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A compilation of the police stories shared on Colorado's Patch pages this week.

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 July 13-20.
Colo. Twin Sisters Charged In Racist Attack Of Hispanic Neighbors Video of Natasha and Shala Fross, both 26, pulling hair, punching neighbors and calling them "fat Mexicans" in Commerce City has gone viral.
Former Sedgwick Co. Sheriff Sentenced To 7 Months In Jail Thomas "TJ" Hanna, was stripped of his badge and told to write a letter of apology in the newspaper after being convicted of misconduct.
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Capitol Hill Stabbing : Denver Police ID New Suspect Police released a 5th photo and the name of a 19-year-old sought in connection with the stabbing death of Reese Grant-Cobb, 17, July 1.
Boulder High School History Teacher, 32, Found Dead A man whose body was found near the first Flat Iron in Boulder Thursday was identified as a a beloved social studies teacher.
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Light Rail Stabbing: Passengers Tried To Stop Woman With Knife When Maressa Archuleta allegedly pulled out a knife during Denver rush hour, passengers mobbed her and threw her off the train.
Backseat Ambush: 2 Arrested In Lakewood Uber Driver Shooting An 18-year-old man and a 13-year-old were charged with multiple felonies for shooting a driver and stealing his belongings.
Captured On Video: Man Robs Wells Fargo Bank In Boulder Boulder police said the man allegedly showed a gun, grabbed sacks of cash and threw them into a white SUV, riding off on a bike.
60 Years For Aurora Man Convicted Of Strangling His Wife Man out on bail for trying to strangle his wife, cut off ankle monitor and met up with her at hotel, then fatally choked her, police said.
Juvenile Charged In Denver Triple-Shooting That Killed 1 Daniel Valles-Nunez, now 18, is accused of shooting Christian Zapata, 19, and wounding two other men in a Denver alley.
3 Sentenced In 2017 Denver Botched Robbery, Murder Six adults and a 17-year-old girl were accused of fatally shooting Dominique Cozy, 24, in his home in September, 2017.
Car Theft Spike In JeffCo Sets Off Alarms Around 35 cars have been stolen in the past two weeks in rural Jefferson County, the sheriff's office said.
Guilty Plea In Denver McDonald's Parking Lot Fatal Shooting Francisco Gonzalez, 22, was nabbed on a bus in Las Vegas when he tried to flee the state after fatally shooting Steve Soledad-Lopez, 17.
Belmar Police Standoff: ID Of Man Who Died Still Not Released Residents in Belmar were kept out of their homes overnight as police tried to negotiate with a barricaded man who was later found dead.
Littleton Double-Shooting: Man Arrested, Police Say A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with a shooting was not related to the victims, police said.
Child Sex Assault: Arvada Volunteer Band Coach Pleads Not Guilty Geoffrey Adam Banninger, 23, is accused of having a sexual relationship with an underage student from Cherry Hills School District.
CU Professor Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges Oleg Vasilyev created a grant scheme to circumvent funds from Los Alamos Natl. Labs and spent money on unrelated expenses, prosecutors said.
Douglas Co. Deputy Death Investigation Complete: New Details A report about the officer-involved shooting of Matthew Riehl in Highlands Ranch and death of deputy Zack Parrish was released Monday.
Cyclist, 67, Killed Near Littleton Identified Mark Shafer was struck and killed on his bike while attempting to cross Cole Mine Avenue, the Colorado State Patrol said.
Broomfield Youth Counselor Accused Of Teen Sexual Assault A 29-year-old woman who worked with troubled youth inmates is accused of a six-month sexual relationship with a client, age 16.
Bus Rollover Crash Sends 19 To Hospital In Weld Co. The driver of a truck fell asleep and drifted into oncoming traffic, sideswiping a school bus of Greeley students.
Alleged Credit Card Thief Uses ATM In Wheat Ridge [WATCH] JeffCo Sheriff's office released video of a man using stolen credit cards to withdraw money from an ATM in March.
Body In Lakewood Car Trunk: Sheriff's Office Seeks Public Help The decomposing body of Dean Wallis was found in the trunk of his parked car. The Jeffco sheriff's office is asking for the public's help.
2 Denver Pharmacy Robberies Linked: Police [PHOTOS] Two Denver CVS pharmacies were robbed within days and surveillance photos show the same person participated in both, police said.
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