A person of interest has been identified in a bomb threat against a courthouse in Adams County, according to police.
The bomb threat in Brighton prompted evacuations at the Adams County Justice Center and a King Soopers grocery store on Wednesday, according to officials.
The bomb threat against the justice center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, was received at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the Brighton Police Department. Investigators determined the initial call came from the area of the King Soopers at 500 Bromley Lane in Brighton.
The sheriff’s office evacuated the building. Brighton police responded to the grocery store. Although the store did not receive a threat, as initially reported, officers evacuated it as well out of caution.
Police dogs responded to the courthouse and the King Soopers and did not find any threats, Brighton police spokesperson Kerrigan Blandin said.
The identity of a person of interest is being withheld, pending the filing of charges.
The courthouse was reopened to the public at noon, Blandin said, and the King Soopers reopened at 10:45 a.m.
It’s unclear how the dozens of hearings and trials scheduled for Wednesday morning at the Adams County Courthouse were affected by the hours-long evacuation. Court officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Brighton Police Department is investigating a fatal domestic disturbance that happened on Sunday night.
The incident happened in the area of Beldock Street and Chavez Street, according to Brighton Police Department.
Police responded to a disturbance in which a 48-year-old man fired a gun inside a home, BPD said. The suspect barricaded himself inside the home, police said, while police tried to communicate with him.
Commerce City-Brighton SWAT team and crisis negotiators tried to communicate with the suspect, police said, but the man fired “several shots” at police. BPD said the officers did not return fire. No officers were injured during the incident, BPD said.
“After repeated attempts over the course of several hours to contact the suspect and have him exit the residence safely, officers entered the home and located the male deceased with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” police said.
Police did not release the identity of the suspect at this time.
One person died and several others were injured in an early Sunday morning crash on U.S. 85 in Brighton, police said.
The crash happened at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, near the intersection of U.S. 85 and Weld County Road 2.5, according to a news release from the Brighton Police Department.
A Ford SUV driving westbound on the county road ran a stop sign and was hit by a GMC SUV traveling northbound on U.S. 85, police said in the release.
Two people inside the Ford were ejected, and two others fled the scene on foot, police said.
One of the people ejected from the Ford died at the scene of the crash, and paramedics took the other to the hospital with serious injuries, according to the release. Paramedics also took an unspecified number of GMC passengers to hospitals.
Investigators believe the victim killed in the crash, who has not been publicly identified, may have been hit by a third vehicle on the highway. The unidentified driver left the scene of the crash, police said.
The victim will be identified by the Weld County Coroner’s Office at a later date.
Brighton police found the two Ford occupants who fled the scene on foot shortly after they ran, according to the release. One was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
The other, 20-year-old Erik Diaz Olivas, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide, DUI, reckless endangerment, failing to display proof of insurance, driving on a revoked license, leaving the scene of an accident, vehicular assault, failing to obey a traffic control device and possessing alcohol as a minor, police said.
Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact investigators at 303-655-8740.
A Boston man has been arrested after allegedly trying to break into a home in Allston this weekend.
Police responded around 2:25 a.m. Sunday to Chester Street, near Packard’s Corner. A woman told investigators that she was closing her bedroom window when it reopened, with a hand reaching inside.
The man had fled before officers arrived to find the window screen torn and handprints on the glass.
While police were investigating, a man matching the suspect’s description returned, police said. Officers approached the man, who “quickly walked away before breaking into a sprint.”
They chased him, but he got away at first. He was later arrested on the 1000 block of Commonwealth Avenue, in the Packard’s Corner area.
The man, identified as 39-year-old Renato De Oliveira of Brighton, is facing charges of breaking and entering in the nighttime and trespassing.
De Oliveira is expected to be arraigned at an unspecified date in Brighton District Court. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
A motorcyclist died Thursday after hitting the center barrier on Interstate 76 near Eagle Boulevard on Thursday afternoon.
The 82-year-old driver was traveling eastbound on the interstate at about 1:50 p.m. Thursday when she hit the center barrier for unknown reasons, according to Brighton police. She was ejected from the motorcycle, which then rolled over the cable barrier and into the westbound lanes of the interstate. The motorcycle struck another vehicle, though the driver of that vehicle did not sustain any injuries.
The motorcyclist was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died shortly after.
The identity of the motorcyclist is being withheld until next of kin can be notified, according to the news release from the Brighton Police Department. The department’s traffic safety unit does not believe drugs, alcohol or speed played a role in the crash.
All it took was 17 months and six marathons for a Boston native to set a world record.
At just 20 years old, James Redding, who’s from the city’s Brighton neighborhood, has become the youngest male to complete all six Abbott World Marathon Majors.
The Boston College junior crossed the finish line in Berlin in September, earning him a Six-Star Medal.
Redding says the Boston Marathon was his favorite, but he actually ran his fastest time in Chicago.
The Boston Athletic Association is bringing big changes to the 2026 race.
He credits all of his supporters along the way who helped him cross every finish line.
“It’s just going to be something I can look back on, and remember that the hard work does pay off, and that I am 100% capable of getting through times that may get tough,” Redding said.
He now has his sights set on the Sydney Marathon, which just joined the Abbott World Marathon Majors. He hopes to earn his Nine-Star Medal when Cape Town and Shanghai are officially added to the series.
No one in Colorado took home the nearly $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot on Saturday, but seven lucky ticket holders across the state still walked away winners.
The seven large-prize tickets sold in Colorado are worth between $50,000 and $1 million, according to a news release from the Colorado Lottery. The prizes include:
$1 million from a ticket sold at a Kum & Go/Maverick at 9665 Prominent Point in Colorado Springs
$100,000 from a ticket sold at a Loaf N Jug at 101 West Brontosaurus Boulevard in Dinosaur
$100,000 from a ticket sold at a Kum & Go/Maverick at 70 West Bridge Street in Brighton
$100,000 from a ticket sold at a Sherman Food & Gas at 207 South Sherman Street in Fort Morgan
$100,000 from a ticket sold at an A-1 Food & Gas at 10300 East Sixth Avenue in Aurora
$50,000 from a ticket sold at a King Soopers at 17761 Cottonwood Drive in Parker
$50,000 from a ticket sold at Banana Belt Liquors at 300 U.S. 24 in Woodland Park
Two Powerball players in Missouri and Texas won the nearly $1.8 billion jackpot during Saturday night’s drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month drought without a winner. The two winners will split the jackpot.
The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, and 62, with the Powerball number being 17.
The winning ticket in Texas was sold at a gas station-convenience store in Fredericksburg, according to the Texas Lottery.
The $1.787 billion prize, which was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot in history, followed 41 consecutive drawings in which no one matched all six numbers. The last drawing with a jackpot winner happened on May 31.
Powerball’s terrible odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes growing as they roll over when no one wins. Lottery officials note that the odds are far better for the game’s many smaller prizes. There are three drawings each week.
The Missouri and Texas winners will have the choice between an annuitized prize of $893.5 million or a lump sum payment of $410.3 million. Both prize options are before taxes. If a winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year. Powerball tickets cost $2, and the game is offered in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
BRIGHTON, Colo. — The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office on Friday filed multiple charges against a man accused of a woman’s death and a string of incidents that occurred in Brighton and Adams County last week.
The Brighton Police Department said this case started shortly after 11 a.m. on Aug. 28, when officers responded to Murphy’s Express off E. Bromley Lane after receiving reports that a suspect had approached a man at a fuel pump, showed his firearm and tried to steal the man’s car. The man refused, and during their altercation, “a shot was fired,” police said.
The suspect fled on a bicycle. The victim had a minor injury.
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Suspect arrested after allegedly shooting at Brighton PD, fleeing from police
Police were able to gather a description of the suspect. A few blocks from Murphy Express, they found evidence that was connected with the suspect, but no other details on that were released.
Shortly afterward, police learned that a person had stolen a vehicle from a business near Highway 85 and W. Bridge Street. When officers spoke with witnesses, their descriptions of the suspect matched the suspect from Murphy’s Express. One witness, who knew the suspect, provided information about where he may have gone, police said.
When officers found the stolen car, they saw the suspect, identified as James “Jaime” Benavidez, 50, of Brighton, inside. They tried to stop him, but he drove off and led officers on a pursuit while firing several rounds at police, the department said.
Multiple police vehicles were struck, but no officers were injured.
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Police returned fire and wounded Benavidez.
The pursuit ended along the 10600 block of Brighton Road close to the interchange of Highway 85 and E. 104th Avenue. Benavidez was taken into custody and brought to a hospital.
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On Aug. 29, Brighton police officers found the body of Keeley Koff, 32, inside an abandoned vehicle. Preliminary investigation indicated Keeley may have been associated with Benavidez, but no additional details were released.
On Friday, the 17th Judicial DA’s Office charged Benavidez with several offenses, including:
First-degree murder
Eight counts of first-degree attempted murder
First-degree unlawful termination of a pregnancy
Six counts of first-degree assault
Two counts of first-degree motor vehicle theft
Three counts of attempted aggravated robbery
Vehicular eluding
Possession of a weapon by a previous offender
He also faces two crime of violence sentence enhancers.
Benavidez is scheduled to appear in court at 8:30 a.m. Monday.
Denver7’s Stephanie Butzer and Óscar Contreras contributed to this report.
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A 36-year-old man forced a woman into an SUV outside a hotel and fatally shot her as they argued, according to an arrest affidavit from the Westminster Police Department.
Jesse Aaron Gladney is charged with first-degree murder in the domestic violence shooting death of 36-year-old Valarie Garcia on Saturday.
A witness called 911 at 8:07 p.m. after seeing a man grab a woman by the neck and tell her to get into a Chevy Equinox at the Super 8 at 12055 N. Melody Dr., according to Gladney’s arrest affidavit. The witness also told police there was another person in the front seat.
Ten minutes later, a witness reported a man shot a woman and she was unconscious near 120th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Thornton. Police later found the woman, Garcia, at Platte Valley Hospital in Brighton.
The woman driving the Equinox during the shooting later contacted police and told them Gladney had asked her to pick him up from a hotel in Brighton and told her to keep driving. When they reached the Super 8, he went inside and came out with Garcia.
Garcia and Gladney were arguing and he was pushing her against the car, the woman told police. The argument continued as they got in the car, until Gladney told Garcia to “Shut up or I’ll shoot you.”
A few moments later, the woman reported hearing and smelling a gunshot while she was driving. Gladney told her he shot Garcia and started slapping Garcia and telling her not to fall asleep, according to the affidavit.
Gladney kept getting out of the Equinox at stoplights to ask for help and when they got to the hospital, he started yelling at hospital staff to not let Garcia die, according to the affidavit. He then punched the windshield of a nearby car and later had to be sedated by hospital staff so they could treat his hand.
Garcia died at the hospital later Saturday night, according to the arrest affidavit.
Gladney declined to speak to detectives and the affidavit does not detail how he knew Garcia, though Garcia’s family told CBS Colorado he was her boyfriend. Investigators found a Kahr Arms PM40 pistol in the Equinox as well as a bullet in the rear passenger seat.
Gladney is in custody at the Adams County Detention Facility on a $2 million cash-only bail and is set to appear in court Sept. 30.
A total of 20 people are out of their homes as firefighters continue to work on hot spots in a Brighton, Massachusetts building on Saturday morning.
Deputy Fire Chief James Greene said that Boston Fire got the call around 2 a.m.
When they got here, there were big flames in the back of the 2 and a half story mutli-family building, spreading up through the roof. Eight people were actively evacuating from the building.
One person was taken to the hospital with a minor injury. The home next door also had to evacuate.
The Red Cross is expected to help residents relocate. The deputy chief commending firefighters for a job well-done in some difficult conditions on Saturday morning.
Deputy chief believes the building is a total loss.
Nestled in the heart of Colorado, Brighton offers a perfect blend of small-town charm and modern amenities. With its picturesque views of the Rocky Mountains and a thriving downtown area, this city is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts and urban explorers alike. From an annual festival to the vibrant local art scene, there’s always something exciting happening in this dynamic community. So whether you’re searching for apartments in Brightonor homes for sale or want to learn more about what Brighton is known for, this Redfin article will be your guide.
1. Agricultural heritage
Brighton boasts a rich agricultural heritage deeply embedded in its history. Historically, the town’s fertile lands supported significant crops like sugar beets, contributing to its identity as a farming hub. Today, this heritage is honored through local events, celebrations, and a continued appreciation for farming traditions that shape the community’s character.
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2. Events and festivals
Highlighting a dynamic assortment of events and festivals, Brighton distinguishes itself by celebrating local culture and fostering a strong sense of community connection. The Brighton Harvest Festival, a beloved annual event, showcases local produce, crafts, and entertainment, drawing residents and visitors alike. Additionally, the Adams County Fair, a highlight of the summer, offers many attractions, from carnival rides to live music, embodying Brighton’s spirit of togetherness and celebration.
3. Barr Lake
Barr Lake is a centerpiece of Brighton renowned for its serene waters and diverse wildlife. Birdwatchers flock to Barr Lake for its extensive bird population and scenic trails, making it a haven for nature enthusiasts. Its tranquil beauty and opportunities for fishing and hiking make Barr Lake a cherished gem in Brighton’s natural landscape.
4. Growing community
Brighton’s community is experiencing steady growth, evidenced by the expanding neighborhoods that cater to diverse lifestyles. The evolving landscape showcases new developments and increased recreational facilities. This growth and a thriving business scene contribute to the town’s expanding population and vibrant community spirit.
