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Suspect in fatal Commerce City hit-and-run ID’d, charged with homicide, assault
A man arrested in connection to a fatal Commerce City hit-and-run that killed one person and sent three others to the hospital has been charged with vehicular homicide and assault, according to court records.
Erik Hernandez-Escobar, 20, was charged Tuesday with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, false reporting of identifying information to law enforcement and two counts of leaving the scene of a fatal accident — all felonies — court records show.
The 20-year-old also faces three traffic charges: speed exhibition, driving without insurance and failing to stop at a stop sign.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is suing the town of Vail over its dismissal of artist Danielle SeeWalker from an artist-in-residence program, following an April complaint about SeeWalker’s past work.
The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court, states that the town violated SeeWalker’s First Amendment rights in canceling her residency over political reasons before she’d even painted a single brushstroke.
“… SeeWalker’s free speech rights under the federal and state constitutions were violated when the town of Vail abruptly canceled her residency after she expressed her personal views on the war in Gaza on her social media page,” according to an ACLU of Colorado statement.
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Retired police sergeant who drew national attention after Aurora theater shooting is charged with child sex crimes
A retired police sergeant who received national attention for his actions during the 2012 Aurora theater shooting is now facing child sexual abuse charges in Douglas County after multiple children said he sexually and physically abused them for years.
Michael Hawkins, 55, was charged July 29 with six felony counts of sexual assault of a child by a person in a position of trust and a single count of misdemeanor child abuse in alleged incidents that spanned from 2002 to 2021, court records show.
He is accused of raping an elementary-aged girl, groping multiple children, using “arrest control tactics” that physically hurt them and, in one instance, holding a boy underwater until he nearly drowned, according to an affidavit filed against him.
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Mental health evaluation ordered in fatal Jeffco rock-throwing case after defense claims ADHD contributed to killing
A mental health evaluation has been ordered for the third and final suspect in last year’s deadly spree of rock-throwing attacks in suburban Denver after the defense claimed his ADHD contributed to the killing and the injury of half a dozen drivers.
Joseph Koenig, 19, was set to begin his jury trial for first-degree murder in Jefferson County district court later this month when his defense requested to introduce additional evidence and expert testimony into the case for an “impaired mental condition” defense, according to court documents.
Koenig’s trial has been delayed until health officials can return a mental health evaluation to the judge determining the 19-year-old’s “mental condition.”
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