says

28 March 2025, 11:12 am

Vizguerra’s case received its first hearing Friday in Denver federal court, where her attorneys are attempting to spare her from deportation ...... Read More »

Federal Judge to Hear Case on ICE’s Detention of Immigration Advocate Jeanette Vizguerra

27 March 2025, 8:32 pm

ICE says Vizguerra entered the U.S. from Mexico illegally in 1997 and is being held pending deportation. In a statement shortly after her arrest, ICE said the mother of four has a final deportation ...... Read More »

Aurora woman found guilty in Oklahoma of using dead person’s ID to cash false checks

19 March 2025, 12:59 am

A 41-year-old Aurora woman was found guilty by a federal jury in Oklahoma on Tuesday after allegedly using a dead person's identity to cash checks.... Read More »

Federal grand jury indicts 4 men after Denver kidnapping victim reports assault, amputation

11 March 2025, 8:23 am

DENVER — A federal grand jury indicted four men on kidnapping charges stemming from an incident in Denver last fall, the U.S. Attorneys for ... but those cases have been dismissed, according ...... Read More »

Denver ride-share driver sentenced to 290 years in prison for kidnapping, sexual assault

7 March 2025, 5:47 am

The cases took place between 2018 and 2022 ... cruel and contemptible series of crimes over four years," said Denver District Attorney John Walsh in a statement. "Judge Brody's severe sentence ...... Read More »

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