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Courts/Crime

  • Two local houses raided as part of 'largest mass drug arrest' in state's history

          AURORA — Officials from the U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI and local law enforcement agencies said they arrested 75 people Thursday and plan to charge a total of 97 individuals in connection with what they called "the largest mass drug arrest in Colorado history."
         Authorities seized 12 weapons, including an SKS assault rifle and an AR-15 assault rifle, handguns, a pound of methamphetamine, more than $415,000 in cash, more than 26,000 grams of cocaine and 1,000 grams of crack and a pound of methamphetamine.

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  • Large-scale marijuana bust nets arrests across metro area

        BRIGHTON — A similar scene played out in communities across the metro area Jan. 25.
        Drug task force agents, aided by local law enforcement agencies, swept into unassuming neighborhoods from Brighton to Breckenridge, seizing scores of marijuana plants as well dry marijuana, a bevy of weapons and large sums of U.S. and Iraqi currency.

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  • Library vandalism suspect pleads guilty

        Jerry Brown, who was charged with nine counts in connection with a string of downtown vandalisms last year, plead guilty to an attempt to commit criminal mischief, a class 3 felony.
        His sentence was three years probation.

        The case for another suspect, Diego Luna, was transferred to county court. Adams County District Attorney’s spokeswoman Krista Flannigan said the amount of damage qualified as a misdemeanor, not a felony.
        His arraignment is at 9 a.m., Feb. 27.

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  • Preliminary hearing set for Taylor

        BRIGHTON – Kevin Taylor, the man accused of shooting two people and stabbing two others in Brighton at the end of November, is due back in court for the second part of his preliminary hearing at 9 a.m., Jan. 30.
        Taylor is accused of attempted first-degree murder; two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of being an accessory to a crime and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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  • Former firefighter pleads not guilty in domestic violence case

        A Brighton firefighter plead not guilty to several felony charges and will be back in Adams County Court for trial starting May 12.

        The list of counts against Lt. Randall Cleveland includes sexual assault, sexual assault with bodily injury, attempted sexual assault with bodily injury, stalking, third-degree assault and child abuse. The case is the result of a domestic disturbance in May.
     

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  • No charges after altercation

        No charges were filed after  police were called to a physical disturbance at a Brighton home Dec. 8.
        Police responded to the home in the 100 block of Foxglove Private Drive about 5:30 p.m. A 23-year-old woman said she came home to change into her work clothes when she got into an argument with her 17-year-old sister. During the fight, the older woman was punched in the head, scratched and her hair was pulled.
        The older woman told police she was not interested in pursuing charges.
     

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  • Christmas lights stolen from storage unit

        Someone broke into a storage unit and stole about $300 worth of Christmas lights, according to the unit renter.
        The man told police he last saw the unit at County Line Storage, 850 Baseline Road, secured at 2 p.m., Nov. 30. When he returned Dec. 5, the unit was open, boxes were rifled through and the Christmas lights were missing.

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  • Roofing company allegedly damaged roof

        A 29-year-old Brighton woman told police that a roofing company damaged the roof of her home when it was supposed to be gathering information for an estimate.
        The woman said she noticed other homes in the neighborhood getting their roofs replaced in late 2010 so she contacted the same company to get an estimate in February. She said the company representatives spent a long time on the roof. When they came down, they said the roof had hail damage and needed to be replaced.

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  • Arrest affidavit sheds new light on Bashline murder, suspect

         GREELEY - A former Frederick High School student faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of former Brighton High School and Harlem Globetrotters' trainer Tom Bashline.
         Bashline was found dead in his Frederick home almost three weeks ago. He'd been shot to death. Bashline remembered during memorial service
         The Weld County District Attorney's Office charged 23-year-old Draton Mares, a former student at Frederick High School, with Bashline's murder. According to classmates.com, he was a member of the school's class of 2007. Mares also faces a count of aggravated motor vehicle theft.

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  • Stanard's preliminary hearing set

    BRIGHTON – The preliminary hearing for a woman accused of assaulting a police officer during a traffic stop is set for 9 a.m., Dec. 30.

     

                Katherine Stanard, 27, faces two counts of second-degree assault on a peace officer, both felonies, as well as driving under the influence, driving under restraint and failing to yield.

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