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  • Colorado Funeral Director Sentenced To 18 Months Behind Bars After Hiding Woman’s Corpse In Hearse For 18 Months

    Colorado Funeral Director Sentenced To 18 Months Behind Bars After Hiding Woman’s Corpse In Hearse For 18 Months

    A Colorado funeral home owner, 34-year-old , Miles Harford was sentenced to 18 months behind bars for leaving a woman’s corpse in a hearse for over a year and improperly storing the ashes of at least 30 people. He pleaded guilty to abusing a corpse and theft, with other charges dropped.

    The New York Post reports that he received the maximum sentence allowed by Colorado law for his charges.

    “Nothing will ever undo the terrible pain that Miles Harford caused so many families, but it is our hope that this sentence will provide the family and friends of the deceased with some measure of justice… Harford systematically and shockingly violated his professional and moral obligations, and, for that, he is now being held accountable,” John Walsh, the Denver District Attorney said on Monday.

    Harford was apprehended last year after officials discovered the body of 63-year-old #ChristinaRosales, who died from Alzheimer’s, in his hearse, covered with blankets. Her remains had been there for about 18 months. He deceived her relatives by giving them the ashes of another person instead. Officials also discovered other remains hidden in boxes at his rental property. Prosecutors noted that he treated the bodies in a disrespectful manner.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Teacher Sexually Assaulted Special Needs Student and Told Him To Bring A Gun To School To Shoot Colleague

    Teacher Sexually Assaulted Special Needs Student and Told Him To Bring A Gun To School To Shoot Colleague

    A former paraprofessional from Colorado is now incarcerated after confessing to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student, according to PEOPLE. In November, Imagine Kay Ewer, 28, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a special education student. She received a four-year prison sentence. 

    She was responsible for the care of this student at Brady Exploration School in Lakewood, as stated by the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Ewer admitted to charges of sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in the first degree, both of which are felonies. Following her four-year sentence, she will also be subjected to probation under the Sex Offender Intensive Supervision program for a period of ten years to life.

    At the sentencing on Friday, January 31, the mother of the victim addressed to the court, stating,

    “The defendant preyed on my son, leading him to believe she genuinely cared for him, all while exploiting him for money and manipulating him into thinking he was ‘the one,’”

    according to the statement. In court, Special Victims Prosecutor Brynn Chase stated that Ewer introduced the victim to fentanyl, as mentioned in the statement. Ewer even told the victim

    “to bring [a] gun to school and shoot another faculty member in the leg,”

    Police launched an investigation to which they  found

    “evidence of frequent sexual encounters, constant digital communication, inclusive of repeated derogatory remarks directed at the victim, and the introduction of drugs, alcohol, and weapons,”

    it said. Ewer was employed by Jefferson County Public Schools from 2015 until 2023. She was arrested in January 2024. She is  charged with sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; sexual exploitation of a child; unlawful electronic sexual communication; and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, online court records show.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Colorado Man Wanted In Connection With Failed Bank Robbery After Giving Teller ‘Illegible’ Note, Police Say

    Colorado Man Wanted In Connection With Failed Bank Robbery After Giving Teller ‘Illegible’ Note, Police Say

    A man in Colorado reportedly tried to rob a bank, but things didn’t unfold as he intended, according to the NY Post. The would-be robber walked away empty-handed after giving a note to a teller who couldn’t decipher his message, as detailed by the police.

    The event took place just before 5 p.m. on December 17 at First National Bank, located at 750 North Lincoln Ave. in Loveland, Colorado, as stated by the Loveland Police Department. This city is located approximately 50 miles north of Denver.

    According to police, the man entered the bank and presented the teller with a note that seemed nearly impossible to read. The teller reportedly struggled with the note, which was said to be almost entirely

    “illegible,”

    police said per CBS Colorado.

    Frustrated by the teller’s difficulty in understanding his note, the man swiftly exited the bank, the report stated. Authorities are still looking for the suspect, who was seen in surveillance footage wearing a brown hoodie, green pants, a green baseball cap, sunglasses, and brown gloves.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • 1-Month-Old Abandoned By Parents On A Colorado Roadside Had Cocaine His System, Family Says

    1-Month-Old Abandoned By Parents On A Colorado Roadside Had Cocaine His System, Family Says

    The 1-month-old baby, who was abandoned on a Colorado street by his own parents on Christmas Day, had cocaine in his system, per relatives. Adams County officials received a call around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday about a baby left in a car seat wearing only a diaper on Pecos Street’s median, a busy road near US Highway 36, per Fox 31. The child’s parents, 42-year-old Jarvis Sims, and 33-year-old Christina Thurman were apprehended that night and charged with felony child abuse, per the New York Post. 

    Thurman’s distraught family revealed that infant Xion, who had cocaine in his system, was abandoned on the road following a dispute between his parents that morning. 

    Thurman’s cousin, Destiny Aguirre, and Xion’s godmother, said,

    “We were so ready for this baby to have his first Christmas, the greatest Christmas … That’s what the first Christmas is, the greatest time. We didn’t even get that, it got stolen from us.” 

    “What if he would have died? You’re going to leave him in the middle of the street and then what? So he could die a slow death in the cold? That is not right,”

    she went on to say. 

    Aguirre mentioned she lives just about 10 blocks from Thurman. Xion is now with Child Protective Services and is luckily, expected to recover. Thurman’s mother stated they’re

    “doing everything to regain custody of the baby.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Colorado Officials Intend To Kill All Coyotes In The Area Where 4-Year-Old Girl Was Attacked

    Colorado Officials Intend To Kill All Coyotes In The Area Where 4-Year-Old Girl Was Attacked

    Wildlife officials are searching for coyotes in southeast central Colorado after a 4-year-old girl was attacked on Thanksgiving Day, according to USA Today. The attack happened in the late afternoon in northern Colorado Springs, El Paso County, as stated by Colorado Parks and Wildlife in a news release. 

    The incident occurred in a neighborhood east of Monument Creek and Interstate 25, close to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Witnesses told wildlife agents that the girl was attacked when she and another child got close to a coyote hiding behind a tree, thinking it was a dog.

    “The coyote lunged at the girl, grabbing the back of her head, inflicting serious injuries that resulted in an overnight stay at a hospital,”

    the agency wrote in the release.

    The agency learned about the attack on Friday after the girl was out of the hospital. They immediately started looking for the coyote. Since it’s impossible to know which coyote attacked the toddler, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said they will kill every coyote they find near the area where it happened. The bodies will be sent to a health lab to check for human DNA and test for diseases like rabies.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

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  • Venezuelan Migrant Accused Of Sexually Assaulting His Boss’ 14-Year-Old Daughter While Living In Their Home, Police Say

    Venezuelan Migrant Accused Of Sexually Assaulting His Boss’ 14-Year-Old Daughter While Living In Their Home, Police Say

    A Venezuelan migrant who entered the US illegally is behind bars for allegedly raping his boss’s 14-year-old daughter while living in their basement in Colorado, according to Homeland Security sources per The Post.

    Jesus Alberto Pereira Castillo, 20, was arrested in Denver on Tuesday after being on the run for almost three months following the alleged incident, as reported by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Police were called to the home on August 29 about Castillo who allegedly

    “forced himself on the 14-year-old”

    girl and sexually assaulted her that night. 

    However, he had already fled the scene by the time the police arrived. Detectives finally found and arrested Castillo in Denver this week. He crossed the border into El Paso, Texas, illegally in September 2023 but was released by Border Patrol agents because there wasn’t enough space to hold him, according to Homeland Security sources.

    Castillo claimed he was heading to Orlando but ended up in Colorado. He was arrested there in May for allegedly having tools for forgery and theft. After the sexual assault, ICE lodged a detainer for Castillo’s arrest. He is now in the custody of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • School Bus Driver Under Fire After Abandoning 40 Kids On The Side Of The Road and Threatening Them If They Didn’t ‘Shut Up’

    School Bus Driver Under Fire After Abandoning 40 Kids On The Side Of The Road and Threatening Them If They Didn’t ‘Shut Up’

    A school bus driver in Colorado faces serious trouble after leaving 40 elementary students on the roadside and driving away. Students reported that he bragged about having guns and threatened them if they talked. The incident occurred Monday evening in Castle Rock. The students from Clear Sky Elementary noticed something was off after discovering a new driver, per the New York Post.

    “He wouldn’t let us leave the school until we stopped talking,”

    said Caitlyn Zavadil, 10. She told 9News,

    “He finally left, and he was skipping all the kids’ stops, and when I say all the kids, I mean all the kids… And we felt like when he was driving and missing our stops, like we were getting kidnapped.”

    The driver ignored the usual drop-off points and stopped at a busy intersection, ordering the kids to exit the bus. The spooked children quickly ran away as the driver drove off, leaving them alone as night fell and it became cold. Parents were understandably alarmed to see so many scared kids.

    How Parents Are Reacting?

    A parent, Savanna Keisling, said,

    “It felt as if there was an active shooter on that bus the way these children were just running from it, running out of it.”

    She saw Zavadil and her younger sister in tears. They were stranded over two miles from home without phones and unsure how to return. Concerned for their safety, she offered to give them a ride home, wanting to assist the girls in their difficult situation and ensure they reached home safely.

    Parents reported that their children returned home terrified, with one child fearing the bus driver might break into their house and harm them. In response, the Douglas County School District announced that the bus driver has been placed on leave while the Castle Rock Police Department looks into the matter.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • 3 States Enhanced Sam-Sex Marriage Protections In Anticipation Of Supreme Court Overturning Landmark Ruling

    3 States Enhanced Sam-Sex Marriage Protections In Anticipation Of Supreme Court Overturning Landmark Ruling

    California, Colorado, and Hawaii took steps to protect same-sex marriage in their states during the 2024 elections, as reported by PEOPLE. This decision comes after fears that the Supreme Court’s recent actions could threaten same-sex marriage rights.

    On November 5, voters in these three states approved measures to amend their constitutions and protect marriage equality. This decision comes as President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, who have expressed negative views about LGBTQ+ rights, prepare to take office in January 2025. 

    Even though same-sex marriage has been legal across the U.S. since the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, activists are worried about its future after the court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. In California, voters passed Proposition 3, which gets rid of the state’s 2008 ban on same-sex marriage and guarantees the right that anyone can marry, no matter their sex or race. 

    Colorado voters also chose a similar measure called Amendment J, which posed the question, 

    “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution removing the ban on same-sex marriages?”

    Colorado enacted the ban in 2006, and it was never officially repealed. 

    Hawaii legalized same-sex marriage two years before the Supreme Court mandated it, but there was still a section in the state constitution that allowed the Hawaii Legislature to create a ban on same-sex marriage in the future. However, the year, Hawaii voters decided to remove that part from the constitution, so state lawmakers wouldn’t have the power

    “to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Neighbors Rescue Victims, Including 2 Children, From Devastating Plane Crash In Front Of Colorado Home

    Neighbors Rescue Victims, Including 2 Children, From Devastating Plane Crash In Front Of Colorado Home

    A small plane crashed in the front yard of a Colorado home on Friday morning, as reported by the NY Post. Neighbors quickly came to the rescue, pulling out the four passengers, including two children, from the wreckage before it became engulfed in flames. The plane, a 1969 Beechcraft 35, had hit a fence and a tree before crashing. 

    The incident occurred in a neighborhood in Arvada, just outside of Denver, around 9:30 a.m. The four passengers were taken to a local hospital with burns, but their conditions are currently unknown. Witnesses described how neighbors rushed to help, and one couple inside their home initially mistook the crash for a train derailment across the street.

    “We saw the explosion and the glow from the outside and said, well, wait a second,”

    he said.

    Hamrick said he thought his house might collapse.

    “It felt like it was falling in. I mean, it was just that violent,”

    he said.

    The pilot and his wife were unharmed in the plane crash. The pilot, who remains unidentified, experienced engine problems shortly after takeoff. He contacted air traffic control for an emergency landing due to low oil pressure. However, the plane lost power, and the pilot had to make an unplanned landing in a residential area. The plane clipped a tree, skidded onto the road, hit a truck, and stopped in a front yard.

    “I’m sure what was going through the pilot’s mind was ‘I see a roadway, I need to get this aircraft down, let’s give it a shot,’”

    NTSB accident investigator Alex Lemishko told KDVR. Video shows emergency responders arriving at the location where the wreckage of the plane was burning on the front lawn. They were able to quickly put out the fire, but later on, it briefly flared up again.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

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  • Colorado Man Narrowly Escapes Being Shot Thanks To His Necklace, Police Say

    Colorado Man Narrowly Escapes Being Shot Thanks To His Necklace, Police Say

    A Colorado man’s jewelry proved to be a life-saving accessory. The 32-year-old victim narrowly escaped a potentially fatal gunshot wound thanks to his necklace, as reported by CNN. 

    According to witnesses, the victim was targeted by his father following an argument on May 28. Police reports indicate that the father, aged 66, was later apprehended and was believed to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident. He now faces a charge of first-degree attempted murder. 

    Fortunately, the victim’s silver-colored necklace, estimated to be 10 millimeters wide, played a crucial role in his survival. The necklace successfully deflected the impact of a .22 caliber bullet, preventing it from penetrating his neck and causing further harm. 

    It is unclear what the necklace was made of, there’s no doubt that it did its job of protecting the person in this amazing situation.

    “We don’t know what kind of metal this is, but it’s likely not pure silver,”

    they wrote.

    “We looked it up … and silver is soft. So maybe think twice before you knock a knockoff. Just incredible.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?