Case Update

Additional information is available in the case deputies were called to preceding the officer-involved shooting.

On the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested 43-year-old Shawn Glover for criminal mischief, domestic v...

Attempted Child Abduction

On Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 at approximately 9:00 a.m., Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Prairie Middle School in Aurora for a report of an attempted child abduction which occurred earlier that morning in unincorporated Arap...

Felony Menacing and Pursuit Precede Officer-Involved Shooting

A suspect was shot after leading deputies on a pursuit when he fled from the scene of a reported physical domestic violence incident in the 6700 block of S. Potomac Street.

The first deputy arriving at the incident learned that a third person was involved ...

Denver Broncos Impersonator Arrested

An arrest has been made after a report of sexual assault involving a man falsely claiming to be a Denver Broncos player.

On July 14, 2018, a woman reported that she had been sexually assaulted by a man claiming to be an active player with the Denver Bronco...

Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office has been made aware of the arrest of one of our non-certified deputy sheriffs. John Beck was arrested over the weekend by the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office for three counts of sexual assault on a c...

Fatal Crash Closes S. Colorado Boulevard for Hours

A man was killed this afternoon when the motorcycle he was driving struck another vehicle just before 4 p.m. in the 7300 block of S. Colorado Boulevard. The 36-year-old man was pronounced deceased on-scene. The crash closed S. Colorado Boulevard between E...

Device Location for 911 Calls Continues to Improve

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Communications Center now has the improved ability to receive fast, accurate device location for 911 calls from cellular phones via the RapidSOS NG911 Clearinghouse.

When seconds count, accuracy matters...

Arapahoe County Sheriff Dave Walcher Selected For National School Safety Committee

Sheriff Dave Walcher is one of just 10 law enforcement officials, school executives, and mental health professionals across the country selected to serve on a school safety committee convened by the National Sheriff’s Association. The committee ...

Investigators Warn of Fake Parking Tickets

Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputies have taken a report involving a fraudulent parking ticket. The victim noted several inconsistencies on the ticket and notified law enforcement. While this appears to be an isolated incident, investigators want ...

Man Arrested in Cold Case Homicide Dies While Awaiting Trial

An inmate awaiting trial in an Arapahoe County cold case homicide has died. Robert Williams was 70 years old and suffered from a chronic illness when he was arrested in 2017. He was receiving end of life care in the week before he died, late on Saturday, ...

Notification of Inmate Death

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an inmate in the Detention Facility earlier today. The 46-year-old woman had been booked into the Detention Facility Thursday morning, Aug. 16, 2018. 

Deputies found the ...

Suspect in Homicide is Deceased

Investigators have been working all day to locate the suspect in this case. At about 4:30 p.m., the suspect’s vehicle was located in an apartment complex near Yosemite and I-225, in Denver. As a tactical team was preparing to approach the vehicl...

Double Shooting Leaves One Man Dead

Deputies were called to the residence in the 1100 block of S. Clinton Street, in unincorporated Arapahoe County, at about 8:30 a.m. on a report of shots being fired. On arrival, they found two people inside the home with apparent gunshot wounds. An adult ...

Arapahoe County Sheriff Rescinds Burn Ban

Effective immediately, the Arapahoe County Sheriff is rescinding the open burning ban that has been in effect for unincorporated Arapahoe County, City of Centennial, and the towns of Deer Trail and Foxfield. Current moisture has lowered our wildfire poten...

Suspect Shoots at Deputies When They Respond On a Welfare Check

Four Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies are okay after being fired upon while responding to a welfare check in the 6300 block of S. Olive Street, in Centennial.

Deputies were sent to the home just before 10:30 a.m. when a woman called repo...

Detention Facility to Start Medication Assisted Treatment Program

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office has been committed to implementing procedures in an attempt to be as prepared as possible for the current opioid overdose epidemic that plagues our country. In addition to our Naloxone (Narcan) programs, which have pro...

Sheriff Implements Open Burning Ban

Due to dry conditions, the Arapahoe County Sheriff has issued a ban on all open fires and open burning within Unincorporated Arapahoe County, to include the Cherry Creek State Park, the City of Centennial, Town of Foxfield, and Town of Deer Trail, effecti...

Crime Stoppers Alert for Information in Homicide

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance with information related to a homicide.The man pictured, 29-year-old Artem “Art” Abramov was found deceased at about 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 6...

Sheriff Walcher Awards Scholarship to Littleton High School Student

David C. Walcher, Arapahoe County Sheriff, is pleased to announce that Taylor Rapp is this year’s recipient of the County Sheriffs of Colorado (CSOC) scholarship award for Arapahoe County.  

This year, CSOC, Colorado’s state sh...

Denver Man Arrested for Sexual Assault on a Child

Investigators have arrested a 20-year-old Denver man in connection with a case where a child was sexually assaulted while using a public bathroom. The crime happened on Sunday, April 22, 2018, in the 6700 block of S. Vine Street in Centennial.

The man, Eth...

Deputy Works to Get Recognition for the State’s School Crossing Guards

On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, the State will recognize Crossing Guard Appreciation Day for the first time, thanks to the work of Deputy Mark Edson, a school resource officer (SRO) for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.  

Deputy Edson ...

Sheriff Implements Open Burning Ban

Due to dry conditions, the Arapahoe County Sheriff has issued a ban on all open fires and open burning within Unincorporated Arapahoe County, to include the Cherry Creek State Park and the City of Centennial, effective immediately. The Open Burning Ban wi...

Sheriff’s Office Celebrates Our Public Safety Dispatchers

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is excited to be celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week from April 8 to April 14, 2018.

The Arapahoe County 9-1-1 Communications Center has about 30 staff members who work in our state-of-the-art Comm...

Inmate Suicide Being Investigated by Sheriff’s Office

An inmate being held at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility was found hanging from a noose in his cell just before 10 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. The noose appeared to have been fashioned from a bedsheet.

Deputies immediately remov...