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Great-aunt sentenced to 36 years in prison for beating 8-year-old Denver boy to death

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

The woman who pleaded guilty to beating her 8-year-old great-nephew to death in October has been sentenced to 36 years in prison in Denver District Court.Susan Baffour, a 63-year-old woman from Denver, pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse, a Class 2 Felony, on Oct. 16 — a plea deal that dropped the charge of first-degree murder from her case, according to the district court case file.On Nov. 27, Denver District Judge Alex Myers sentenced Baffour to 36 years in prison, 5 years of mandatory parole and $1,928.50 in monetary fines. Myers could have sentenced Baffour to a maximum 48 years in prison.“Dametrious Wilson’s death was a terrible tragedy for his family and friends and for the entire City of Denver,” District Attorney Beth McCann said in an emailed statement. “This sentence all but ensures that Susan Baffour will never be able to hurt anyone again. I want to thank the prosecutors and investigators in my office, as well as the detectives with the De...

Colorado wants to curtail use of gas-powered lawn equipment in bid to clean the air. But how far will state go?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

Colorado wants to curtail the use of gas-powered lawnmowers, chainsaws, leaf blowers and other hand-held lawn and garden equipment, but just how expansive those restrictions will be rests with an eight-member commission charged with regulating air pollution in the state.On Wednesday, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission will consider two proposals — including a potential ban on the sale of new gas-powered lawn equipment along the Front Range — as part of its efforts to clean the air. One proposal was created by a state agency, the Air Pollution Control Division, and the other was written by a nonprofit whose board is appointed by the governor: the Regional Air Quality Council.Gas-powered lawn and garden equipment contributes to the poor air quality along the Front Range because those tools release tons of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides — two key ingredients in the ground-level ozone pollution that is particularly bad on hot summer days, when ...

Woman riding in car struck by DPD officer will receive $145,000 city settlement

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

The Denver City Council is set to approve a $145,000 settlement Monday with a woman who suffered a concussion and other injuries in a vehicle crash with a Denver police officer’s SUV.In the January 2020 evening incident, the car the woman was riding in was forced off the road in the 300 block of North Federal Boulevard, crashing into the Columbine Steak House and Lounge. Denver police officer Thomas Moen had attempted to make a right turn from the middle lane of northbound Federal in his department SUV and struck the sedan, which was in the right lane, according to a complaint filed by Tanya Martinez Perez’s attorney earlier this year.The sedan was forced off the road where it collided with a parked car, crossed over the sidewalk and hit the building, coming to a stop. The complaint cites the building’s address as 300 N. Federal Blvd., which is where Columbine is located.Related ArticlesPolitics | Woman killed in overnight shooting in Denver Politic...

AP All-America football team 2023: CU Buffs’ Travis Hunter named to first team; CSU’s Dallin Holker, Air Force’s Trey Taylor honored

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels from LSU was one of seven players in either their fifth or sixth season of college football selected to The Associated Press All-America team announced Monday.Daniels, a fifth-year quarterback, won the Heisman and AP player of the year honors last week after accounting for 50 touchdowns and nearly 5,000 yards of offense this season.He was joined in the backfield by Missouri’s Cody Schrader, a sixth-year running back and former Division II player who leads the nation at 124.9 rushing yards per game.The other sixth-year player of the AP first team was North Carolina State linebacker Payton Wilson, who won the Chuck Bednarik Award as national defensive player of the year.Kansas State guard Cooper Beebe, edge rushers Laiatu Latu from UCLA and Jalen Green from James Madison, and Texas defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat were the other fifth-year players to make the first team.College players who were in school during the 2020 pandemic season were granted ...

Woman killed in overnight shooting in Denver

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

One person died Monday morning and another is in the hospital after an overnight shooting in Denver, police said.The Denver Police Department announced just after 10 a.m. that a woman had died of her injuries at a hospital and that they were investigating the shooting near the intersection of North Federal Boulevard and West 2nd Avenue as a homicide.Police officers found the woman when they responded to the shooting, according to a 12:29 a.m. Monday post on X.The woman was taken to the hospital by paramedics while officers remained at the scene for the investigation and to develop suspect information, the department’s post stated.Detectives also learned another victim went to the hospital on their own. That person’s injuries are not clear, and details about their identity, including their age and gender, were not available.Anyone with information should contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 or file an anonymous report online.This is a developing story and w...

Colorado Rapids trade Andrew Gutman to Chicago Fire for left back Miguel Navarro, sources say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

With a trade window and free agency opening this week, the Colorado Rapids wasted no time getting back to business on Monday.The Rapids executed a trade that sent defender Andrew Gutman to his hometown team, the Chicago Fire, in exchange for Venezuelan international Miguel Navarro and $450,000 in General Allocation Money, league sources confirmed.Gutman, 27, arrived in Commerce City this past summer from Atlanta United and established himself as a rock-solid defender in a position of need. After the season, Colorado exercised his option but did not sign him to a new contract before the trade. The deal was first reported by Men in Red, a Chicago Fire blog, that Gutman will sign a new deal with the Fire through the 2026 season.The Rapids continued the trend of staying young, with Navarro set to turn 25 in February. Navarro will not occupy an international roster spot because of a green card he received in March 2021. Colorado will take on his contract — a deal that runs through ...

Famed L.A. DJ accused of sexually assaulting 6 teen girls: Rolling Stone

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

Influential Los Angeles radio DJ Rodney Bingenheimer has been accused of sexually assaulting six underage girls decades ago, including two who went on to successful music careers.On Monday, Rolling Stone published a report detailing Go-Go's guitarist Jan Wiedlin's allegation that Bingenheimer, believed to be 27 at the time, assaulted a then-15-year-old Wiedlin at his club, English Disco, in 1974.“It was weird; it never occurred to me that that had been a crime. I didn’t know what to think. It wasn’t until the #MeToo movement started when I realized I was sexually assaulted by [an adult] when I was 15," Wiedlin told the magazine.Bingenheimer, who hosted "Rodney on the ROQ" on KROQ 106.7 for four decades, did not respond to Rolling Stone's request for comment, the magazine said.In addition to Wiedlin, four other women told Rolling Stone that Bingenheimer assaulted them while they were underage.A sixth woman, Runaways songwriter Kari Krome, also claimed Bingenheimer assaulted her when ...

Bullet train to Vegas could serve as ‘economic catalyst’ for Inland Empire

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

Inland Empire officials are touting the Brightline West bullet train project linking Southern Nevada and Southern California as a "catalyst" for the region's economy. "Transportation projects like this one and others underway will bring more than $6 billion to the region and serve as an economic catalyst for development and tourism," a release announcing a news conference Monday stated.Officials from the City of Rancho Cucamonga, Metrolink, Omnitrans and others will gather at Cucamonga Station - the southernmost terminus for the train - at 10:30 a.m. to give further details about the project, which is expected to break ground in 2024.President Joe Biden announced a $3 billion federal grant supporting the project in Las Vegas last week. The railway will mark the “first world-class high-speed rail project in the nation,” Biden said.Brightline West previously agreed to finance $10 billion of the estimated $12 billion project. What we know about the high-speed rail from metro Lo...

Miguel Urias Dies in Hit-and-Run Motorcycle Accident on Manchester Avenue [Los Angeles, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

37-Year-Old Man Killed in Motorcycle Collision near San Pedro StreetLOS ANGELES, CA (December 11, 2023) – Miguel Urias died Tuesday, November 7th, in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident on Manchester Avenue and San Pedro Street.Emergency responders rushed to the scene in response to numerous dispatch calls. According to officers, Urias, riding a motorcycle, was cut off by the driver of a vehicle. Consequently, he fell onto the roadway, where another vehicle struck him.Following the collision, the driver continued without offering assistance or seeking help. Medical personnel, upon arrival, transported the injured motorcyclist to a nearby hospital, where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries.After initial procedures, authorities in Los Angeles identified the deceased rider as 37-year-old Miguel Urias. Currently, law enforcement is on the lookout for a black or green Dodge Charger driven by a female in her 20s or 30s.Anyone with additional information regarding the fatal inciden...

These Bay Area residents live in affordable housing. Why did their rent skyrocket?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:40 GMT

BY JEANNE KUANG | CalMattersWhen California lawmakers passed a rent cap four years ago to protect tenants from large and frequent rent hikes, they exempted hundreds of thousands of units reserved for some of the state’s poorest renters.Low-income housing, after all, is usually built with public subsidies that already impose rent ceilings on developers and property owners. Some are already managed or overseen by local public housing agencies.But California also has more than 350,000 privately owned low-income housing units — built with the help of federal tax credits — exempted from the state’s rent cap. Residents of some of those units have seen their rents soar despite being the exact demographic the law sought to protect.The 2019 law, known as the Tenant Protection Act, prohibits landlords from increasing rents more than a certain amount — 10% this year, though usually it’s less — and more than once a year.It’s meant to guarantee some level of stability for tenants, proponents say...