Crime

Longmont Public Safety announced on Wednesday afternoon that a police operation was underway in the 1000 Block of Kimbark in Longmont; the operation was to execute arrest warrants and was completed in just over an hour.

Kurt Erickson, 50, was arrested on Friday after firing a rifle in the direction of five trespassing teenagers on July 10.

The Longmont Police and Denver Police are both investigating cases of bank fraud in which a woman successfully withdrew $100,000 from a Longmont victim’s bank account and $88,000 from a Denver victim’s account.

On July 11, Carlos Ytuarte-Quinones was ​​sentenced to 51 years in the Department of Corrections for 17 charges including drug trafficking, attempted first degree kidnapping, conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted motor vehicle theft, and two counts for violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (COCCA).

54-year-old Boulder paramedic Edward Ray McClure was arrested on July 11 on charges of manslaughter and forgery related to the December death of Jesus Lopez Barcenas.

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) “recently” arrested a 31-year-old male on felony menacing charges for brandishing a firearm during a road rage incident between Estes Park and Lyons on Highway 36.

From 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on July 23, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations and the Greeley Police Department will host a Missing Persons Open House at the GPD headquarters to obtain more information from family members of missing persons to help solve open cases.

Longmont Public Safety announced that four warrants were issued today as part of an ongoing investigation into a shooting. Very little information is available due to the ongoing investigation.

Zasquin Benally-Bartell, 31, is facing two felony counts of fourth-degree arson for the June 14 fire that engulfed about a quarter acre near Flagstaff Mountain.

The Weld County District Attorney’s Office announced on July 3 that a Weld County man was sentenced to an additional 99 years in prison for a sexual assault committed in 2015 outside of Roasty’s Bar in Greeley.