The Pueblo woman whose baby died while co-sleeping at a friend’s home Aug. 6 in Penrose pleaded guilty to an amended charge of manslaughter, a Class 4 felony, Monday. Shealee Kristin Smith, 19, was arrested Aug. 31 on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death, a Class 2 felony. Her agreement calls for a stipulated […]
A Fremont County magistrate on Wednesday found sufficient probable cause to bind over one count of child abuse resulting in death against the Pueblo woman whose baby died while co-sleeping at a friend’s home Aug. 6 in Penrose. Shealee Kristin Smith, 18, was arrested Aug. 31 on suspicion of the charge, which is a Class […]
More than a year after a Cañon City man admitted to fatally shooting his father in the back of his head, Joseph Tippet, 37, appeared in court Wednesday to continue his case. During the preliminary hearing, Fremont County Magistrate Claire LeBeau found sufficient probable cause to bind over one count of second-degree murder for trial. […]
11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley is asking the Colorado Supreme Court to review the sanctions handed down in a first-degree murder case for being “arbitrary and unjust.”