An unlucky burglar picked the wrong house early Sunday.
The man happened on the southeast Denver home of an off-duty police officer shortly after 4 a.m., police Detective John White said.
The officer shot the burglar with a “less lethal” shotgun that used beanbag rounds.
With the man wounded, the officer arrested him.
White did not give the officer’s name and said he did not know the name of the suspect.
WESTMINSTER
After chase, man who shot at cars kills self
A man who shot at two occupied cars and led Westminster police on a chase early Sunday shot and killed himself when he was cornered, according to a news release.
Officers responded to West 104th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard about 3 a.m. after a woman reported someone in a white truck had shot at her car and another car.
Police found the truck, but when they tried to pull the man over, he led them on a chase through open space, into Broomfield and back into Westminster – eventually crashing near the 9100 block of Harlan Street.
Blocked by police, the man shot himself in the head. Police said they were waiting to notify the man’s family before releasing his name.
DENVER
2 Dem ex-treasurers back Cary Kennedy
Democrat Cary Kennedy’s campaign for state treasurer picked up endorsements Sunday from two fellow Democrats who formerly held the office.
Roy Romer, who was treasurer before becoming governor, and Gail Schoettler formally backed Kennedy at a gathering of about 25.
Republican candidate Mark Hillman and Kennedy are in a dead heat in the race for treasurer. A poll conducted last week showed each candidate with 37 percent of the vote.
FORT MORGAN
Man facing charges in shooting death
Police in Fort Morgan arrested a man on suspicion of murder Sunday, a day after finding a 32-year-old man shot in the head.
Police Chief Keith Kuretich said officers found Weston King dead Saturday afternoon. After an initial investigation, Kuretich said, they have arrested Marion Duckworth, 55.
Kuretich was not releasing additional information, saying the investigation is ongoing.
Duckworth is facing charges of second-degree murder, possession of a firearm while intoxicated and possession of a dangerous weapon.
LOVELAND
Police shoot man, 19, with plastic bullets
Loveland police shot a 19-year-old man twice with plastic bullets Sunday after he barricaded himself in a garage saying he had a gun and then ignored police commands.
After attempting to negotiate with Adam James Hughes, the SWAT team sent gas into the garage to force him out. Once out, Hughes was shot twice in the leg by police after he refused to obey officers’ commands.
Hughes was arrested and taken to McKee Medical Center for treatment.
Police searched Hughes and found a loaded .22-caliber rifle magazine but no weapon.
Hughes faces a charge of felony menacing, as well as charges of obstructing a peace officer and resisting arrest.
Once released from the hospital, Hughes will be held at the Larimer County Detention Center in Fort Collins.
DENVER
Judge sides with inmate over mail rule
An inmate at the nation’s most secure prison has won a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ restrictions on the types of reading materials inmates are allowed to receive by mail.
Mark Jordan, 30, who is expected to be released in 2048 from the “Supermax” prison for bank robbery and the June 1999 stabbing death of a fellow inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, sued the agency in 2003, claiming his rights were violated when certain materials he was sent by mail were denied to him.
He claimed a 2003 prison regulation was unconstitutional, and on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Phillip Figa agreed, saying it was too broad.
Jordan sued after prison officials refused to deliver to him an Internet printout of a 120-page series of essays titled “Justice Denied.” Officials said the materials were kept from Jordan under the regulation, which prohibited inmates from receiving soft-cover publications unless sent directly from the publisher, a book club or a bookstore.
Figa said under standards established by the U.S. Supreme Court, the 2003 regulation was unconstitutional. It was changed this year to allow inmates to receive newspaper or magazine clippings.
