Colorado Day Care Owner Conceals 26 Kids Under the Age of 3 Behind Secret Wall: Police

Photo: Getty Images A Colorado daycare owner used a “false wall” to hide two adults and 26 kids inside a basement, disguising the fact that her facility was only licensed to hold six children, police have alleged. On Wednesday, the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to a call at Play Mountain Place after receiving complaints of overcrowding, according to thepolice report. Officers also enlisted the help of the Department of Human Services to perform a welfare check on the children in care.

Colorado Dog Missing for Over a Week Found Trapped in 'Steep' Snow Piles Outside Her Home

Pepper the dog with one of her rescuers in Blue River, Colorado.Photo:Facebook/Summit Lost Pet Rescue Facebook/Summit Lost Pet Rescue A missing dog was found trapped in the snow just feet away from her owner’s home in Colorado — 10 days after she initially went missing. Pepper, a 6-year-old Bernese mountain dog/black Lab mix, went missing from her Blue River home on the morning of Feb. 22. In response, her family called Summit Lost Pet Rescue for assistance, the organization shared onFacebookWednesday.

Colorado Family's Cat Discovers Mountain Lion Relaxing Under Home's Deck

Photo: CPW NE After wandering into a Colorado neighborhood for some shade — and causing a little commotion — a curious mountain lion is back in the wild. Lily Rutledge-Ellison spotted the animal under the deck of a home in the neighborhood of Englewood after her pet feline Wesleysniffed out the 60-poundbig cat. Englewood is about 10 miles south of Denver. “We were walking with him, and he went under the deck and came jumping out with a really bushy tail,” she told KDVR.

Colorado Firefighters Plunge Into Icy Water to Save Dog Caught in Frozen Pond

Colorado’s South Metro Fire Rescue saidit best: “Bri is one lucky pup.”According toCBS 4, the curious pup accidentally fell through the thin ice of a pond in Lone Tree, Colorado, on Saturday. Someone made a 911 call after the pooch plunged in and was unable to get out of the frigid water. Dispatchers contacted South Metro Fire Rescue, the departmentreported on Facebook, and rescuers form Firehouse 34 were sent to the scene.

Colorado Funeral Home Director Sentenced to 20 Years in Jail for Illegally Selling Body Parts

A Colorado funeral home director convicted of stealing and selling hundreds of body parts has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Megan Hess, 46, was sentenced Tuesday at a hearing in Grand Junction, Colorado for dissecting corpses andselling the remains for research purposeswithout family consent out of the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose, Colorado. Her mother Shirley Koch, 69, was also jailed for 15 years in jail for helping to cut up the bodies, the Colorado Department of Justice said in a release Tuesday.