By Dillon Thomas FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)– A Fort Collins man was reunited with his once-missing wedding ring, thanks to an eagle-eyed Fort Collins police officer. Officer Dane Stratton successfully returned the wedding band to its owner, a man identified as “Natniel,” the day after Christmas. (credit: CBS) Stratton told CBS Denver’s Dillon Thomas he was responding to an unrelated call with a coworker late at night on Christmas Eve. His fellow officer checked a flashlight on his rifle, before they proceeded with their investigation. When the light shined, hitting the ground, a ring appear ..read more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) — A man who drove into oncoming traffic struck a Larimer County deputies patrol car head-on, then resisted authorities after the crash. After giving up, Raul Evelio Lopez-Lopez, 24, was jailed on charges of DUI, Reckless Driving, Resisting Arrest and Obstruction of a Police Officer. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office deputy was driving eastbound on Riverside Avenue at 1:30 a.m. Friday. The deputy reported seeing a vehicle driving westbound toward him in the eastbound lanes, LCSO stated in a press release, near Riverside’s intersection with East Prospect Road in For ..read more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A Christmas-style burglary has Fort Collins police asking for tips. A woman was seen on surveillance video wearing part of a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer costume during the crime. The costume covered her head and face, until the suspect took it off to get a better look at what she was doing. Investigators say she burglarized a business on Hickory Street and stole several items. The Fort Collins Police Services even re-worded the beloved song “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” for the unique case: Rudolph the Red Nosed Burglar Had a very shady scheme And if you ..read more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A man faces charges in Fort Collins after allegedly going into an office building, hiding there and then grabbing a female member of the cleaning crew. The crime happened Tuesday night on the 2900 block of South College Avenue. Seth Arthur (credit: Fort Collins Police) Seth Arthur, 38, allegedly grabbed the woman just before 7:30 p.m. and she got away. A call was made to police and the woman and other workers went and hid in a safe location inside the building until authorities arrived and arrested Arthur. Arthur tentatively faces charges of burglary and harassm ..read more

THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– The route for a controversial water pipeline from the Poudre River to Thornton has been changed. The Larimer County Commissioners will hear the revised proposal on Monday night. The City of Thornton wants to build a pipeline to deliver water from the Poudre River in Fort Collins to Thornton. The revised plan puts the 26-mile pipeline through County Road 56 instead of the original plan to run along Douglas Road. (credit: CBS) The issue has been postponed twice already over the past few months because so many people have objected to the plan at public meetings. In May ..read more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – As tens of thousands of college students across Colorado prepare for spring break, fears of the spread of coronavirus have forced Colorado State University to prohibit some trips for students. Students who signed up to participate in the Alternative Spring Break program at CSU learned the university cancelled their trips this week amid fears of COVID-19 spreading to the campus or the communities where they traveled. “An alternative break is a service learning trip,” said Rachel Probst, Student Coordinator for Alternative Breaks at CSU. “Each of them are a service ..read more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)– After failing to use Colorado’s “Red Flag Law” to seize the firearm of a police officer, Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith has added Susan Holmes to the county’s most wanted list. After police shot and killed her son for charging them with a knife, Holmes attempted to claim one of the officers from Colorado State University was the father of her child. Susan Holmes (credit: CBS) She hoped that claim would help her use the Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) to have the officer’s gun taken away. Holmes was warned by a judge that her potentially false claims cou ..read more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A judge has denied a Fort Collins woman’s Extreme Risk Protection Order request against a Colorado State University police officer, citing her inability to prove a domestic or familial relationship with the officer. Susan Holmes alleged Cpl. Phillip Morris was “violent and should have his gun taken away” under Colorado’s ERPO law, known as the red flag law. (credit: Fort Collins Police) Morris was one of two officers who fatally shot Jeremy Holmes on July 1, 2017 after he charged them with a knife. The other officer, a female who was not included in Holmes’ ERPO ..read more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A woman was hit by a train and seriously hurt Friday afternoon in Fort Collins. Police were called to the railroad tracks near West Mulberry Street and South Mason Street just after 3 p.m. A 72-year-old woman was hit by a train while crossing the railroad tracks Friday afternoon in Fort Collins. (credit: CBS) Investigators said a BNSF Railway train was stopped northbound along the railroad tracks on N. Mason St. when a 72-year-woman tried to cross between the train cars. She was hit by the railroad coupling and taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The For ..read more

(CBS4) – Home sellers in Colorado Springs and Fort Collins can now request a cash offer from Zillow to buy their home. The company is expanding its Denver operation with two new satellite offices. (credit: CBS) Zillow started buying homes in Denver in December 2018. The company buys a house directly, prepares it for showings and lists it for sale. Home sellers who use Zillow Offers can choose their close date between 5 to 90 days. (credit: CBS) The Colorado Association of REALTORS warns going through Zillow will not likely result in the highest offer for your home. Since May, Zillow says ..read more