Max Levy

6 days ago | denverpost.com | Max Levy

Commerce City police helped return a surly rattlesnake to the wild this month after a resident found the venomous reptile coiled in their home’s driveway. In body-worn-camera video included in a Commerce City Police Department social media post, the officer uses a catch pole to pick up the snake, which rattles and tries to lash out as he carries it to a nearby field.

6 days ago | denverpost.com | Max Levy

A Fort Collins man arrested this week for allegedly kidnapping an Aurora woman and leading law enforcement on a car chase down Interstate 25 has since been accused of involvement in a shooting last Friday. A warrant was issued Thursday for Shane McSwane, 28, who is suspected of attempted murder in connection with the shooting that happened in the 1400 block of Reed Street in north Lakewood, according to court records and Lakewood Police Department spokesperson John Romero.

6 days ago | denverpost.com | Max Levy

A bat found near Arvada’s Westlake neighborhood has tested positive for rabies, becoming Jefferson County’s first confirmed case of the virus this year, according to a county news release. The rabies virus can infect any mammal, including humans, but is most often seen in wild animals such as bats and skunks. Once symptoms appear, infections are almost always fatal.

1 week ago | denverpost.com | Max Levy

Paving work included in the widening of U.S. 85 will close the roadway at C-470 from Friday evening through Monday morning, according to Douglas County. Traffic will be detoured around the section of the Douglas County interchange starting at 8 p.m., with the detour lifting 5 a.m. Monday. Vehicles on C-470 will also be unable to use the north- and southbound ramps onto U.S. 85 during that time.

1 week ago | denverpost.com | Max Levy

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies are asking for help tracking down the owner of 18 caged rabbits that were abandoned next to a Golden warehouse dumpster earlier this month. A social media post by the sheriff’s office Friday included body-worn camera captured by deputies who found the bunnies May 10 in the 15700 block of West Sixth Avenue Frontage Road. Who’s the Harebrained Culprit?