Denver Crime Report newsletter
The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Friday, January 16
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Friday, January 16, 2026

Former Jeffco high school psychologist convicted of sexual assault on a child

James Michael Chevrier was arrested in May after a Safe2Tell report said a Green Mountain school psychologist had sexually assaulted a female student.

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Hit-and-run crash kills woman crossing road near bus stop in Aurora

A woman was killed in Aurora early Friday near a bus stop in a hit-and-run crash that forced the closure of Havana Street shortly before sunrise, police said.

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2 injured, including Adams County sheriff’s deputy, in early morning shooting

Adams County authorities were conducting a police investigation in the north metro Denver area early Friday, warning of possible disruptions in the vicinity of 74th Avenue and Broadway.

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Gov. Jared Polis stops releasing prisoners who’ve spent decades behind bars for youthful crime

Colorado’s governor has not approved any of the program’s graduates for early release since 2023 — an about-face from the prior three years.

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How a Colorado Supreme Court ruling is reshaping the state’s municipal courts

Now, weeks after the court’s decision, cities are reexamining their local ordinances, judges are altering their courtroom advisements of defendants, and defense attorneys and prosecutors are negotiating plea agreements in an entirely different landscape.

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Leetsdale fire suspect filled container with gasoline before entering Denver building, affidavit says

An Aurora man suspected of starting a five-alarm fire in a partially built apartment complex on Leetsdale Drive in Denver was seen filling a container with gasoline approximately one hour before he walked onto the construction site, investigators wrote in an arrest affidavit.

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Pedestrian hit, killed by semitruck on I-70 near Glenwood Springs