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The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Thursday, March 5
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Thursday, March 5, 2026

How a successful Colorado startup turned into a nearly $1 billion health care fraud scheme

Zynex served as a Colorado startup success story — a one-man operation turned public company with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. This is the story about how it all fell apart.

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Colorado man dies in crash at intersection where he petitioned for traffic light after wife died there in 2024

A Colorado husband and wife died in crashes at the same Arapahoe County intersection two years apart, prompting renewed concerns for safety.

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Man accused of murdering his girlfriend in Broomfield shooting incident withdraws not-guilty plea

Miles was charged with first-degree murder and 22 counts of attempted first-degree murder and is no longer set to face trial.

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Denver sister and brother, 12 and 15, missing from Park Hill

A 12-year-old girl and her 15-year-old brother are missing after they were last seen in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood Monday morning, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

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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