Denver Crime Report newsletter
The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Friday, July 25
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Friday, July 25, 2025

Person dies after falling 150 feet in Jefferson County

A person died Thursday after falling about 150 feet from “a steep rock face” near Conifer, according to the Elk Creek Fire Department.

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One person injured in Denver hit-and-run, police search for suspect

Denver police are searching for the driver involved in a hit-and-run on Wednesday night that seriously injured a person, the department said.

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Colorado cops bust 206 drivers for using cellphones in first 6 months of new ban

Colorado law enforcement officers cited more than 200 drivers for using cellphones while behind the wheel during the first six months of the state’s new ban on drivers’ hand-held use of phones.

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Body found in Westminster open space

A body was found in a Westminster open space Thursday morning, near the area where possible human remains were found last week, police officials said.

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Driver in fatal Aurora crash was speeding at 121 mph, police say

An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after a three-car crash in Aurora killed two people and injured three others, including the suspect, police said.

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5 hospitalized after unburied gas line explodes, sparks fire near Johnstown

A gas line exploded Thursday morning on Colorado 60 east of Johnstown, sending five people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and closing a mile stretch of the highway.

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11 people indicted in metro Denver cocaine distribution scheme, over 9 kilos seized

Eleven people were indicted in a metro Denver drug distribution ring that led to police seizing over 9 kilograms of cocaine, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office announced this week.