Police and Courts

Deputies seek South Jeffco sex assault suspect

Deputies seek South Jeffco sex assault suspect

 
JEFFERSON COUNTY – Sheriff’s deputies are looking for man who sexually assaulted a South Jeffco woman in her home early Friday morning.
The victim called emergency dispatchers about 2:30 a.m. to report she had just been attacked by a man believed to be in his 20s who began assaulting her after she awoke to find him [...]

Police identify driver killed in traffic accident

LAKEWOOD – Police Wednesday identified the 84-year-old man killed in a traffic accident earlier this week as 84-year-old Ormal J. Jones.
Jones died at a hospital Monday shortly after a metal-wrenching collision left debris strewn across the intersection of South Kipling Parkway and West Kentucky Avenue. Police did not release his address or hometown.
An off-duty Denver [...]

Brazen burglaries prompt Jeffco warning

JEFFERSON COUNTY – A spate of recent brazen home burglaries in South Jeffco leaves authorities concerned that the crimes could escalate to violence because the burglars often break in while residents are at home.
Jim Shires, Sheriff’s Office spokesman, told reporters there is no way to know what the burglars might do if confronted.
Five burglaries were [...]

Suspect jailed in grocery-store wallet thefts

Lakewood Police are investigating a number of wallet thefts that have been reported primarily in supermarkets and grocery stores over the past few months.