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The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Wednesday, March 4
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Man gets 8 years in prison for I-70 joyride with stolen bus in Colorado mountains

Jared Romelo Brooks, the man who took a stolen bus on a joyride down Interstate 70 last October, was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison, according to Clear Creek County court records.

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Former Colorado doctor wanted for sexual assault arrested in Florida after gunfight with U.S. Marshals

A former Colorado doctor accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the Western Slope was arrested in Florida Monday after stating “he would not be taken into custody alive” and opening fire on officers, police say.

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RTD’s A line replaced with buses after crash damages equipment

Service on RTD’s A line is being replaced by shuttle buses after a crash damaged equipment on the line, officials said Tuesday night.

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Colorado man accused of killing wife, staging it as suicide

Ronald Elton Lowry was indicted in February by an Arapahoe County grand jury on charges of first-degree murder, stalking and tampering with evidence in his wife’s death.

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One dead in fatal crash in south Denver suburb

One person died in a crash midday Monday that closed lanes of a busy avenue for several hours.

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Man killed in Denver assault near Cherry Creek Reservoir

Denver police are investigating a suspected homicide after a man died in the city’s Kennedy neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to the department.

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Man gets 42 years in prison for shooting, killing ex-colleague’s wife in Denver

Ernest Cunningham, a man convicted of murder for shooting a Denver woman in her apartment, was sentenced Friday to more than four decades in prison, according to court records.