Springs police search for carjacking suspects

MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ

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A 57-year-old and a 60-year-old were beaten and carjacked Saturday night when they tried to drive away from a bar in south Colorado Springs, police said. Police found the two victims in the parking lot of a Save-A-Lot store at 405 S. Circle Drive... Full story

Police arrest two Fort Carson soldiers downtown for carrying guns

MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ

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Two Fort Carson soldiers were arrested downtown early today in separate incidents on suspicion of carrying guns. The first incident happened at about 1:20 a.m., when police spotted two men walking in an alley toward Sodo nightclub, 527 S. Tejon... Full story

20-year-old man shot in south Colorado Springs gang fight

MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ

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A 20-year-old man who was shot in a south Colorado Springs fight Saturday night was found by police after he went to the hospital. Colorado Springs Police said the shooting happened about 9 p.m. at 1151 Mazatlan Circle. Witnesses told police... Full story

Loveland's first baby of 2010 dead, mom jailed

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Loveland's first baby born in 2010 is dead, and her mother is in jail. Loveland detectives arrested Kaylynn Davis, 20, Friday on a charge of child abuse resulting in death. The infant died Jan. 25, police said. Summer Moon Hawk was born at 11:31... Full story

Douglas County deputy shoots DUI suspect

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A Douglas County Sheriff's deputy shot an allegedly drunken driver after he crashed into another deputy and tried to run him over during a traffic stop late last night. The injured deputy and the assault suspect were rushed to separate... Full story

Man hit by vehicle twice near reported east-side disturbance

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Police officers checking on reports of a disturbance early today found a man lying on the side of East Bijou Street who apparently had been intentionally hit twice by the same vehicle, according to police reports. The man, whose name was not... Full story

Shot at handyman could cost cop his badge

JOEL MILLMAN

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The Colorado Springs police officer who fired a shot at a suspected burglar who turned out to be a handyman could be innocent of criminal wrongdoing and still lose his job. The laws governing the use of deadly force, either in self-defense or in... Full story

UPDATE: Throat slasher sentenced to 34 years

JOHN C. ENSSLIN

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The case: A Colorado Springs teenager’s throat was slashed outside the Westwood Village Apartment, 3024 W. Bijou St., on Aug. 20, 2008, in the wake of a botched drug deal involving fake marijuana. The victim: Nathaniel Lee Hughes, 18, died of... Full story

Former foster mom admits to tossing 2-year-old

JOHN C. ENSSLIN

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Jules Lynn Cuneo admitted throwing a 2-year-old foster child across her living room out of anger because the child would not talk to her. Jurors in Cuneo’s first-degree murder trial Friday watched a video of an intense two-hour... Full story

Man with knife forces sandwich shop workers into bathroom

CAROL MCGRAW

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A man with a knife forced two workers at the SS Subs eatery at 2821 E. Platte Ave. into a bathroom around 6:30 p.m. Thursday and lurked in the store for some time.The employees called police, who used dogs to search the area, with no results. Police... Full story

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