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04/07/2019—Agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation Sex Offender Fugitive Unit assisted the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office and other local, state and federal law enforcement in a comprehensive internet child sex predator operation in Mesa County.

04/01/2019—Southern Colorado law enforcement agencies are investigating an alleged child abuse case and car crash that sent two young Manzanola girls to the hospital on Sunday, March 31, 2019. It‚Äôs believed the mother of the two children was driving on Colorado State Highway 207, and while heading northbound approached the Arkansas River Bridge, at which time the vehicle left the roadway and landed in the Arkansas River. A passerby in the area called emergency responders and the two girls (10 and 8) were rescued from the SUV. The female driver was located outside of the vehicle. All three were transported for medical treatment. While their injuries are serious, they are all expected to survive. The Otero County Sheriff‚Äôs Office, the Town of Manzanola Marshal, and the 16^th Judicial District Attorney‚Äôs Office are investigating to determine the events leading up to the traffic crash. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has also been requested to provide assistance in the investigation. There have been no arrests in the case to date. Because the incident involves allegations involving possible child abuse, information released about the case will be limited. Manzanola is located approximately 50 miles east of Pueblo.

03/21/2019—A former Clear Creek County employee was arrested and faces multiple felony charges for allegedly stealing more than $200,000 from The Resource Center over the course of eight years.

03/13/2019--On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) obtained search warrants for 13 residences throughout Mesa County including Glade Park, Grand Junction, Clifton and Fruita where an illegal marijuana cultivation was allegedly taking place.

02/25/2019--The CBI is assisting the Woodland Park Police Department (WPPD) on a search of a landfill near Fountain, CO, for the remains of Kelsey Berreth. Please see the following release from the WPPD for details regarding the upcoming search.

02/01/2019--Colorado’s Missing Persons Day is being honored with a series of events at the state Capitol building (200 E. Colfax Avenue) beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 4, 2019.

01/28/2019—The Park County Sheriff's Office, along with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Denver Division announced an increased reward of $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the murder of Maggie Long, a Bailey, Colorado, high school Senior murdered in her home on December 1, 2017.

01/14/2019—The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been alerted that a handful of registered sex offenders have received calls from a scammer falsely representing law enforcement and demanding individuals pay a fine to avoid an arrest.

01/14/2019—The United States Postal Service made an arrest in an armed robbery incident. Members of the CBI Forensic Services section provided assistance on the case.

01/13/2019—The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recognizes National AMBER Alert Awareness Day on January 13, 2019, in remembrance of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman who went missing in Texas and was found dead five days later in 1996. In 1996, the AMBER Alert program was developed in her memory to create a network to share information in the event of a child abduction.