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News Blog
Haltzman Law Firm regularly posts news and pertinent information on criminal defense and personal injury practice matters. Check back often to see what is new and relevant to our practice.
Claim: Glendale Cops Violated Training in 17-Shot Killing
GLENDALE- In a year when violent law enforcement encounters made big news, the Glendale police killing of John Pacheaco Jr. on Halloween 2020 stands out in part because Officer Chandler Phillips, one of the cops who fired an estimated seventeen shots during the...
Anatomy Of A Bicycle Crash: Thousands Of Colorado Riders Injured In A Decade
Jeb Smith was on his after-work bicycle ride, crossing the road to get to a park, when he was hit. “The truck came out of nowhere taking this left turn and barreled into me,” Smith said. “I was thrown up onto the car and then they backed off and I kind of rolled off...
Glendale Officer’s Social Media Post Called ‘Insensitive.. Poor Taste’; Officer Chandler Phillips Under Investigation In Fatal Shooting
GLENDALE- Glendale police officer Chandler Phillips, under investigation for fatally shooting a car theft suspect in October, is being criticized by the dead suspect’s mother and his own department. It surrounds a photo he recently posted on social media suggesting he...
Glendale Cop Turns Controversial Police Killing Into a Joke
GLENDALE- The police shooting that took the life of John Pacheaco Jr. on Halloween night prompted a jokey social media post by one of the officers who killed him that has elicited an apology from the Glendale Police Department — and that's hardly the only...
Colorado police fatally shot unarmed man, attorney says
DENVER — A man killed by Colorado police was unarmed when he was shot inside a pickup truck, an attorney representing his family said. John Pacheaco Jr., 36, was shot dead by Glendale Police Department officers Oct. 31, The Denver Post reported. Attorney Matthew...
Little information released nearly a week after Glendale Police shot and killed a man on Colorado Boulevard
DENVER — Nearly a week after Glendale Police officers shot and killed a man on Colorado Boulevard, very little information about what happened has been released. Officers fired several shots through the window of a pickup truck after they said the man inside...
Mother Calls Killing Of John Pacheaco Jr. By Glendale Police ‘Like A Firing Squad’
GLENDALE- Reflecting on her son’s death last weekend, Jamie Fowler compared the police shooting to being “like a firing squad.” “It was wrong, it was all wrong,” said Jamie Fowler. John Pacheaco Jr. (credit: Elizabeth Mason) Glendale police shot and killed John...
DA: Gordon McLaughlin wins race for 8th Judicial District’s district attorney, becomes first Democratic DA in at least 50 years
COLORADO- McLaughlin has received 54.4% of the vote as of 9:40 p.m. Tuesday night Gordon McLaughlin, the Democratic attorney with seven years in the county, has won the race for 8th Judicial District attorney, becoming the first Democratic DA in at least 50 years....
Colorado courts face growing trial backlog due to COVID delays
Lawyers differ on whether more plea deals are the answer COLORADO- Halfway through a three-week murder trial in Adams County, jurors arrived in the courtroom to hear that someone there had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “The court became aware that an...
Fort Collins Gets No. 1 Ranking In New List Of Best Places To Live In America
FORT COLLINS- It’s a college town, a beer-lover’s town, a city bustling with industry, and now Fort Collins has the honor of being the “Best Place to Live in America.” That’s according to the website Livability.com, which came out with its rankings earlier this month....