Just northeast of where we are yesterday afternoon. And while the investigation officials says it was intentionally set. Its not hard for fires to start in these conditions, just look at how dry it is around me, incredible dry right now and you can hear the brush crunching beneath my feed. I dont show you yesterday, that fire, when it started. The fire blew up yesterday afternoon. It started on farm land in brighton around 1 30 in the a time it was out at 5 00 yesterday evening, it had burned through more than 300 acres of dry brush and weeds. Fire crews were able to protect the major structures. There were two, however, unused sheds that were destroyed. What made it difficult other than the dry conditions was the wind. The wind reached up to 20 milesperhour at one point. Now, this morning, the winds still is a little factor too. And again, its dry. Its going on average National Weather service says october 18th is when the city of denver typically see its first snow fall. Last year it
Extortion, false misconduct, and kidnapping all crimes former El Paso County sheriff terry maketa is being charged with today. Maketa and two employees, former undersheriff Paula Presley and former sheriffs commander juan san agustin, will be in court today. Some of the things they are accuesed of threatening to terminate a contract with a company if they company didnt fire an employee. And coercing a woman who was involved in a domestic dispute to take back her story. All three will be in court this afternoon. Well keep you posted on how it police are looking into two different death investigations they say happened just a mile away from each other. Denver Police Say One is around 30th and champa the other is at 22nd and North Washington in the five points neighborhood. Police havent said much of anything about these cases. Well update you when we know more. Westminster police say a dangerous man is still on the run this morning 31yearold jarred strenge. Hes wanted for Second Degree m
Its about 35 percent contained now. Thats up from 10 percent since sunday night. Lightning sparked the flames that spread to more than 350acres. Additional crews were brought in to help fight the fire. But at the end of the day, efforts to control the fire all lay in the hands of mother nature. The Larimer County Sheriffs Office is in that area to clear the way for emergency traffic. A former El Paso County sheriff and his two collegues will be in court today. Terry maketa is accused of running his departments on ths intimidation. One example accusations he and his undersheriff paula presley, pulled a multi Million Dollar contract if a company didnt fire an employee he didnt like. Maketa faces several charges including extortion, witness tampering, and kidnapping. Presley and a former sheriffs commander juan san agustin also face charges. Denver police are different death investigations this morning. One is centered around 30th and champa e second scene is about a mile away at 22nd and
The parents of Kara Nichols, a 19-year-old Colorado Springs model who went missing in 2012, say they are in disbelief over a recording released by the El Paso County Sheriff s
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