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https://www.kktv.com • 27th June 2025

Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 20 years in prison after guilty plea

DENVER, Colo. (KKTV) - A Colorado funeral home owner accused of improperly storing bodies was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday, according to 11 News crew members present in the courtroom.The sentencing is five more years than what the prosecution asked for, and double what his defense lawyer asked for.Investigators say they found nearly 200 bodies improperly stored at a building belonging to Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose in 2023.Business owners Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded...

https://www.kktv.com • 25th June 2025

Suspect in Boulder attack facing 12 hate crime charges

BOULDER, Colo. (KKTV) - The man accused of injuring several people during a demonstration in Boulder is being charged with 12 hate crime counts, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.Officials said Mohamed Soliman used Molotov cocktails to attack members of the group “Run for Their Lives” and others who had gathered in the park in front of the Boulder County Courthouse on June 1. Soliman had previously been charged by complaint with a federal hate crime offense on June 2.According to the i...

https://www.kktv.com • 28th May 2025

Deputies attempt to lure ‘unimpressed’ bobcat out of Colorado home with laser pointers on the end of their tasers

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A bobcat found its way into a house, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies say the wildcat wandered into the home and cozied up behind the TV.In a video shared on social media, deputies tried to use their tasers’ green lasers to coax it outside. The wildcat remained unfazed by the lights and stayed put.The bobcat eventually left on its own pace, right back out the open back door.“Guess some intruders just aren’t dazzled by our high-tech tric...

https://www.kktv.com • 24th May 2025

Founder of Haitian orphanage sentenced to 210 years in prison for sexual abuse

DENVER, Colo. (KKTV) - A Colorado man was sentenced Friday for sexually abusing multiple children at the orphanage he founded in Haiti, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.According to court documents, 73-year-old Michael Karl Geilenfeld founded St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in 1985 and operated it for more than two decades. Officials say during this time, Geilenfeld repeatedly traveled from the United States to Haiti, where he sexually abused boys in his care. Officials say he also physica...

https://www.kktv.com • 1st May 2025

Fort Carson soldier arrested on federal drug distribution charges, allegedly worked as security at raided nightclub

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A Fort Carson soldier was reportedly arrested on federal cocaine distribution charges Wednesday evening.According to FBI Denver, Juan Gabriel Orona-Rodriguez is a staff sergeant in the United States Army.Officials said the DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division, the Department of Army Criminal Investigation Division and officials at Fort Carson assisted in the investigation and facilitated the arrest.According to the U.S Attorney’s Office, Orona-Rodriguez’s criminal c...

https://www.kktv.com • 27th April 2025

100+ taken into custody at ‘underground illegal’ nightclub in Colorado Springs; Fort Carson service members reportedly involved

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Law enforcement conducted a large-scale operation at what they are calling an underground illegal nightclub early Sunday morning, according to the Rocky Mountain Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).The operation took place near Academy Boulevard and Airport Road at 3:45 a.m. Over 300 federal agents, in addition to local law enforcement officers, participated in the operation.Officials said several different crimes took place at this nightclub, including drug tr...

https://www.kktv.com • 9th April 2025

Autopsy reveals cause of death for 97-year-old woman found dead in El Paso County

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - The autopsy results for a 97-year-old woman found dead in January say that Corrye Brewer died from Hypothermia and ruled her death a homicide.According to the report from the El Paso County Coroner’s Office, Brewer’s daughter left her outside of an unoccupied house on Judge Orr Road on January 24. Brewer reportedly had no cell phone and could not walk due to her being left without her walker. She was found dead on January 26 near Judge Orr Rd. and Calhan Hwy., abou...

https://www.kktv.com • 22nd March 2025

Woman arrested after several dogs attack, kill elderly mother

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A Southern Colorado woman was arrested after her elderly mother’s death was attributed to a dog attack, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies reportedly responded to a home in the 4800 block of Jefferson Boulevard on Feb. 3 on a report of an unconscious woman.When they arrived, deputies reportedly found 76-year-old LaVonne Hoff dead at the scene and several dogs running loose in the home. Deputies also found two dozen more dogs and seven birds in...

https://www.kktv.com • 19th February 2025

Woman arrested in Woodland Park after missing 9-year-old found in bedroom closet

WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KKTV) - A woman has been arrested after a missing 9-year-old girl was found Wednesday morning, according to the Woodland Park Police Department.Police say Audrey Martinez was reported missing by her mother just after 1 p.m. Tuesday.During early interaction with neighbors, officers say they came in contact with 38-year-old Christina Ann Guerrero.According to police, Guerrero had several interactions with officers and allowed them to search her apartment, despite claiming tha...

https://www.kktv.com • 14th November 2024

Woman, 79, visiting gravesite of loved ones killed in hit-and-run; Amazon driver charged

CANTON, Ga. (WANF/Gray News) - An Amazon driver has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a 79-year-old woman in Georgia.The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a report of a hit-and-run off Cumming Highway near Jordan Lane at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.Officials said that was where Sandra Fitts was found dead.Capt. Jay Baker said the woman and her husband had recently sold their home nearby but continue to visit the area to visit a nearby cemetery, where she has family members...

https://www.kktv.com • 28th October 2024

Food critic Keith Lee leaves massive tip for family-owned restaurant

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (WANF/Gray News)— TikTok food critic Keith Lee left a tip large enough to pay a restaurant’s rent for the next three months after the family-owned restaurant posted on TikTok last week about its struggle to stay afloat.Tacos y Mariscos Ofelia in Warner Robins, Georgia, was forced to temporarily close on Oct. 3 after they didn’t have enough customers. They reopened a few weeks later, but still could not pay their rent due to slow service, according to a post on Facebook.After c...

https://www.kktv.com • 2nd October 2024

Woman killed in 7-car pileup on interstate days before her 25th birthday

ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - A woman was killed three days before her 25th birthday in a seven-car pileup on I-75 South in Atlanta, according to her family.McKayla Harshaw was killed after traffic began diverting around a disabled Pontiac vehicle on Friday, according to officials.As traffic began to stop, two trucks struck a van, which hit another car, which then hit the Toyota Corolla that Harshaw was in, causing it to overturn, GSP troopers said.Harshaw was in the passenger seat with her boyfrie...