Pueblo Colorado

1 Case Down, 2 Left To Go For Fugitive Siblings

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 04.30.2012

DENVER — Three Florida siblings accused in a multistate crime spree that involved a daring bank robbery in Georgia were given prison time Monday...

Colo. Mother Allegedly Left 2-Year-Old Son To Die In A Field

Posted 01.31.2012

Nyesha Hall-Gonzalez, 28, an El Paso County, Colo. mom, was arrested on Saturday for attempted first degree murder of her own 2-year-old son. Court do...

More Charges For Man Accused In Colo. Kidnapping

AP | Posted 01.24.2012

By Associated Press PUEBLO, Colo. -- A man suspected in the kidnapping of a 9-year-old girl who escaped and called police from a Colorado Springs c...

PHOTOS: Pregnant Mare Rescued After Fall In Hole

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 01.04.2012

By Associated Press PUEBLO, Colo. -- Pueblo County sheriff's officials say a 4-year-old pregnant mare is doing well after being rescued from a 7-fo...

Pueblo Woman 'De-Scalped' In Pit Bull Attack

Posted 12.07.2011

Police say that a woman was on a walk Monday morning in the Pueblo, Colo. neighborhood of Peppersauce Bottoms when she was brutally attacked by two pi...

Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Woman's Dog

Posted 11.14.2011

A Pueblo man was arrested mid-day Saturday after a woman found him in her backyard sexually assaulting her dog. The Pueblo Chieftain reports Kennet...

Alleged 'Ether Man' Rapist Sentenced To 64 Years

Posted 11.26.2011

Robert Bruce, 49, was convicted of trying to blow up the home of a Pueblo, Colo. police officer and sentenced to 64 years in prison, on Friday, accord...

UPDATE: Ryan Dougherty 'Was The Mastermind' Behind Crimes

AP | By P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 11.20.2011

By P. SOLOMON BANDA, Associated Press WALSENBURG, Colo. (AP) -- A sister and two brothers had planned to head to Mexico with money stolen in a Geor...

More Than 200 Pounds Of Cocaine Found During Traffic Stop

Posted 11.13.2011

It all started with just an illegal lane change on Interstate 25, but during that routine traffic stop, Pueblo cops discovered 100 kilograms of cocain...

Accused Sibling Bandits Due In Court -- Doughertys Could Face Attempted Murder Charge

AP | Posted 10.22.2011

WALSENBURG, Colo. -- Prosecutors in Colorado could be the first to pursue attempted murder and assault charges against three siblings accused in a cro...

'Dougherty Gang' Suspected In Another Case

AP | Posted 10.18.2011

PLEASANT GROVE, Utah -- Three siblings arrested in Colorado following a nationwide crime spree are being identified as the primary suspects in the the...

Does Pueblo Heroin Bust Indicate Deeper Problem?

Posted 10.11.2011

DEA agents announced Thursday the arrest of 24 people and seizure of more than 10 pounds of black tar heroin in Pueblo, Colorado. The Associated Pres...

Mustard Gas Leak Detected At Pueblo's Army Chemical Depot

Reuters | by Keith Coffman | Posted 10.03.2011

DENVER (Reuters) - Mustard gas vapors were detected seeping from a chemical weapons depot in southern Colorado on Tuesday, but no one was sickened or ...

Man Dies Playing Russian Roulette

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 09.10.2011

21-year-old Anthony Martin of Pueblo, Colorado, died early Sunday after an accidental gunshot wound to the head. Martin and several friends were pl...

Colorado Man Who Wrote Pedophilia Book Gets Probation

AP | Posted 06.06.2011

LAKELAND, Fla. -- A Colorado man who wrote "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure" has been sentenced to two years' probation in Florida. As par...

Phillip Ray Greaves B ei

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER — Police are investigating whether the author of a guide for pedophiles did anything illegal even as they try to protect him from a threa...

Pueblo's Lack Of Political Clout Means ‘All Of The Impacts, Few Of The Benefits' Of Power Infrastructure

Colorado Independent | Rachel Cernansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Xcel produces 1,410 megawatts of electricity in Pueblo -- enough to power at least a million homes -- but sells none of it to local residents. It does...

Salazar Leaves Door Open For A Round 3 Against Scott Tipton

The Pueblo Chieftain: Local | MATT HILDNER | Posted 05.25.2011

ALAMOSA -- Outgoing U.S. Rep. John Salazar said he may again run for Congress, speaking after a luncheon in his honor Sunday by San Luis Valley Democr...

Author Of How-To Pedophilia Book Arrested At Colorado Home

AP | KRISTEN WYATT and TAMARA LUSH | Posted 05.25.2011

PUEBLO, Colo. — A Colorado man who wrote a how-to guide for pedophiles was arrested Monday and sent to Florida to face obscenity charges, after ...

Arkansas River Water Deals Could Dry Up One Third Of Farm Land: Report

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

PUEBLO, Colo. — Deals transferring water out of agriculture eventually could dry up one-third of the historically irrigated land in the Arkansas...

Colorado Senate Debate In Pueblo Canceled For Lack Of Interest

9News | Christina Dickinson | Posted 05.25.2011

PUEBLO (AP) - Are voters getting tired of Colorado's Senate primary candidates? The folks in southern Colorado appear to be, with a major debate plann...

Southwest Airlines Orders Pizza--On The Tarmac

7News Denver | Deb Stanley | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER -- No one likes to have their flight diverted, but when it happened to a group of passengers flying to Denver, their flight crew made sure they...

Anthony Brandon Gonzalez Arrested For Home Invasion After

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

PUEBLO, Colo. — Police say a suspect in a Colorado home invasion had the evidence written all over his face. A tattoo on the upper lip of 20-ye...

Is Ken Salazar Trying to Soak Colorado Springs?

Sean Paige | Posted 05.25.2011

Sean Paige

Did Interior Secretary Ken Salazar have some direct involvement in the exorbitant rates the Bureau of Reclamation wants to charge Colorado Springs for storing water in Pueblo Reservoir?

Pueblo City Council Hears Proposal To Outsource Medical Marijuana Oversight

Pueblo Chieftain | PETER ROPER | Posted 05.25.2011

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