Denver Criminal Defense Law Blog

An unidentified woman was run over after allegedly being pushed out of the passenger side door of a moving vehicle. The Colorado Springs police say that the woman was in an argument with the 27-year-old man driving the vehicle when he pushed her out the passenger side door of the vehicle. The incident happened around 6:45 in the morning in the 2400 block of Garden of the Gods Road.

The vehicle was moving slowly when the woman was allegedly pushed from it. One of her legs was run over by the back wheels of the vehicle as it drove off. However, her injuries were not serious, and she was treated and released from a nearby hospital. The driver who supposedly pushed the woman from the car was arrested outside of Pueblo on Highway 50. Police say that he had outstanding warrants and that domestic violence charges are pending against him in the incident.

Colorado bicyclists and motorists struggle to share the scenic canyon roads. Each summer, tensions are renewed between Jefferson County residents, who use the roads for commuting, and bicyclists, who often bike the roads for leisure. The sheriff's office is working with both sides in an attempt to ease the tension. Part of the county's solution is to increase patrols in problem areas, where tensions have reached a high point and have resulted in angry motorists and cyclists urinating on yards, which is a chargeable misdemeanor offense.

In the worst area, along Deer Creek Canyon, officers receive reports of cyclists riding two abreast and slowing traffic and motorists harassing bikers. The area received approximately 900 cyclists along the road each day in 2010. Numbers are believed to have increased since then.

Nine men in Colorado who sold cocaine and heroin plead not guilty to a number of drug-related and organized crime offenses. After they were arrested for drug charges, one prosecutor said he wants to keep the defendants together and prosecute them in single trial.

The judge listened to pre-trial motions and arguments about combined prosecution over a two-day period. The Boulder County Drug Task Force conducted their investigation from Nov. 2011 until Dec. 2012 related to cocaine distribution in Boulder, Longmont and at least two additional towns. They submitted 18 indictments in operation "El Gaucho."

After a 22-year-old Colorado Springs man allegedly committed several violent crimes on April 9, police took him into custody. He faces numerous felony charges of aggravated robbery and felony menacing, along with burglary and nearly ten misdemeanor counts.

Police first responded to a robbery call at approximately 7:30 p.m. when an individual in the 100 block of Mazatlan Circle reported that the man pointed a gun at him, hit him and stole his cell phone. The man went to another location and again reportedly pointed a weapon at someone and hit the person, who later went to a medical facility for treatment. A third person also claimed he pointed a weapon at her as her ordered her to give him cash. He allegedly confiscated her purse with her cell phone before he drove away from the scene.