Subject: Aurora (Colorado)

• Mile High Murder, No. 10: Hit-and-run that killed Lillian Verdonkschot declared a homicide

  View Larger Map The march of death continues. During the wee hours of May 29, Lillian Verdonkschot, 49, was struck by a vehicle reportedly driven by 23-year-old Adams County resident Dawn Marie Gonzales near the Burger King at 6th Avenue and Broadway captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). Gonzales, who was arrested in Boulder, is currently in Denver County Jail under investigation for first-degree murder. See a just-released report from

  June 1, 2009

• Sum kind of Wonderful

  December 12, 2006

• Over the Weekend...F.O.E. and Jewell Tyme with The Pirate Signal, Makk Beez, A-Co, Julox, et. al. & The Snake Pit

  April 28, 2008

• 101.5 FM's New Local Show Debuts Next Thursday

  August 21, 2008

• Q&A with Lucas Field of Low Vs. Diamond

  Lucas Field, the frontman for Low Vs. Diamond (the subject of a profile in Westword's November 27 edition), is a Seattle native -- but he spent his college years at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he played in a jam band whose music has little in common with the tunes he's making with his current band. That could change, however, as he reveals in the following Q&A.

  November 26, 2008

• Letters to the Editor

  June 8, 2000

• Little Panda

  Welcome home.

  January 3, 2008

• Frantix at Wax Trax

  September 18, 2008

• Group Dynamics

  There's something for everyone at Foothills, CVA and Rule.

  August 21, 2003

• Season of the West

  Tradition and innovation come together for The West: New Ways/Old Visions.

  January 27, 2000

• Scenic Overlook

  Community College of Denver takes an academic look at fine-art photography.

  October 21, 1999

• "HELLO, DENVER, YOU'RE ON LARRY KING LIVE!"

  November 29, 1995

• Colorado Crimes: Officer-involved shooting in Aurora

  A Flickr photo Early Sunday morning, the Aurora Police Department offered information about an officer-involved shooting. Details remain fuzzy, although the Associated Press reports that the cops who fired will be put on paid administrative leave while investigators look into the matter. Click "Continue" to read the Aurora Police's description.

  May 11, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: Arrest of suspect in Geneva Street shooting

  A Flickr photo There was more action involving the Aurora Police Department this weekend beyond the officer-involved shooting noted in this earlier blog. Corey Ray Albat, 21, who was being held in Hays, Kansas, on an unrelated warrant, has been arrested on a first-degree-murder charge related to a shooting that took place at the 500 block of Geneva Street shortly after midnight on May 9. Read the details in the APD press-release on view after the jump.

  May 11, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: Suspect in officer-involved shooting didn't shoot himself

  View Larger Map A blog yesterday shared information about an officer-involved shooting near the intersection of E. 19th Avenue and Clinton Street in Aurora, captured in the street view above (click "View Larger Map" if you have any trouble seeing the image). Moments ago, the Aurora Police Department provided an update on the situation. While the 18-year-old suspect still isn't being identified, the department is now confident that none of his wounds were self-inflicted, as was originally though

  May 12, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: Victim identified in the Geneva Street shooting

  A Flickr photo Monday, the Aurora Police Department reported that Corey Ray Albat, 21, was being held in connection with the murder of an unidentified man on the 500 block of Geneva Street. Today, the name of the victim is being released: Kyle Lathrop, 23. No additional information is available at this time. Click "Continue" to read the updated release.

  May 12, 2009

• Victim identified in off-highway crash; illegal immigrant may have caused another fatal accident

  The driver and passenger involved in a crash at 56th Avenue and E-470 noted in the Wednesday blog "Speed Kills in Off-Highway Crash" have been identified as Nelson Starks, 49, of Denver (who died as a result of the accident), and Frankie Biggs, 25, Starks' stepson, who was hospitalized. Then, last night, a motorcyclist died in a crash involving a car -- and police have reason to suspect that the driver of the car was in this country illegally. Alert Peter Boyles. Read the release about the lat

  May 14, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 1: Arrest of Harrel Gene Keeling Jr. in killing of Miguel Angel Chavez

  Harrell Gene Keeling Jr. Last weekend, Miguel Angel Chavez was found dead on the 1600 block of South Ouray Street; he had been shot and run over by a car. Last night, the Aurora Police Department announced the names of two suspects in Chavez's death: Harrel Gene Keeling Jr. and Leland Peter Richardson. A short time later came a second notice from the Aurora cops: Keeling had been arrested near 35th Avenue and Chambers Road. He's being held without bond on a first-degree-murder warrant. At this

  May 23, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 15: Fatal shooting at Aurora's Bar La Cabana

  View Larger Map The violent deaths continue to stack up -- and they're not waiting for the weekend. Early this morning, Aurora Police Department officers were dispatched to the Bar La Cabana, 1130 Yosemite Street, a venue captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). There, they found a gunshot victim who subsequently expired of his wounds at an area hospital. Read the offical APD release below:

  June 11, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: Steaven Moore arrested, second suspect sought in May 21 shooting

  A photo of a thus-far-unidentified shooter in a May 21 incident. One man has been arrested and another is being sought in relation to a May 21 shooting at a home located on the 3900 block of S. Quatar Street. Steaven Henry Moore, 23, has been in custody since June 12, but the Aurora Police is still looking for the person they suspect of having pulled the trigger in the incident, which didn't result in any injuries. (Ain't that nice for a change?) A photo of the unidentified man can be seen abov

  June 23, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: Suspect in May 21 shooting now cooperating with Aurora Police

  A still-unidentified man originally wanted by police in connection with a May 21 shooting. Earlier this week, the Aurora Police Department announced the arrest of Steaven Henry Moore in a May 21 shooting on the 3900 block of S. Quatar Street, an area captured in a graphic embedded after the jump (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). In addition, the APD released a photo of a man thought to be the shooter in the incident. Since then, things have changed. The man pict

  June 26, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 17: Joseph Lee Jiles identified as victim in June 17 shooting on Xanadu Street

  Velma Lee Gilbert. Last week, Velma Lee Gilbert was arrested in connection with a homicide on the 1300 block of Xanadu Street, an area captured in a graphic embedded after the jump (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). Now, the Aurora Police Department has identified the victim: Jospeh Lee Jiles, twenty. The department's brief release, along with a more detailed one that preceded it just over a week ago, can be found below as well.

  June 26, 2009

• Man fatally shot during robbery attempt at 9400 East Colfax in Aurora

  View Larger Map More gunplay and, at this point, more questions than answers revolving around a robbery on the 9400 block of East Colfax, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). According to the Aurora Police Department, officers responded to the call after a suspect had split -- and they subsequently learned that a man shot during the incident died at a thus-far-unidentified hospital. At this point, the release doesn't make it cle

  July 6, 2009

• Brian Lamont Lane identified as dead man, two men arrested in robbery at 9445 E. Colfax

  View Larger Map Information has been dribbling out about a robbery attempt at a cigarette and check-cashing store at 9445 E. Colfax that resulted in one man being fatally shot; the area is captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). Now, the Aurora Police Department is offering a lot more details. Brian Lamont Lane has been ID'd as the man capped by a store employee, while two of his compatriots, Anthony Dean Daniels and Kathleen Yvonne Jones,

  July 8, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 23: Macwinston Dowthard was man killed in shooting at 1700 Billings Street

  View Larger Map A man shot and killed July 4 on the 1700 block of Billings Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"), has been identified as forty-year-old Aurora resident Macwinston Dowthard. At this point, that's pretty much all representatives of the Aurora Police Department are saying about the case. See for yourself by reading the latest APD release below:

  July 8, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 26: Gerome Brooks and Welton Harris charged in Montview Bar slaying

  View Larger Map More information about a July 22 shooting that left a man dead at Montview Bar and Grill, 11680 Montview Boulevard, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). Gerome Brooks, 25, and Welton L. Harris, 29, have been charged in the crime. The victim has been identified as Allen Pounds, 50. Look below to read Aurora Police Department releases about Pounds and the incident itself, as well as the arrests of Brooks and Harri

  August 3, 2009

• Mile High Murder: Norman Williams arrested for killing Angela Ball last November

  Norman Williams.​According to the Aurora Police Department, teamwork helped ensnare a man accused of a murder that took place the better part of a year ago. Last November, Angela Ball, 33, was found dead at the Winsor Court Apartments, 10990 East 16th Avenue. Breaks in the case were rare until last Wednesday, when Norman Williams, 34, was taken into custody by officers in Delhi, Louisiana. Among the agencies contributing to the arrest were the APD, the United States Marshal's Office and t

  August 4, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: An invitation to roll over on Daniel Evaristo-Hernandez-Ramos, accused child molester

  Daniel Evaristo-Hernandez-Ramos.​We've been taught from an early age not to squeal on people. Doing so is seen as such a negative that the action's been given a number of entirely perjorative names: "rat," "fink" and so on. But given the crimes for which twenty-year-old Daniel Evaristo-Hernandez-Ramos is wanted -- sexual assault on a child and child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury -- the Aurora Police Department thinks an exception can be made. Good call. Read the thoroughly vile

  August 18, 2009

• Take a better look at an accused child molester

  Daniel Evaristo-Hernandez-Ramos (click to enlarge photo).​Last week, we passed along the Aurora Police Department's invitation to roll over on Daniel Evaristo-Hernandez-Ramos, an accused child molester. No luck finding the suspect thus far, but the APD has located a much better photo, seen here. As for the reasons why you may want to consider dropping a dime on this guy, the department's original release spells them out in highly unpleasant detail. To read the document, click "Continue."

  August 28, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 36: Shayne Miller sought in motel homicide on 9200 block of East Colfax

  Shayne Miller.​Yesterday, representatives from the Aurora Police Department found a still unidentified dead man in a motel on the 9200 block of East Colfax whose upper body showed such signs of trauma that they immediately began investigating the case as a homicide. Now, the APD is looking for Shayne Miller, 35, and are offering a $1,000 reward for information that helps them find him. However, he has not been identified as a suspect, even though the motel room in question is believed to h

  September 11, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 26: Shayne Miller goes from person of interest to arrested suspect in slaying at motel on 9200 block of East Colfax

  Shayne Miller.​Things can change mighty quickly in a homicide investigation. On Friday, representatives of the Aurora Police Department announced they were seeking Shayne Miller, 35, in connection with a homicide that took place in a motel on the 9200 block of East Colfax the previous day. But the APD didn't initially identify him as a suspect. Instead, a release stated that they wanted to bring him in "out of concern for Miller's welfare." Now, however, the APD's main interest appears to

  September 14, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 36: Michael Curtis was victim in motel slaying on 9200 block of East Colfax

  View Larger Map In recent days, we've learned plenty about the investigation into a slaying last week at a motel on the 9200 block of East Colfax, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). At first, Aurora Police Department reps said they were looking for Shayne Miller, 35, out of concern for his welfare. Shortly thereafter, Miller went from person of interest to arrested suspect; he and a second man, Jesse Dennis Dimmick, were buste

  September 15, 2009

• Attorney General Eric Holder: Aurora a central front in war on terror

  Eric Holder.​Most of Attorney General Eric Holder's prepared remarks to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference today are of the attaboy variety: At one point, he says, "I have come to Denver today with one simple message from Washington: 'We got your back.'" But there are also plenty of references spurred by the arrest of Afghanistan-born DIA-shuttle driver turned terror suspect Najibullah Zazi. "Just two weeks ago, the coordinated efforts of the Justice Depar

  October 5, 2009

• Read the indictment against Mohammad Zazi

  Mohammad Zazi, the center of attention -- here, anyway.​The federal indictment against Mohammad Zazi is a lot less substantial than the one handed to his son, terror suspect Najibullah Zazi. The gist of the false statement charge against Mohammad reads as follows: "Defendant ZAZI denied that he spoke with anyone by telephone regarding whether Najibullah Zazi was in any trouble, when, in fact, on or about September 11, 2009, defendant ZAZI did speak by telephone with a person regarding whet

  October 9, 2009

• Police: Don't let James Craig help your daughter onto a pommel horse

  James Craig, accused of being one sick bastard.​For a certain brand of pervert, working as a coach at a kids gymnastics school would constitute a dream job -- and if the Aurora Police Department has 35-year-old James Craig pegged right, that dream is over. Craig, who worked at the Saddle Rock School of Gymnastics, has been arrested in relation to accusations of inappropriate sexual contact with an underage teenage girl. It's a single count thus far, but the APD has gone out of its way to s

  October 22, 2009

• Bikini-clad models/baristas coming very, very soon to Aurora

  ​Right, so I just received the following e-mail from Perky Cups, which, as you can gather from the note, is apparently a java joint -- maybe -- that employs bikini-clad females. Lori, Hello. We are Perky Cups. Denver/Auroras first Bikini Model Baristas coffee shop. We are having a grand opening Friday November 20th and Saturday November 21st, 2009. We are located at 12101 E. Iliff Ave. Unit A Aurora, CO 80014, where the old Peaberry's use to be. We are open from 6am to 7pm M-F. Please

  November 20, 2009