A thick chain necklace likely saved a Colorado man’s life when it stopped a bullet from going through his neck, according to police who called the incident “just incredible.”
Police from Commerce City, located just outside of Denver, said the braided metal necklace was the only thing between the man and his maker when he was shot at following an argument with another man on Tuesday.
The roughly half-inch chain worn around the man’s neck stopped a .22 caliber bullet in its tracks — leaving the shooting victim with only a minor puncture wound, cops said.
Police from Commerce said the braided metal necklace was the only thing between the man and his maker when he was shot at following an argument with another man on Tuesday. Commerce City Police Department
“We’d say he really dodged a bullet– but in reality, he LODGED a bullet,” the department said in a Facebook post.
The necklace “is likely the only reason the victim of a shooting we responded to yesterday is still alive,”
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DENVER — Colorado legal officials on Tuesday approved an agreement with Jenna Ellis, a onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump, barring her from practicing law in the state for three years after she pleaded guilty to helping Trump try to overturn the 2020 election.
Ellis tearfully pleaded guilty to felony charges of aiding and abetting false statements in Fulton County, Georgia, in October. She was one of 18 co-defendants of Trump who were charged in a sweeping case over the former president’s campaign to reverse President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in Georgia.
Ellis was previously censured in Colorado for making false statements over the 2020 election, including that the election was “stolen” from Trump. Those falsehoods were part of a sustained campaign by Trump allies that helped lead to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The latest case was brought by Colorado legal au
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A Glenwood Springs, Colorado police officer is facing multiple charges for felony sexual assault and a slew of other offenses. The charges are related to “alleged acts [that] occurred while the officer was off-duty” and outside of the city according to a news release.
Police Officer Sean Tatro was serving as a school resource officer when he allegedly committed the crimes. He is no longer on active duty and is currently being held in the Garfield County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
The officer has been charged with felony sexual assault, felony contributing to the delinquency of a minor, felony menacing, felony use of a stun gun in the commission of a crime, felony second-degree assault, misdemeanor harassment, misdemeanor third-degree assault, and misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
Glenwood Police Chief Joseph Deras said that if the charges are proven, “the administrative consequences from the city and the police department will be swift and deliberate.”
He also said the police department “is steadfast in our commitment to our community and to policing with integrity and compassion.
The victim of Tatro’s alleged crimes reported several instances of domestic violence between January and April of 2024.
During one incident reported in March 2024, the victim told investigators that she had been arguing with Tatro, who had been drinking, and that he used a stun gun on her left leg, the affidavit says.
A Silt Police Department officer also reported seeing Tatro, whom he recognized, driving his car recklessly around a woman attempting to walk away in the parking lot of Anytime Fitness at 800 Airport Road in Rifle in April 2023, the affidavit says.
The officer said he was given more information by another officer and determined Tatro was trying to intimidate the woman, which included driving around the parking lot several times while cutting between vehicles and through handicap signposts “so fast [the officer] was surprised Sean did not hit anything,” the affidavit reads.
The woman told investigators that Tatro’s behavior during that incident scared her and that she thought he was going to hit her, the affidavit says.
The victim told investigators she had smoked a significant amount of marijuana with Tatro, and that he said she better not report him because he has a way of passing drug tests, the af
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There is a mass exodus occurring in Colorado, but coach Deion Sanders claims to have no worries about his Buffaloes.
“We’re good. I trust the recruiting team. I trust our coaches, and please have some faith in me,” Sanders told ESPN on Thursday. “We good. We all right. We all right.”
247Sports has the Buffaloes snagging 25 transfers so far this offseason, the second-most behind Ole Miss.
However, they’re also losing 31 players, most of whom Sanders claims were backups.
“I think we got some [starting-caliber players] coming in from visits pretty soon, maybe even this weekend, but we can attract those type of players,” Sanders said. “I don’t think we’re losing those type of players, and if we do, we’re good. We’re good. We’re making a big deal out of nothing.”
Two big losses for this group are top-ranked defenders DB Cormani McClain and linebacker Demouy Kennedy.
Both of them rank higher than anyone that the Boulders are bringing back at this point, according to the scouting website.
Deion Sanders claims he’s not worried about many transfers hitting the portal this week. Getty Images
But there could be more reinforcements coming.
Sanders’ son, Shilo Sanders, told all interested transfers to message him and his brother Shedeur specifically on Instagram, with an added note, “This not Last Chance U.”
“That’s how stuff happens,” Sanders said. “Players recruit players, man. We do a wonderful job as the staff, but they got to be validated by players because they play with those players that you’re talking about either in high school or at all-star games. They know somebody that knows somebody. That’s how the recruiting thing works, man. For real. It’s players. They know who the dogs are and who the cats are.”
Sanders brought in 86 new players last season, including 53 incoming transfers in 2023.
The transfer portal just opened on Tuesday and remains open through April 30th, when teams will have finalized rosters for the upco
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On the day before Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado leaves Congress, he became the first Republican in this entire Congressional session to back a Democratic discharge petition.
The petition involves an effort to force a vote on a $95 billion foreign-aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
“We’ve got to fund Ukraine and help people who are yearning for freedom,” Mr. Buck, whose resignation takes effect Friday, told reporters.
However, according to the House clerk, Mr. Buck‘s parting gesture only brings the number of signatories to 188, 30 short of the needed number. According to a report on Axios, Mr. Buck’s defection may not be decisive because numerous progressive Democrats who oppose aiding Israel have said they will not sign it.
Under the House rules though, Mr. Buck‘s signature on the petition is still valid until he is replaced by a special election, which won’t happen for more than three months.
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Outgoing Rep. Ken Buck insists his abrupt departure from Congress next week isn’t meant to hurt Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bid for his seat.
Mr. Buck, Colorado Republican, announced last fall that he wouldn’t seek reelection for Colorado’s 4th District, citing dysfunction in Congress. The move prompted Ms. Boebert, facing a tough reelection bid in Colorado’s 3rd District, to jump ship and run for Mr. Buck’s seat.
Then on Tuesday, Mr. Buck announced he would leave Congress on March 22, months before the end of his term. Ms. Boebert called the move a “gift to the uniparty” and suggested his departure was an attempt to “rig” the election against her.
“It’s ridiculous,” Mr. Buck told The Colorado Sun.
Mr. Buck’s decision to quit Congress early spurred the calling of a special election by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on June 25, the same day as the primary election in the district. Ms. Boebert has refused to resign her se
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Breitbart Editor-in-Chief and New York Times bestselling Breaking Biden author Alex Marlow said Monday on Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow” that Democrats got bailed out by the Supreme Court unanimously overturning a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot.
Anchor Larry Kudlow said, “Alex let me play this on unification after the Supreme Court decision.”
Trump said, “I think it is a very big day for America. It’s a very big day for liberty. It’s just a great day for this country. Again I hope it is unifying like I think. It is a big step toward unification.”
Kudlow said, “Alex, it may seem ironic that Mr. Trump is a guy defending democracy. It may seem ironic that Mr. Trump talking about unity. I’ll just add one more thing here: people don’t like Joe Biden. I know he is old, but he is mean. This is not the Joe Biden of 10, 15, 20 years ago. When I know him, by the way fairly well. I used to interview him on another network. He is mean. He is nasty. He is difficult. I think that that is killing him, among other things. Here is Trump as the unifier. What do you think, Alex Marlow?
Marlow said, “Yeah, I think Trump gets it. Trump understands if this election is about Donald Trump’s personal baggage then he
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State of the Union: The decision also ensures that Donald Trump will be on the primary ballot in Illinois and Maine.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the former President Donald Trump should remain on the primary ballot in Colorado.
The Supreme Courts per curiam opinion reversed the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that would have barred Trump from running for a second term under Section 3 of the 14 Amendment due to the events of January 6, 2021.
The Supreme Court argued that the power to restrict ballot access due to such violations lies with Congress. “This case raises the question whether the States, in addition to Congress, may also enforce Section 3. We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the decision claimed. “For the reasons given, responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress and not the States. The judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court therefore cannot stand.”
Two concurring opinions accompanied the per curiam ruling.
The first, from Justice Amy Coney Barrett, is only a single page. “The Court has settled a politically charged issue in the volatile season of a Presidential election. Particularly in this circumstance, writings on the Court should turn the national temperature down, not up. For present purposes, our differences are far less important than our unanimity: All nine Justices agree on the outcome of this case. That is the message Americans should take home,” Barrett wrote.
The second concurring opinion, from the liberal cohort of justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, expressed some displeasure over their colleagues’ reasoning. “The majority announces that a disqualification for insurrection can occur only when Congress enacts a particular kind of legislation pursuant t
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