The former girlfriend of the Aurora theater shooting gunman after he began talking about an “evil” philosophy.
Gargi Datta, who was a fellow graduate student with James Holmes at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus, took the witness stand for a second day in his murder trial.
Under questioning from District Attorney George Brauchler, Datta said the two began dating in the fall of 2011 but by February 2012, “I was pretty sure I wanted to break up with him. I was trying to distance myself from him.”
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As Congress and the VA , one piece of property has caught the eye of legislators: a building in Paris owned by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and leased to a private company.
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, said he recently was told the current lessee, LA Partners, was interested in buying Pershing Hall, which now operates as a boutique hotel.
According to Coffman, selling the property could yield about $30 million if LA Partners buys out the remaining 82 years on the lease, which expires in 2097.
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A coalition of community groups, including the NAACP, the National Lawyers Guild and Colorado Progressive Action said Wednesday night
“During the 11 years that Morrissey has held office, Denver’s tax-payers have paid millions of dollars to settle police brutality cases, some of which have resulted in the death of innocent civilians. Morrissey has never once filed charges against law enforcement officers in any excessive use of force cases,” the group said in a news release.
The recall movement comes less than a week after Morrissey announced that his office would not press charges against the two Denver police officers who shot and killed Jessica Hernandez in January.
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Authorities in Chaffee County are on Wednesday afternoon during a commercial rafting trip.
The county sheriff’s office says the boy was on a raft operated by The Adventure Company when it high-sided about 11 miles north of Salida at the Big Drop Rapids, a Class 3 section. Three rafters fell into the river and all were recovered except for the boy.
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A new Denver bike initiative alike.
Denver Public Works has installed bicycle detection technology at seven intersections across the city as part of a pilot program, said Rachael Bronson, bike planner at City and County of Denver.
Bicyclists ride onto a green symbol painted on the road, Bronson explained, where a camera hanging from the adjacent traffic light pole will detect the bike and alert the crosswalk.
A sign is in place at these seven locations to guide riders, she said.
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