Wheat Ridge Crime

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Recent Crime News

• 2 Arrested In Attack, Carjacking Of Wheat Ridge Woman

  20 hrs ago | via TheDenverChannel 

  A Denver SWAT team arrested two men they said are connected to the brutal attack and carjacking of a Wheat Ridge woman.

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• Two suspects arrested in attack on woman in Wheat Ridge

  Yesterday | via Denver Post 

  Two suspects have been arrested in an attempted carjacking and "brutal" attack of a 50-year-old woman, Wheat Ridge police said.

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• Murder-suicide of couple reported at Wheat Ridge nur...

  Monday May 21 | via Denver Post 

  After 43 years of marriage, Donald Schaffer took a handgun to his wife's nursing home, shot her to death as she lay in bed and then turned the gun on himself.

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• Wheat Ridge police investigate murder-suicide at nur...

  Monday May 21 | via Denver Post 

  The incident happened at about 4 p.m. Sunday at the Wheat Ridge Manor Care Center, 2920 Fenton St., said Lisa Spinder, a Wheat Ridge Police Department spokeswoman.

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• Elderly Good Samaritan Beaten, Nearly Run Over

  Saturday May 19 | via TheDenverChannel 

  The woman was following two men seen breaking a car window and stealing a purse from a vehicle in the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center parking lot at 40th Avenue and Kipling Street, just after noon on Saturday.

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• Good Samaritan hospitalized after severe beating

  Saturday May 19 | via CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV 

  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - A Good Samaritan had to be hospitalized after she was beaten up by two men she saw break into a car and steal a purse.

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• Police search for suspects in beating of Good Samaritan

  Saturday May 19 | via CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV 

  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - Wheat Ridge Police are looking for two suspects Monday accused of robbery and the beating of a Good Samaritan who tried to stop the crime.

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• Good Samaritan released from hospital after assault

  Saturday May 19 | via CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV 

  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - Wheat Ridge police are releasing new details about a robbery that lead to the beating of a Good Samaritan.A It happened around noon on Saturday.A Witnesses said they saw a woman being attacked by two men near 40th and Kipling in Wheat Ridge.

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• Denver cops believe gang members involved in Sudanes...

  Thursday May 17 | via Denver Post 

  Denver police believe a group that included two juvenile gang members out on a night of car theft and troublemaking killed Sudanese refugee Jimma Reat.

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• Denver cops believe gang members involved in Sudanes...

  Thursday May 17 | via Denver Post 

  Denver police believe a group that included two juvenile gang members out on a night of car theft and troublemaking killed Sudanese refugee Jimma Reat.

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• Denver police suspect killer of Sudanese refugee is ...

  Thursday May 17 | via Denver Post 

  Rebecca, a cousin of murder victim Jimma Reat, and Gatwec Dengpathot, a brother, meet with pastor Randall Golter during a period of mourning at the family's home in west Denver.

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• Police investigating complaints against Wheat Ridge ...

  Wednesday May 16 | via Denver Post 

  Wheat Ridge police are conducting a criminal investigation of activities at a residential youth center that is the target of a civil lawsuit.

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• 911 Dispatcher Fired After Sending Victim To Shootin...

  Tuesday May 15 | via TheDenverChannel 

  A 911 dispatcher who told the victim of a road rage incident to drive back to the scene of the confrontation has been fired.

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• Wylie Newton charged with stealing antique gun from ...

  Tuesday May 15 | via Denver Westword 

  Thieves dispensing with stolen goods typically do so quietly, outside the public eye.

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• Man Filmed on TV Show Trying to Sell Stolen Gun

  Tuesday May 15 | via FirstCoastNews 

  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. -- Police arrested a 64-year-old man accused of stealing a rare, antique gun after he was spotted trying to sell it on a television show.

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• Erie man accused of trying to sell stolen pistol on ...

  Monday May 14 | via Denver Post 

  A 64-year-old Erie man who tried to sell an antique pistol on the Discovery Channel TV show "American Guns" in December is accused of stealing the $20,000 revolver from a private museum in New Mexico.

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• Police: Man filmed on TV show trying to sell stolen gun

  Monday May 14 | via 9NEWS 

  This is a Colt Dragoon black powder revolver that police say was stolen from New Mexico.

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• Lawsuits allege Wheat Ridge teen treatment center li...

  Sunday May 13 | via Denver Post 

  Aimee Donabedian and her son Christopher, 18, carry stacks of paperwork and books related to a lawsuit that they are filing against the Adolescent and Family Institute of Colorado, an organization that was supposed to help Chris with several issues including depression.

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