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Off-duty deputy in fight outside Walmart will not be charged

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

THORNTON, Colo. (KDVR) — An off-duty Adams County Sheriff's deputy involved in a fight with two women outside a Walmart last month will not face criminal charges.In late July, Deputy Ezekiel Spotts was booked in Thornton after a fight outside of a Walmart left two women injured. Following an investigation by Thornton Police, Adams County District Attorney Brian Mason said no charges would be filed. Caught on camera: Amazon driver accused of stealing cat He said this in a letter released earlier this week, along with a video of part of the fight at the entrance of the Walmart.The two women involved, mother Linda Hurley and her daughter Erika Smith, are beyond frustrated by this decision. The DA's letter cites witness statements, which he said are conflicting. He said it's not clear who was the aggressor in the case.“I felt defeated, very depressed. We both have suicidal feelings because it doesn't feel like our lives matter at all — that, you know, he’s a cop, he can do whatever he...

Caught on camera: Amazon driver accused of stealing cat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — An Aurora family is calling on the FOX31 Problem Solvers for help, saying an Amazon delivery driver stole their cat and it was caught on video.Clips from the Oakes family’s door cameras Sunday capture a package dropoff in broad daylight. The video shows a male and a female get out of an Amazon delivery truck, and the female drops off a package. The male is seen interacting with the family’s indoor-outdoor cat, Pyro, in the driveway. Caught on camera: Man suspected in 11 dumpster fires The camera audio captures the man saying his friend lost a cat that looks exactly like Pyro."You see the guy squat down and grab him next to the boat and like walk directly into the van with him," Chelsea Oakes said. "How do you take a cat with you on a route in a van? The cat needs water or food, to be able to go to the bathroom, and he's in there with packages. And secondly, you take that cat away from his family."An Aurora family says an Amazon driver stole their cat from th...

Calls rise for more police presence at Colfax and Havana, where officers killed man

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — There is a call for help from some in Aurora who say crime is out of control near Havana and Colfax. It's where a reportedly armed man was shot and killed by police early Wednesday morning.A mother who didn’t want to be identified spoke about the problems she sees daily there.“There’s a lot of homeless and random people on both ends of the bus stop. They harass people a lot of the time,” she said.She's not alone in her concern. Fire causes black smoke to billow out of Sheraton Hotel Dara Goldsby is the CEO of the Caring and Sharing Community Resources and Transformation Center. It's based near Havana Street and Colfax Avenue.Goldsby tries to help people with substance abuse problems and job challenges, and she even provides food when there’s a need. She told FOX31 that crime runs rampant there, even in plain sight.“You know, most of the ones that I talk to do not fear the police. They do not fear doing drugs right here. They do not fear doing violence. They ...

St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway tickets go on sale

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (KDVR) — Talk about the real estate deal of the century: How would you like a $750,000 house for $100?Tickets officially went on sale Thursday for the 2023 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway."The St. Jude Dream Home is a raffle we host every year. This home raises money for the kids at the hospital who are in need of care," said Brenda Orbe, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital provides state-of-the-art treatment for kids dealing with catastrophic illness at no charge to the family. But hospitals do not run for free."It costs us nearly $2 billion a year (to operate). That is a lot," Orbe said. Outdoor Colorado: The volunteers vital to Colorado’s state parks That is where you come in. Purchase a $100 ticket and you will have a guaranteed one in 24,000 chance of winning this home. This dream home was built by Oakwood Homes and is not a small house. It has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms and a finished basement. It comes...

High-tech wheelchair allows police officer to pursue his passion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (KDVR) — A Brighton Police officer involved in four job-related car crashes is now permanently disabled. But thanks to a high-tech wheelchair provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, he is able to continue to enjoy the outdoors.Bill Holder has ridden in many vehicles in his life. Jeeps and patrol cars are his favorite. Holder was a police officer for the Brighton Police Department for 14-and-a-half years. Loveland artist gets his inspiration from the Colorado outdoors Today at Barr Lake State Park, he is jumping in another vehicle. It’s called a trackchair, a specially modified wheelchair fitted with tank-like treads instead of wheels.It is a challenge for Holder to walk these days. A series of car crashes that began in 1993 put an end to his career in law enforcement.“I already was parked in an alleyway looking for drunk drivers when one found me. He hit me head-on at probably 55 mph," Holder said.Bill Holder in his trackchair at Barr Lake State Park (KDVR)Incredi...

Fort Lauderdale Beach hotel guest fatally shot, leaving tourists stunned; man arrested, charged with murder

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

Police have arrested a man in connection to the fatal shooting of a guest at a Fort Lauderdale Beach hotel that left other visitors in shock.Cellphone video showed Fort Lauderdale Police officers and paramedics with Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue as they surrounded the Ocean Mile Hotel, early Wednesday morning.“Rescue, respond to a shooting. Caller advising someone got shot,” a dispatcher said in radio transmissions.Investigators said the victim was found in the breezeway of the hotel with a gunshot wound to the chest.“I was terrifying, like, our first night in Florida,” said hotel guest Izzy Blakey.Detectives said that bullet was fired just after midnight at the hotel, located along A1A, near Northeast 41st Street, adding that the shooting appears to have been a random attack.Blakey and Meg Gill, who are visiting from England, said they were staying on the third floor when they heard the chaos.“We were frozen for a minute, looked out the window and then l...

I know what MPs did last summer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Stitcher .st0{fill:#EB8A23;} .st1{fill:#FAC617;} .st2{fill:#612368;} .st3{fill:#3792C4;} .st4{fill:#C33727;} Acast With Westminster largely empty during the summer recess, host Aggie Chambre heads out of London to watch MPs in different parts of the country meet the people who really matter — the voters.At constitu...

US, Europe officials: Prigozhin’s death leaves Putin stronger, for now

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

U.S. and European officials assessing the fallout from the death of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin say it’s likely to strengthen Vladimir Putin’s short-term grip on Russia but weaken his standing over time.Outside governments are still trying to ascertain exactly what caused Prigozhin’s plane to crash in Russia on Wednesday, two months after he led a brief mutiny and clashed with Russian forces over grievances about the Kremlin’s approach to the war in Ukraine. Russia’s civil aviation agency said Wednesday that Prigozhin was one of 10 people killed when the flight crashed, and Putin spoke of him in the past tense Thursday.Western officials reached Thursday argued that Prigozhin’s death could temporarily strengthen Putin’s hand, or at the very least leave his level of power unchanged.“Putin has a pretty clear track record of at least operating within his own country with impunity,” a U.S. official familiar with Russia policy said. “I don’t get the sense t...

Crack cocaine floods Brussels as alarm sounds over safety in EU capital

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

BRUSSELS — Around here, no one wants to work the night shift. Karim H’Didouane has been a receptionist at Park Inn by Radisson next to Brussels Midi railway station for two years. The area is changing, he said — and not for the better.“There’s an increase of drug dealers, vandalism, stealing,” H’Didouane said. “It’s not safe at any moment.”Park Inn sits across the road from one of Brussels Midi’s entrances, in an area of the city’s Saint-Gilles district which has garnered a reputation for violence and crime, particularly when darkness falls.H’Didouane isn’t the only one who feels unsafe. A few feet from Park Inn, Mostafa Abdelazim, receptionist at Euro Capital hotel, has had his wallet stolen five times in five years.“[It’s] not the best image for when international travelers arrive at the station,” he said. “Most of them arrive [at the hotel] already with a problem: ‘someone stole my bag’ … or ‘I’ve been attacked.’”On a warm summer afternoon, the station — Belgium’...

History as written by Vladimir Putin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:56 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. The decade-long wait wasn’t worth it. It was inevitable that Russia’s new official history textbooks would just advance the Kremlin’s dreary weaponization of memory, that they would tighten its control over the historical narrative presented to the nation’s schoolchildren. We knew this would be the case.And, of course, the four new textbooks Russian high-schoolers will be cracking open at the start of the school year next month — covering the period from 1945 to the present day — are also focused on justifying the invasion of Ukraine, placing it in the context of “demilitarization” and “denazification,” while casting Russia as a victim of so-called Western aggression.How could it be otherwise when Russia’s pseudo-historian-in-chief, President Vladimir Putin, ordered the rewrite himself, and the drafting was overseen by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, the chairman of the Interdepartmental Commission on Historical Education...