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Mikaele Poloa already was on parole when he walked out of the El Paso County Jail, freed after posting a $4,000 bond while facing felony charges for allegedly attempting to rape a woman at gunpoint, stealing a car and committing a carjacking while armed with a handgun.
A multi-million dollar Judicial Department contract awarded to a high-ranking employee facing firing was not the result of her threatened tell-all sex-discrimination lawsuit but rather a desire to simply keep her employed, according to an eight-month investigation into the deal released Wednesday.
Officials and residents read the report with disappointment that they weren’t asked to weigh in.
Douglas County is squaring off against the City and County of Denver in a surprise attempt to seize a 1,000-acre historic park owned by Denver in retaliation for the city’s recently enacted concealed-carry gun laws.
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