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Arapahoe County

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Why Donny Andrews is in prison and Pat Sullivan isn't

    The sweet plea deal struck by former Arapahoe County sheriff Pat Sullivan for meth possession and soliciting prostitution, which netted him a sentence of thirty days in jail and probation, has been widely criticized for its leniency. But no one is probably in a better position to appreciate the brea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Youn Malual: Killers still at large in slaying of Sudanese refugee, father of five (35)

    Youn Malual.​Update below: While suspects have either been captured or named in the holiday-season slayings of Andrea Roan and Elia Anastacio, there have been no such developments released in the December 26 murder of Youn Malual. Meanwhile, the extended Sudanese community is continuing to ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Ten infamous 2011 crimes with Colorado connections

    And you thought you had a crazy year. Getting jiggy with a student at a Baptist school, driving a scooter without a license in Miami, possessing four grams of cocaine in Aspen, threatening to shoot out a Best Buy in Aurora over a video game and literally getting shit on in Boulder -- these are all s ... More >>

  • News

    December 29, 2011

    Who made the cut in our 2011 Hall of Shame

    And you thought you had a crazy year. Getting jiggy with a student at a Baptist school, driving a scooter without a license in Miami, possessing four grams of cocaine in Aspen, threatening to shoot out a Best Buy in Aurora over a video game and literally getting shit on in Boulder -- these are all s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Pat Sullivan bust: Should buildings be named for living (or dead) people?

    Pat Sullivan.​Ex-Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan, busted for allegedly trading meth for sex, has now bonded out of the Patrick J. Sullivan Detection Facility, a jail named for him. But officials still plan to revisit the policy of naming public buildings after living people. And Commissio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Pat Sullivan, ex-Arapahoe sheriff, suspected of attempted meth trade for sex (VIDEOS)

    Tough to miss the irony: After his arrest for allegedly trying to trade meth for sex with a male acquaintance, Pat Sullivan was incarcerated in the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility, the jail named for him after a distinguished law enforcement career capped by eighteen years as Arapahoe Cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Local edition of Electric Daisy Carnival not happening in 2012 according to Insomniac CEO

    Brandon MarshallA scene from this past summer's Electric Daisy Carnival at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds​In a report filed earlier this morning by Charlie Amter at the Hollywood Reporter focusing on the mainstream explosion of electronic music in this country, Insomniac president and CEO Pas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Fracking Aurora is a natural gas: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

    ​ On Thursday, June 23, 2011, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission will explain how hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations on the former Lowry Bombing Range comply with Arapahoe County's 2007 Sustainable Growth Objectives. It will be an easy sell...

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Electric Daisy Carnival lineup revealed for 2011

    ​Insomniac Events and the folks at Triad Dragons are gearing up for the the fourth annual Electric Daisy Carnival at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds. Expect plenty of carnival rides, massive, light-infused art installations, and, of course, scads of beautiful, painted faces supporting the carn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Bulldog killer still at large: Was Conrad targeted for drowning?

    Conrad.​Animal cruelty cases don't get much more inexplicable than this one: Arapahoe County's Lopez family returned from an outing this past weekend to discover Conrad, their pet English bulldog, dead in a partially filled bathtub. The case is so uncommon that Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: Inside out in Goldsmith

    The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments... ​ Figure 35: Goldsmith. Crafty thrifter turns table lamps into landscaping lights Goldsmith is a neighborhood that is easy to miss. East Evans, South Quebec, East Yale and Interstate 25 define the borders of this Southeast Denver neigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Think you've got a right to court records? Think again...

    ​Over the past few years, the ability of journalists (or any private citizen, for that matter) to access various forms of public records in Colorado has been greatly diminished, from police reports to divorce filings. The loss of access to court records has been particularly aggravating, a bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Men wanted for taking medical marijuana without prescription

    Banana, a strain of marijuana prized for its pain relief. Even as Arapahoe County officials go beyond the call of duty in their efforts to bust Brian Wayne Coplen, who's wanted for allegedly running a marijuana grow-house in Bennett, representatives of the Boulder Police Department are questioning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Judge to DA Chambers: rape case decision "arbitrary, capricious"

    Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers. An Arapahoe County judge has issued a scathing order calling for a special prosecutor in a sexual assault case, while at the same time describing the local district attorney's excuses for failing to pursue the controversial case for the past nine ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Many happy returns

    Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers. An Arapahoe County judge has issued a scathing order calling for a special prosecutor in a sexual assault case, while at the same time describing the local district attorney's excuses for failing to pursue the controversial case for the past nine ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    Make a date to watch the debate

    Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers. An Arapahoe County judge has issued a scathing order calling for a special prosecutor in a sexual assault case, while at the same time describing the local district attorney's excuses for failing to pursue the controversial case for the past nine ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    Over the weekend: From Skylab to Suite 200, we've got you covered

    Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers. An Arapahoe County judge has issued a scathing order calling for a special prosecutor in a sexual assault case, while at the same time describing the local district attorney's excuses for failing to pursue the controversial case for the past nine ye ... More >>

  • Music

    August 14, 2008

    Rub-a-Dubb's Pub

    Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers. An Arapahoe County judge has issued a scathing order calling for a special prosecutor in a sexual assault case, while at the same time describing the local district attorney's excuses for failing to pursue the controversial case for the past nine ye ... More >>

  • News

    September 20, 2007

    That's Life

    A new law reduces sentences for some juvenile murderers.

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    The Punisher

    Censured but defiant, Carol Chambers goes after habitual criminals -- and cops, judges and lawyers -- like no other district attorney. But at what cost?

  • News

    December 28, 2006

    Year in Review: We’re Sorry, So Sorry

    Regrets? We’ve had a few.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Horse Play

    An animal-abuse trial ends in a surprising verdict.

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    The Doctor Is Out

    Dr. Phillip Mallory makes a deal with the feds.

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2005

    The Broncos Get to Work

    Dr. Phillip Mallory makes a deal with the feds.

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    Off Limits

    It's a family affair

  • News

    February 5, 2004

    Boob Tube

    Janet gave Focus on the Family something to focus on. Too bad.

  • News

    August 14, 2003

    Pop Quiz

    Mobbery, Robbery and Snobbery
    August 14, 2003

  • News

    August 14, 2003

    A Model Prisoner

    Cops thought they'd busted the largest child-porn ring in Colorado history. But that's not how the case developed.

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Strange but True

    Plutonium lasts forever, but the radioactive fallout from 2002 should be mercifully brief. Don your Rocky Flats moonsuits and jump in!

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    Dog Days

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

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    There Ought to Be a Law

    Ten questions for the legislature's Columbine committee.

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Between a Rock and a Hard Place

    The truth will out -- just not in Jefferson County.

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Long Live the Revolution

    Now that the new city of Centennial has broken free, it will have to govern itself.

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of June 1

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Ali Clear

    Ali Kazemi's common name is finally clear.

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Letters

    Ali Kazemi's common name is finally clear.

  • News

    December 17, 1998

    The Birth of a Notion

    Ali Kazemi's common name is finally clear.

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Caught on Tape

    One day, anti-stalker Michael Newell became a TV hero. But not everyone was happy about it.

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Found and Lost

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

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    A Bridge Too Close

    In the wake of the "Ghost Bridge" fatal accident, the only person charged is a no-show.

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    Sitting in Judgment

    In the wake of the "Ghost Bridge" fatal accident, the only person charged is a no-show.

  • News

    September 11, 1997

    Hell to Pay

    A child-support check promised by an ex-husband bounces, and the authorities go after the mother.

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Arapahoe County sends deputies to arrest a man who had died in their jail.

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Off Limits

    Arapahoe County sends deputies to arrest a man who had died in their jail.

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Gasoline Alley

    Diamond Shamrock's pipeline isn't built yet, but it's already brought a flammable mixture to Elbert County politics.

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    Somebody Up There Doesn't Like Him

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

  • News

    December 27, 1995

    CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF'95 YEAR IN REVIEW PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR AIR-SICKNESS BAG AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE--1995 IS OVER.

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

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