Homicides are getting bad in Denver, marijuana dispensaries decrease crime
The Denver Crimes Thursday July 20, 2017 email newsletter.
Hi. Remember two weeks ago when I wrote about all the death in Denver? It's still happening.
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July's been a bad month for homicides in Denver. According to DPD's data, there have been 33 non-vehicular homicides so far in 2017, and 12 since June. If this keeps up Denver could top 2016's high-for-the-decade, 58 homicides. Here are the statistics on Denver homicides in 2017:
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- Police investigating homicide near Five Points neighborhood
- Published July 19 and filed under
- Five Points
- Denver's jail population is shrinking and officials hope new practices will hasten the decline
- Published July 19
- Marijuana dispensaries decrease crime, not increase it, study finds
- Published July 18 and filed under
- drug and alcohol crime
- After long sit-in at Cory Gardner's Denver office, ADAPT protesters plead not guilty to charges
- Published July 18 and filed under
- CBD
- U.S. child sex predator operation nets more than 1,000 arrests, 48 in Colorado
- Published July 18 and filed under
- sexual assault
- Fourth suspect wanted for fatal shooting at Denver 7-Eleven
- Published July 17 and filed under
- homicide
- in North Capitol Hill
- Woman fatally shot in southwest Denver at Athmar Park is identified
- Published July 17 and filed under
- homicide, assault, violent crime
- in Athmar Park
- Man fatally shot in northeast Denver is identified
- Published July 17 and filed under
- homicide
- in Elyria-Swansea
- Second man shot in the Skyland neighborhood on June 30 has died
- Published July 17 and filed under
- homicide
- in Skyland
- Man who took a picture up a woman's skirt at Broncos game must register as sex offender for life
- Published July 17 and filed under
- sexual assault
- in Sun Valley
- One person killed, another in critical condition after double shooting in Denver's Athmar Park neighborhood
- Published July 16 and filed under
- homicide, assault, violent crime
- in Athmar Park
- A year after 16-year-old Lashaya Stine went missing, her family is still looking
- Published July 15
- Albrook Drive closed after vehicle hits, kills pedestrian in Montbello
- Published July 15 and filed under
- homicide
- in Montbello
- Woman stabbed at West Colfax home, taken to hospital
- Published July 15 and filed under
- assault
- in West Colfax
- Denver police arrest suspect in Sunnyside murder investigation
- Published July 14 and filed under
- homicide
- in Sunnyside
- Felony murder charges filed in 7-Eleven shooting, third man arrested
- Published July 14 and filed under
- homicide
- in North Capitol Hill
- Denver detectives investigate death north of downtown
- Published July 14
- Elyria-Swansea
- Denver police sergeant suspended for misusing federal crime database to look for daughter's missing cellphone
- Published July 14
- Denver Police officer will lose vacation time for failing to activate body camera
- Published July 14
- Uber driver flees DIA after security violation, Denver cop disciplined over failure to report incident
- Published July 13 and filed under
- DIA
- Dad of man shot to death in his apartment near DU worries Denver cops will let case go cold
- Published July 13 and filed under
- homicide
- in University
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— Joe
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