On December 31, 2017 at approximately 5:14 a.m., the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Copper Canyon Apartments at 3404 E County Line Rd. Highlands Ranch, CO on the report of a disturbance.  While investigating the incident inside the apartment, deputies encountered multiple gunshots coming from a bedroom within the apartment.  It is… Read On

The Douglas County Emergency Telephone Service Authority will be testing the CodeRED emergency notification system on November 20, 2017 at 10:00am. The purpose of this test is to validate the telephone numbers in the Douglas County emergency notification database. There is no need for action if you receive the call. The Caller ID will read… Read On

  Media/Press Release Date: October 13, 2017 For Immediate Release PIO Contact #1:   Lt. Robert Rotherham Phone: (303)663-7703 • Email: rrotherh@dcsheriff.net PIO Contact #2:  Lauren Lekander Phone:  (303)814-7067 • Email: llekande@dcsheriff.net  Douglas County Sheriff’s Office DCSO Arrests Suspect in Connection to Homicide Investigation NARRATIVE: DOUGLAS COUNTY, CO – On October 13, 2017, at approximately 11:54… Read On

On September 15, 2017, The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of Parker Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Fugitive Task Force located and took into custody a fugitive of seven years out of Buchanan County, Virginia. In 2010, a search warrant was executed in Virginia on a child pornography case…. Read On

On September 6, 2017, at approximately 11:30 a.m. deputies were requested to check on the well-being of an inmate, Gary Bellinger (DOB 5/23/1977). Inmate Bellinger was located by deputies, unresponsive and hanging from his bed with a sheet around his neck. Deputies immediately called for medical staff to respond and began CPR on Bellinger. Inmate… Read On