Bond granted to man accused of being military impostor

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A man who brought attention to homeless veterans in Colorado Springs has been granted a conditional bond as he fights federal misdemeanor charges of lying about having military decorations. Thirty-two-year-old Richard Glen Strandlof was in the... Full story

Black Forest man arrested in arson at home

BILL REED

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A Black Forest man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of arson, accused of burning down his former home in July rather than allowing it to be taken by the bank after it had gone into foreclosure.Mark Rance, 48, is being held in the El Paso County... Full story

Jury gets case of soldier accused in double homicide

JOHN C. ENSSLIN

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Jomar Falu-Vives’ AK-47 was the weapon used to kill two people as they were hanging yard sale signs, his defense attorneys conceded Tuesday. They said it was his Chevrolet Tahoe that was used in the drive-by shooting on June 6, 2008, that... Full story

THE COLD CASE FILES: World War I vet left for dead, 1980

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Each victim is a face frozen in time, haunting investigators whose job it is to bring their killers to justice decades after the trail has gone cold.The Gazette in cooperation with the Colorado Springs Police Department runs a weekly feature called... Full story

Child porn suspect accused of trying to kill estranged wife

LANCE BENZEL

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A Fort Carson soldier facing trial on child pornography charges was arrested last week on new allegations: trying to kill the woman who turned him in. Michael Lee Eichsteadt, 28, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder after his... Full story

Pedestrian struck by car

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A pedestrian-car accident sent one man flying through the air 30 feet late Monday night. Police say that Thomas Patterson was crossing the road in the 1600 block of West Colorado Avenue and was struck by the right side of an oncoming... Full story

Woman accused of stabbing

BILL REED

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Janet Hilton beat up her elderly husband, fled the house while police came to investigate, and then returned to stab him, her arrest affidavit said. Daniel Hilton, 70, died Monday from injuries he suffered during Friday night’s altercation;... Full story

Man injured in west-side stabbing

MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ

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Colorado Springs police officers are investigating a Sunday night stabbing on the city’s west side. According to police, a man who was not identified was stabbed and robbed about 8:45 p.m. near the intersection of 19thand Uintah streets. He... Full story

Glenn hopes to help parks, buses by trimming police perk: take-home cars

DANIEL CHACÓN

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A Colorado Springs city councilman is driving a cost-cutting effort that could put the brakes on a police perk: take-home government vehicles. Hoping to ferret out an additional $1 million from the Police Department’s 2010 budget to restore... Full story

Jury tampering delays Bruce trespassing trial

JOHN C. ENSSLIN

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A Colorado Springs municipal judge Friday postponed a trespassing trial for Douglas Bruce and a fellow anti-tax activist after prosecutors argued the jury pool had been tainted by a man handing out leaflets in front of the courthouse. The leaflets,... Full story

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