Jamie Gardner, 53, turned himself in to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, according to a .

Gardner faces one felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, county court records show. He was released Tuesday on $50,000 bail, police said.

Dispatchers were first alerted to a downed bicyclist near South Powhaton Road and East Jewell Avenue shortly after 9:30 a.m. July 27, . The bicyclist, 26-year-old Arthur Williams, was dead when police arrived.

Investigators identified a white Subaru Outback SUV as a suspect vehicle in the hit-and-run and used Flock cameras to track down the driver, police said. The cameras captured a heavily damaged Subaru leaving an Aurora neighborhood July 28 and linked the car’s license plate to Gardner, police said.

A warrant was issued Friday for Gardner’s arrest.

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A , estimated to weigh a couple hundred pounds, was spotted near a fence in a resident’s backyard in the Willow Creek subdivision, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.

The bear was first spotted around 8 a.m. near E. Mineral Drive and S. Ulster Street. Deputies responded to the area around 10:15 a.m. and believe the bear may have been in the area since early Friday morning.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are monitoring the bear and said it will likely move on its own.

The sighting comes weeks after the Sheriff’s Office reported seeing a in late July. Bear sightings have also been reported in other parts of the Denver area, including Arvada, where a resident recently hanging out on a neighbor’s backyard patio with the neighbor’s dog.

Authorities encourage residents to keep children and small pets indoors while the bear is in the neighborhood and to secure their trash.

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The two girls, an 11-year-old and a 14-year-old, were last seen late Wednesday night in the 5300 block of South Truckee Court in Centennial, according to investigators. They were believed to be with each other, according to alerts from CBI.

Agency officials shortly after 11:15 a.m. Monday.

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Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputies and Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers responded to a report of multiple shots fired at the park’s beach at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

They initially detained six people, including one juvenile, said Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Diana Cooley.

No one reported any injuries, and the circumstances leading up to the incident aren’t yet clear. Authorities closed the beach for investigation Sunday, but reopened it later that day.

The men range in age from 18 to 44 and, in addition to reckless endangerment, were cited for charges that include menacing, prohibited use of weapons, unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon, distribution and possession of controlled substances, and theft.

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Kevin Bailey was reported missing on June 12 after leaving the Woodland Estates Senior Living Center, 2500 S. Roslyn St., sheriff’s officials said.

Bailey told a senior center employee that he wanted to ride the bus and visit friends, according to the sheriff’s office. The man also told his family that he was riding a bus and looking for work before he disappeared.

Deputies, the Arapahoe Rescue Patrol and two search-and-rescue dogs searched Denver’s Central Park area for two days in late June, sheriff’s officials said. On June 26, the search team found a man’s body in a creek.

The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner identified the body as Bailey, Arapahoe County sheriff’s officials said.

Additional information about Bailey’s death was not immediately available.

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Deputies responded to a 911 call from a resident in the 4700 block of East Caley Place at 6:09 a.m. after the resident said they saw a person “acting suspiciously” in a neighboring backyard.

Sheriff’s officials said deputies found a man carrying a large metal pole who came toward them and hit one deputy. The deputies tried to use less-lethal force, including a Taser, which did not work, and two deputies shot the man.

Deputies provided medical aid before paramedics arrived, but the man died at the scene. The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office identified him as 48-year-old Lawrence Kevin Nicks and rules his death a homicide.

One deputy had minor injuries from the altercation.

“The investigation remains active as investigators continue to process the scene and collect evidence,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release Saturday afternoon.

Both deputies are on paid leave until the investigation is complete. The 18th Judicial District is investigating the shooting.

Update 1:35 p.m. July 14, 2026: This story was updated to include the name of the man killed by police.

The has opened an investigation into the construction worker’s death, said Chauntra Rideaux, regional director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Public Affairs for Denver and Dallas, on Wednesday.

“More details will be available after the investigation is complete,” Rideaux said.

It’s unknown how long the investigation will take.

Workers found the man, who has not been publicly identified, “in a confined ceiling area” at the construction site at 13409 E. Broncos Parkway at about 8:20 p.m. Monday, . The man was declared dead at the scene.

A spokesperson for Turner Construction Company, the firm leading construction at the site, confirmed work at the site, which is closed, remained suspended amid the ongoing investigation.

“We continue to support all investigations into the incident, including OSHA’s,” Christopher McFadden, Turner’s senior vice president of global communications, wrote in a statement.

The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office will identify the man after his next of kin have been notified, spokesperson Jessica Ward-Gifford said in an email to The Denver Post. As of Tuesday, his cause and manner of death had not been determined.

The Denver Broncos were expected to relocate their offices and operations to the new facility in the coming days. The move-in process was scheduled to be completed before the start of the team’s training camp in late July.

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Workers found the man “in a confined ceiling area” about 8:20 p.m. at the construction site at 13409 E. Broncos Parkway, sheriff’s officials said in a news release. South Metro Fire Rescue crews responded to the scene and were able to access the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Turner Construction Company, the firm leading construction at the site, said work at the site has been suspended while the investigation is ongoing.

“We extend our heartfelt condolences to the worker’s family, loved ones, friends and colleagues during this very difficult time,” Christopher McFadden, senior VP of global communications, wrote in the statement. “This is a heartbreaking loss for … all those impacted by this tragedy.”

Broncos officials said they were “heartbroken” over his death in a statement.

The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office is waiting to identify the man until his next of kin have been notified, spokesperson Jessica Ward-Gifford said in an email to The Denver Post. As of Tuesday, his cause and manner of death had not been determined, she said.

The Broncos were scheduled to relocate their offices and operations from the existing team facility — constructed in 1990 — within a matter of days, as part of a gradual move-in process across the next few weeks before the start of the team’s training camp in late July.

In November 2023, the Walton-Penner ownership group announced plans for the new $175 million, privately funded 205,000-square-foot training facility just south of the existing Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse. After breaking ground in late August 2024, the Broncos held a “topping-out” ceremony on Aug. 1, 2025, to mark the placement of the final foundational beam for the new development.

Players and team employees have been eagerly anticipating the planned development, with General Manager George Paton even putting up a rendering of the new facility in his office in 2025 as a selling point to potential free agents who came through the building.

Cortez “Tez” D’Angelo Dennis took a deal and pleaded guilty on Feb. 17 to pimping, a felony, according to Jefferson County court records. That deal dropped a second felony charge of human trafficking for sexual servitude from his case.

Dennis, 32, was sentenced to six years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the pimping charge, court records show.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office after an undercover officer set up a meeting with two women through an ad on Secret Hostess, a commercial sex website. When the women showed up to the meeting at a house in the 1600 block of South Golden Road on Jan. 22, 2025, they were met by sheriff’s officials and victim advocates.

Both women identified Dennis as their pimp, sparking a months-long investigation, according to his arrest affidavit. One of the women told investigators she had been “recruited” into prostitution when she was 14 years old.

Investigators traced Dennis’ operations to a house in the 4500 block of South Jebel Court in Centennial, the address of which was linked to his Venmo account, according to the affidavit.

A 13-year-old and a 10-year-old were last spotted on foot near South Telluride Street and East Smoky Hill Road in Centennial at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to a missing person alert from state investigators.

In a CBI alert posted at 5:58 p.m. Tuesday, officials said the 13-year-old was found safe, but the 10-year-old was still missing. Another alert sent at 9:42 p.m. showed the 10-year-old was safely located, with at 10:02 p.m. announcing both girls were safe.

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