Illegal Elephant Hunt|Co. Student Beaten|10 Years For Child Porn

ACROSS COLORADO -- At the end of every week, Patch collects all the odd, interesting, sometimes humorous and sometimes awful police stories shared by various Colorado law enforcement agencies. We offer them here to give a snapshot of the work being done by our local men and women in uniform. These stories were posted to Colorado's Patch sites between May 18-25.

Illegal Elephant Hunt: Denver Feds Charge Man Who Led Safari Federal prosecutors in Denver charged a South African man with running an illegal elephant hunt for a Colo. client on Zimbabwe parkland.

Evergreen Trophy Hunter Was Elephant Poaching Partner Paul Ross Jackson, age 63, of Evergreen pleaded guilty in April to poaching an elephant in a Zimbabwe park and trying to sell ivory tusks.

Colo. Man Harassed Women, Then Peed On Airplane Flight: FBI Michael Allen Haag, 45, was arrested after allegedly behaving disgracefully on a flight from Denver to Charlottesville last week.

Tire Slashing Spree In Westminster And Lakewood: Police Metro Denver neighbors have been waking up to slashed tires on dozens of cars. Police seek answers.

Lurching, Stumbling Lakewood Tire Slasher Caught On Video A male weaves along the sidewalk, then stumbles over to a car and punctures a tire before walking on. Do you recognize him?

10-Year Child Porn Federal Prison Sentence For Colo. Springs Man Federal agents found 700,000 child porn images of the computers of Michael Blair, 64, during a 2013 human trafficking investigation of his wife.

Bear Struck And Killed On I-70; Woman Injured A driver struck a bear and killed it on Interstate 70 early Wednesday morning, Colorado State Patrol said.

National Missing Children's Day: Find Missing Colorado Kids A child is reported missing every 40 seconds in America. Several Colorado kids vanished this year, and you can help bring them home.

Colo. Student Beaten Into Coma, Left For Dead Near Train Tracks Aaron Salazar was traveling from Denver to Portland by Amtrak train when he was found lying by the tracks severely beaten and burned.

DUI Patrols Planned For Memorial Day Weekend In Colorado So far in 2018, more than 1/3 of traffic fatalities were the result of impaired driving. Start the summer safe by planning your ride: CDOT.

Motorcyclist Dies In 1-Vehicle Lakewood Accident A Lakewood man, 35, was killed Monday after witnesses said he struck a curb and was thrown from his motorcycle.

Accused Burglar Hails Littleton Lyft: Sheriff Cops were looking for a man in a yellow hoodie after residents reported him breaking into cars – then a deputy nabbed him try to get a Lyft.

Evergreen Landlord Shoots, Kills Roomate A 33-year-old man was shot outside a home in Evergreen after a dispute with his landlord, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said.

32 Years For Denver Man Who Fatally Shot New Neighbor After a drunken argument on New Year's Day, 2017, Aaron Espinosa, 26, shot his new Loretto Heights neighbors as they moved in.

Escaped Minimum-Security Prison Inmate Nabbed By Denver Police Denver Police caught Sean Garcia, who scaled a fence at Golden's Camp George West Tuesday morning

Arvada Ex-Priest Charged With 2001 Sex Assault Of Tulsa Boy Kenneth Lewis, 56, was charged with allegedly sexually abusing a boy in an Illinois hotel room in 2001.

Open Liquor Bottles Found After Fatal Denver DUI Crash: Police Police found open booze bottles in Karla Arellano's car after she allegedly drove drunk into another vehicle, killing her passenger.

Rental Car Heist: 9 Autos Stolen Overnight From DIA Site Someone made off with nine vehicles at the Advantage Rent A Car site near the Denver airport.

$2 Million Fine For Fort Morgan Sugar Factory The Western Sugar Cooperative agreed to pay a settlement for air and water pollution violations that affected the citizens of Ft. Morgan.

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