Aurora cop arrested on child porn charge

Sgt. Morgan Sellman

AURORA | An Aurora police sergeant has been arrested in El Paso County on child pornography charges. 

Sgt. Morgan Sellman, 39, a 14-year Aurora police veteran, faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted of the charges, according to Colorado Springs police. 

Sellman, who worked as the department’s quartermaster and DARE coordinator, has been placed on unpaid leave pending the investigation, Aurora police said. 


Here is a link to the Colorado Springs police release on the case. 


Click below for a statement on the case from APD. 

Man struck by car Tuesday dies

AURORA | A man struck by a car early Tuesday morning near Anschutz Medical Campus has died, police said Wednesday.

Clifford Nash, 61, of Aurora, was struck shortly before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday while he crossed East Colfax Avenue just west of Aurora Court, police said in a statement.

Police said Nash had just got off an eastbound bus on the southside of Colfax when he and a group of bus passengers walked across Colfax.

The rest of the group stopped in the median, but Nash continued into the westbound lanes of Colfax, where he was struck by a Volkswagen Passat.

The driver of the Passat, Janet Anderson, 31, of Aurora, had drivien through a green light at Aurora Court and did not see Nash because of his dark clothing and because he was partially hidden by a car in another lane, police said.

When officers arrived Nash was laying in the street and Anderson had pulled over to the side of the road.

Nash was rushed to an area hospital but passed away around 9 p.m. from his injuries.

Police said Anderson will not face charges.

Pedestrian killed Tuesday morning

AURORA | A 61-year-old Aurora woman was killed Tuesday morning when she was struck by a van on South Havana Street. 

The crash happened at about 6:20 a.m. a few yards north of the intersection of Havana and East Mexico Avenue. 

Police said Rebecca Ramirez, 39, of Aurora, was driving a 1983 Chevy Van north on Havana when she drove through a green light at Mexico. 

About 12 to 15 feet north of the intersection, the van hit Carmen Vasquez-Rios, who was crossing the street. 

When police arrived, Vasquez-Rios was laying in the street. She died later at an area hospital. 

Police said in a statement that investigators believe the darkness, Vasquez-Rios’ dark clothing and her failure to use the crosswalk contributed to the accident.  

Ramirez will not be charged, police said. 

UPDATE: Cops ID man killed in truck crash

AURORA | Police have identified a driver killed in a rollover early Monday as Michael Dowdy.

Dowdy, 26, of Aurora, died after crashing a pickup truck near Quincy Reservoir.

Police said the crash happened at about 3:35 a.m. on East Quincy Avenue near South Pitkin Street.

The truck, a 2002 blue Dodge Ram with Kansas license plates, was headed west on Quincy when it slammed into a curb near South Richfield Street. The driver lost control of the truck and it careened into the eastbound lanes, hitting a light pole and an embankment before rolling over.

When emergency crews arrived the truck was upside down and the driver still in the cab.

The driver was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Speed was a factor in the crash, police said, but it is not yet clear if drugs and alcohol were as well.

In a statement Monday afternoon, police said a toxicology exam, which will determine whether alcohol and drugs were a factor, could take up to eight weeks to complete. 

Pot doc due in court this afternoon

AURORA | The Aurora doctor who police say doled out bogus medical marijuana perscriptions is due in court this afternoon. 


I will be in court for the hearing, which starts at 1:30 p.m. Check for updates here and on twitter.  


Here is a link to a previous story on the case. 

One dead in early morning crash

AURORA | A man died after crashing a pickup truck early Monday morning near Quincy Reservoir. 
 
Police said the crash happened at about 3:35 a.m. on East Quincy Avenue near South Pitkin Street.

The truck, a 2002 blue Dodge Ram with Kansas license plates, was headed west on Quincy when it slammed into a curb near South Richfield Street. The driver lost control of the truck and it careened into the eastbound lanes, hitting a light pole and an embankment before rolling over.

When emergency crews arrived the truck was upside down and the driver still in the cab.

The driver was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police said the driver, who was the only person in the truck, was not carrying identification so they have not yet identified him.

Speed was a factor in the crash, police said, but it is not yet clear if drugs and alcohol were as well.

Cops ID Central suspect

AURORA | The man police say shot an Aurora Central High School student in front of the school Monday afternoon has been identified as Luis Guzman-Rincon, 19.
Police released Guzman-Rincon’s name Thursday, a day after he was arrested in Aurora in connection with the shooting.
Guzman-Rincon has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault and is being held in the Arapahoe County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Police said Guzman-Rincon may be in the country illegally. According to jail records, federal immigration authorities have also placed a hold on him.
The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of East 11th Avenue and Newark Street, just a few yards from the campus’ northern edge.
Police said when officers arrived at the scene, the victim had already been rushed to a local hospital by friends in a purple Acura Integra.
The victim has been identified as Karina Vargas, 17, a Central High junior. Police haven’t said publicly whether the girl was in a car or in the street when she was shot, but a spokesman said the department knows that information.
Witnesses said Monday there was supposed to be a fight between gang members at the intersection around the time of the shooting, but police said the victim was not involved in any altercation before she was shot.
Police confirmed Thursday that the shooting was gang related.