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A Colorado prosecutor who moved to dismiss charges against a sex offender accused of attempting to kidnap a boy from an elementary school "will be recalled," a local politician confirmed to the New York Post on Monday (July 14). “The conduct of the 18th DA over the past six months is beyond deplorable. This is simply the icing on the cake,” said Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, a Republican, on the "effort" to "recall" Democratic DA Amy Padden, which she said "is well under way and will begin this week." “The progressive attitude will not be tolerated,” she added. “While...

A Democratic prosecutor in Colorado “will be recalled’’ for moving to dismiss charges against a transgender sex offender accused of trying to kidnap a boy from a schoolyard, a local pol told The Post on Monday. The district attorney’s office in Colorado’s 18th Judicial District told Fox31 that it is planning to drop the raps against Solomon Galligan, 33, after he allegedly attempted to snatch the 11-year-old during recess at Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora in April 2024. Galligan underwent a competency evaluation after his arrest and was found “mentally incompetent,” the DA’s office said. Prosecutors said they’re...

Migrant gangs are turning Aurora, Colo., apartment complexes into hellholes, and the Democratic governor is turning a blind eye. It’s an unhappy consequence of being a suburb of sanctuary-city Denver: Venezuelan migrants have spread from the Mile High City, with gang-affiliated ones claiming apartment buildings as their turf, terrorizing residents. One chilling video shows suspected Tren de Aragua members stalking through the complex with guns. Another, from the same complex, shows two men breaking into a unit with a tire iron. Mayor Mike Coffman confirmed that at least two buildings have been taken over, calling it an “organized criminal effort,”...