Arapahoe County

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (8 free!), April 5-7

If anyone would appreciate cheap fun, it's The Dude, Jeff Bridges's iconic slacker character in The Big Lebowski. We may not have bowling on our activities list, but you can see the 1998 Coen brothers' classic for free this weekend -- and there are many more entertaining events around town, everythi ... More >>

Mae Kuroki possible homicide victim, son David Kuroki hospitalized with self-inflicted injuries

Only a few hours after Jeremy Wilson was killed near the intersection of 26th and Bryant, another possible homicide victim was discovered on the 8600 block of East Dry Creek Road in Arapahoe County. The woman who died has just been identified as Mae Kuroki, age 81. And the person who's been taken ... More >>

Eric Swanson: Mayhem concert assault nets seven-year prison sentence

Eric Swanson's troubled past caught up with him last week in an Arapahoe County courtroom -- although not with quite the vengeance prosecutors had in mind. At one point facing habitual criminal charges and a potential 64-year-sentence for a case that began as a municipal summons for harassment, Swan ... More >>

Reader: Carol Chambers is leaving office? Good riddance.

Ari Misha Liggett's mom ID'd as dismembered body found in car, more shocking details (44)

Yesterday, we told you about the startling case of Ari Misha Liggett, who was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder after the dismembered remains of a woman were found in the backseat of his car; see our previous coverage below. Now, the victim has been positively identified as Beverly Ligget ... More >>

Edward Montour: The other death-penalty decision facing the new DA

This week's feature, "Lethal Election," explores how the race for district attorney in the 18th Judicial District has drawn a national spotlight because the winner will have to decide whether to pursue the death penalty in prosecuting James Holmes, the suspect in the Aurora theater shootings. It's a ... More >>

Strategic Allied Consulting: Voter-registration firm ex-employee being investigated in Colorado

Just days before Colorado's voter registration deadline passes, news has leaked that a former employee of a controversial firm hired by the GOP to do voter registration is under investigation by the 18th Judicial District DA's office. The firm, Strategic Allied Consulting, is the same one that hired ... More >>

James Holmes's expert can watch some (but not all) evidence testing, judge rules

James Holmes's own "confidential defense expert" has a right to be present during evidence testing if the testing will destroy the evidence but not otherwise, a judge ruled today. Holmes, 24, is charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the July 20 Aurora theater shoot ... More >>

PETA: Encourage nonviolence by putting James Holmes on vegetarian diet

In the wake of the Aurora theater shooting, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals canceled a Denver protest in deference to the victims. But now, PETA has made the tragedy the centerpiece of a new PR blitz. The organization has written a letter to the Arapahoe County Sheriff Office (see it bel ... More >>

James Holmes's musician sister has song called "Walking on Death Row"

The face is pretty unmistakable: The features look strikingly similar to the now iconic visage that's been burned into our collective consciousness over the past ten days. But this face doesn't belong to the person alleged to have shot seventy people at an Aurora movie theater just after midnight on ... More >>

Foreclosure of Aurora home dismissed and renewed in same six months

Exactly six months after Arapahoe County District Court blocked Marla Sneed's house from foreclosure, the 53-year-old mother of three is back to square one. Or perhaps square negative one: Earlier this week, she received a letter from PNC Bank demanding a payment of more than $42,000 by July 15 lest ... More >>

Jeramie Gerhardt gets jail time, probation in Mayhem concert assault

Jeramie Gerhardt, one of two men charged in an assault on another concert-goer during the 2010 Mayhem Festival at the Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, was sentenced last week in Arapahoe County District Court to 75 days in jail and four years of probation for his role in the incident -- while Eric Swans ... More >>

Sucker Punch: The "Big Bitch" could bite fighting concert-goer

Video: Mayhem Festival clips capture events before assault

Top 25 mug shots of November 2011

It's been a crazy month for Colorado crime, and we've got the mug shots to prove it. Page down below to see pics of everyone from the woman who grabbed a bar staffer's balls in a way that went beyond friendliness to the former Arapahoe County sheriff behind bars in the jail named for him -- and clic ... More >>

Habitual criminal policy: Who's going away for a long, long time?

This week's cover story, "Welcome to Arapahell," examines Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers's frequent filing of habitual criminal charges against repeat offenders, which can triple or quadruple the length of a prison sentence. While other district attorneys use the habitual criminal ... More >>

Key question in Farrar case: What would jurors do if they'd had all the evidence?

​Judging from the emotionally charged online comments in response to this week's cover story, "Beyond Belief," many Westword readers are baffled, outraged and just plain frustrated about the bizarre and tragic case of Charles Farrar -- a man who's still serving a 145-year sentence for sexually ... More >>

Columbine effect 12 years later: Are schools and cops going too far in prosecuting juveniles?

Evie Hudak​In the dozen years since the Columbine shootings, school officials have become hypervigilant about potential troublemakers in their midst -- so hyper, in fact, that state lawmakers are now seeking a formal review of school disciplinary procedures to determine if principals are too q ... More >>

Copper Kettle Brewing plans to fill a hole in the Denver area's growing beer map

​Jeremy Gobien went to school for ten years, got his Ph.D. in engineering from North Carolina State -- and then decided to drop it all and brew beer in Colorado. "I can't wait," says Gobien, who plans to open Copper Kettle Brewing this spring with his wife, Kristen Kozik. "We had both lived o ... More >>

Alan Sudduth behind bars: Court denies new trial for 1995 killing somebody else cops to

Alan Sudduth.​As recounted in the April story "The Boy Who Wouldn't Tell," Alan Sudduth has spent more than half his 31 years behind bars for the 1995 killing of Denver cab driver Finley Bradshaw Myers, even though somebody else -- a friend of Sudduth's named Nicholas Reed -- has repeatedly co ... More >>

Dead heat: A lively race for Arapahoe County coroner highlights some sickly politics

Peeping toms watching live feeds in hotels: There oughta be a law -- and now, there is

​Colorado will close a lascivious loophole today when Governor Bill Ritter signs SB 128, a law making it illegal to videotape other people (say, two girls trying on clothes in a hotel room) without their permission (say, through a peephole in the wall of a neighboring hotel room). You'd think ... More >>

Narima Dzhulfayeva, Mile High Murder No. 75: Woman allegedly killed by Roberto Silva, who later committed suicide while in custody

This is presumably the last photo ever taken of Roberto Silva.​Two people are dead as a result of a thoroughly unromantic incident that took place on Valentine's Day in Glendale -- Narima Dzhulfayeva, who was allegedly murdered by Roberto Silva, and Silva himself, who subsequently killed himse ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary victory in Castle Rock: Town backs down

Plants 4 Life is back to serving customers dishes like this.​On Monday, we updated you onthe story of Plants 4 Life, a Castle Rock medical marijuana dispensary that had received a business license from the town only to be prevented from selling its main product because weed is illegal under fe ... More >>

This one-man crime wave is going a hundred miles down a dead-end street

DA Carol Chambers: Avoiding the inevitable

Carol Chambers. As Westword's Alan Prendergast has reported in a series of blogs, Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour Jr. has ordered district attorney Carol Chambers to appoint a special prosecutor in the case of Julie Stene, who says she was sexually assaulted after a 2000 high school gr ... More >>

Possible homicide on the 3100 block of South Dale Court in Sheridan

View Larger Map The Mile High Murder ticker may move upward again today, as the Sheridan Police Department is investigating what it describes as a "possible homicide." Yesterday, a body was discovered in a car parked on the 3100 block of South Dale Court, an area captured in the graphic above (if y ... More >>

Colorado Crimes: Cops really want to bust accused pot grower Brian Wayne Coplen -- and an accomplice, too

Brian Wayne Coplen.Melissa Violet Haraldson. Don't know if Brian Wayne Coplen, 24, is the most wanted man in Arapahoe County -- but representatives of the sheriff's office are going out of their way to snare him. A month after sending out a press release about Coplen's alleged complicity in a marij ... More >>

Carol Chambers, the death penalty and the 7-Eleven slaying

Dale Wayne Baylis. It's been a good news-bad news week for Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers. As one of the state's most zealous officials when it comes to pushing for the death penalty, as documented in "Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the State," Alan Prendergast's ... More >>

No Republican is safe -- not even Carol Chambers

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That's Life

A new law reduces sentences for some juvenile murderers.

The Broncos Get to Work

Off Limits

It's a family affair

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February 20, 2003

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 14, 2002

Dog Days

Jim Schwartz believes pet vaccinations sometimes do more harm than good.

Swing Shift

Unhappiness over a newsroom shuffle is only the latest sign of malaise at the Post.

Buggin' Out

Russell Johnson wages a war on weeds at Cherry Creek State Park.

An Ugly Picture

The Colorado Supreme Court gets involved in a child-pornography case.

Murderers' Row

Until two years ago, Colorado juries weighed whether men deserved to die. Now judges decide their fate.

Call Her Madam

Kwang Suk Campbell Walker wasn't just looking for a handout.

The Mother Country

Denise Thomas is accused of trying to sell her adopted Russian daughter -- but the girl had been bought and sold all along.

Ali Clear

Ali Kazemi's common name is finally clear.

The Usual Suspect

Mt. Gilead churchgoers aren't the only blacks who feel burned by Perkins. First came Devitt Young.

Found and Lost

The cops finally track down a woman wanted in connection with the Ghost Bridge accident.

Someone to Lien On

The Blacktop Jungle

Are the series of superhighways inching their way around Denver a "beltway"--or a noose?

Liar, Liar

A top DEA informant makes cases--and $200,000 a year--while breaking a few laws himself.

Somebody Up There Doesn't Like Him

An archbishop claims a government-led conspiracy is ruining his church.