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"I wish I'd gotten a piece of that action...." Plenty of metro-area schools have shut down for the summer -- but there was plenty of action at Overland High School this afternoon. According to the Aurora Police Department, more than fifty high-school age folks took part in at least three separate f ... More >>
"I wish I'd gotten a piece of that action...." Plenty of metro-area schools have shut down for the summer -- but there was plenty of action at Overland High School this afternoon. According to the Aurora Police Department, more than fifty high-school age folks took part in at least three separate f ... More >>
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 "Co ... More >>
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 ... More >>
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 Departmen ... More >>
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 ... More >>
Aurora Police Chief Daniel J. Oates. While the Aurora Police Department still hasn't officially confirmed that eighteen-year-old Darius Murray was the person seriously wounded in an officer-involved shooting over the weekend, complaints from his family about so-called "inconsistencies" in the APD's ... More >>
Seat belts are important: Every car passenger should wear them. But they're not a panacea -- particularly when a vehicle traveling more than 100 MPH loses control. That's what happened yesterday afternoon at 56th Avenue east of E-470. The driver died as a result of the crash in the fifth fatal acc ... More >>
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 " ... More >>
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 (i ... More >>
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 respo ... More >>
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 Auror ... More >>
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 ... More >>
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 her ... More >>
You've got to respect anyone who uses his time wisely -- unless he's robbing your store. The Aurora Police Department is on the lookout for a thief or thieves who tried and sometimes succeeded at breaking into nine businesses over a seven-hour stretch, from 9 p.m. Sunday, September 6, to 4 a ... More >>
View Larger Map A grisly find this morning 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"). Aurora Police Department reps found a dead man whose upper body showed such clear signs of trauma that the c ... More >>
The late Roger William Harris.On Friday, a man suffering from what would soon prove to be fatal wounds was found behind the Sunrise Restaurant, 9115 East Colfax. The Aurora Police Department is now identifying the victim as Roger William Harris, 35, and offering a $2,000 reward for informati ... More >>
The Aurora Police Department has released three surveillance-camera clips taken near the Sunrise Restaurant around the time a shooting took the life of Roger William Harris. In a release included with the other videos below, the APD doesn't say if the individuals seen in these snippets are consider ... More >>
View Larger Map This morning's Denver Post leads with a report about the decline of Denver's murder rate in 2009, mirroring a national trend. But that hardly means slayings have become rarities in the metro area. Indeed, there were several during the last two weeks of the past decade, and more since ... More >>
A photo from a more peaceful day at the Cottonwood Trail Apartments.Early Wednesday, a man was found dead at the Cottonwood Trail Apartments, near the intersection of East Virginia and South Hampden in Aurora. At this writing, the Aurora Police Department hasn't issued a release on the incide ... More >>
The Band-Aid bandit on the job.The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force is rightly championed for the clever names it assigns to wanted men and women, including the Hopping Hooded Bandits, the $83 Bandit, the Shaggy Bandit and, of course, Bonnie and Clyde. Now, the Aurora Police Department ... More >>
View Larger Map Getting your drink on proved risky last night at T&R Liquors in Aurora, pictured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). According to the Aurora Police Department, an argument outside the store led to multiple gunshots that hit multiple ... More >>
View Larger Map Earlier today, we told you about a shootout at Aurora's T&R Liquors, pictured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). Now, the Aurora Police Department has confirmed that one of the three people wounded in the melee has died: Aubrey Ars ... More >>
The Sommerset Garden Apartments on a more peaceful day.Deadly gunplay erupted in a parking lot near the Sommerset Gardens Apartments in Aurora yesterday. The result: two people dead and two in custody. No members of this quartet have been identified to date. Early reports suggested that the ... More >>
The Sommerset Garden Apartments, near where the killings took place.Earlier this week, we told you about a double homicide near the Sommerset Garden Apartments in Aurora. The victims have now been identified: Jarrel Jordan Rivers, eighteen, and Paul Maurice Chatman, 28. However, the two susp ... More >>
The Sommerset Garden Apartments, near where the crime took place.Update, 4 p.m.: The Aurora Police Department has released more information about the arrest of Steven Johnston. The details are included below the original item. Earlier this week, we told you about a double homicide at the Som ... More >>
6th Avenue Liquor Store, as seen in CBS4 coverage.A shooting that took place on late Friday night in Aurora has already led to an arrest. The incident took place at the 6th Avenue Liquor Store, 10300 East 6th Avenue. When police arrived, they found that Benigno Morales-Ramirez, 24, had been ... More >>
It's not much to go on -- but it's something.So if you weren't disturbed enough by the story of Linda Trabucco, a 44-year-old former teacher sentenced for an inappropriate relationship with a student beginning when he was in ninth grade, there's this: The Aurora Police Department is on the l ... More >>
The scene of the alleged crime, from Channel 7 coverage.At this point, Aurora Police Department reps haven't released the identity of the man found stabbed to death at a home near the Saddle Creek Golf Course. But they've revealed the name of a suspect arrested for investigation of homicide ... More >>
Click to enlarge the creepiness.The vast majority of people asking for change at intersections want, well, change. That wasn't the case last month at East Mississippi and Peoria Street in Aurora, where two men approached a woman's car requesting some coin -- and then sexually assaulted her. ... More >>
Near the crime scene.At this point, the Aurora Police Department is sharing only a few details about a shooting that took place in Aurora early Sunday morning. All we know thus far are that three people were hit, and one of them subsequently died. Look below to see an interactive graphic of t ... More >>
FlickrIn an October 8 press release, the Aurora Police Department described the discovery of a body at 1931 North Clinton Street as "suspicious." But there's been radio silence beyond that until this afternoon, when APD spokesman Detective Bob Friel confirmed that the case is being investigat ... More >>
Large photos below.Update: The victim of a Friday homicide at Aurora's Crestwood Suites has been identified as Michael Pinkus, 51. He owned a residence that was burglarized on East Baltic Circle -- the crime that led police to discovery his body. Also ID'd is a man accused of taking part in t ... More >>
Larger image below.Update: Last week, we told you about the creepy case of a man accused of posing as a doctor from "Immigration" in order to gain entry to a home and molest an elementary-school-age child. The suspect remains at large -- but the Aurora Police Department hopes a new, computer ... More >>
Large photo below.We've told you about a search for a door-to-door groper who allegedly molested a child after claiming to be an immigration doctor. Now, Aurora Police believe they've got their man -- 54-year-old Kenneth Lee, whose mug shot resembles a sketch and computer-generated graphic of ... More >>
Near the scene.The Aurora Police Department is guarding details of a death on the 17300 block of East Adriatic Drive late last week. About all the APD has issued to date are basics about victim Juan Gerardo Miranda-Hernandez, 28, and the fact that the case is being investigated as a homicide. ... More >>
9NewsMichael Pinkus.Update: On October 15, Aurora Police investigating a home robbery tracked down a suspect at the Crestwood Suites on East Evans -- and subsequently discovered the body of Michael Pinkus, 51, who owned the home in question. Now, the APD has arrested three men -- Steven Bass ... More >>
Near the scene.Last night, Aurora Police report that an adult male was shot to death on the 900 block of South Joliet Street, continuing a very bloody period in metro Denver history. By our count, the homicide is at least the sixth since the beginning of November. Check our Mile High Murder a ... More >>
Near the scene.Update: An arrest has been made in the Trison Mitta homicide at the Sports Station Bar & Grill in Aurora late last month. The suspect, Donnell Littleton, made it easy on the Aurora Police Department. Rather than waiting for officers to chase him down, he surrendered to authori ... More >>
9NewsBack on February 7, we told you about the death of Camille Jackson, a 21-year-old whose body was found in an Aurora apartment. Her baby was there, too, and still alive. At the time, the Aurora Police Department described the case as "suspicious." Just over a month later, the APD has anno ... More >>
Big pic below.Update: The Aurora Police Department is identifying the man who was shot and killed in a gunfight with officers after allegedly taking two hostages as Daniel Garcia, 25. Neither the hostages nor a police sergeant injured in the exchange have been officially named to date, althou ... More >>
9NewsUpdate: We continue to learn more about the string of serious crimes in Aurora -- not just the officer-involved shooting that left Oleg Gidenko dead, but also separate hostage dramas. The first ended with the death of a man recently ID'd by Aurora Police as Aaron Williams, twenty. In the ... More >>
Video below.Update: The Aurora Police Department, which has been involved with gunplay aplenty of late, has identified the three men allegedly at the center of an officer-involved shooting Sunday night on North Laredo Street. Oleg Gidenko, Yevgeniy Straystar and Ruslan Giriyev. The tally: on ... More >>
Graphic below.Update: Mere minutes after publishing a post about what was described as a fatal auto/pedestrian accident on South Buckley near East Kentucky, we received new information from the Aurora Police Department making it clear that the previous theory was incorrect. Turns out Faison E ... More >>
Update: The Arapahoe County coroner's office has reportedly identified the two men killed in an alleged burglary on the 900 block of South Dearborn Way as Jovan Rivers, thirty, and Harrell King, 33. But there's plenty we don't know at this point...
Graphic below.At this writing, representatives of the Aurora Police Department are combing an open space area near the intersection of Chambers Road and Yale Avenue following the discovery of a dead body just shy of 7 p.m. last night. The APD's Detective Bob Friel terms the death "suspicious ... More >>
Big sketch below.Here's proof that self-defense training really pays off: A woman schooled in martial arts reportedly managed to fend off an attacker who'd gotten into her home. Now, the Aurora Police Department is circulating a computer composite of the man, who's suspected of burglary and ... More >>
Graphic below.Violence erupted after midnight on the 2200 block of North Emporia Street in Aurora. Four people who'd been sitting on a porch were shot in the incident. And while three of those injured are not in danger of death, the fourth victim is reportedly in critical condition at this w ... More >>
Jarome Blackmon.Yesterday, Jarome Blackmon, 21, died after being shot by Aurora Police officers, making him the latest member of a club no one wants to join. He's the sixth person to be killed by the APD this year, following Richard Arreola and four others. Thus far, four of the shootings hav ... More >>
Big photo below.Update:This morning, the Aurora Police Department is revealing that William Moore, thirty, has been arrested in connection with the January 18 homicide of Ebon Kelly, 29. The charges for which Moore is being held and investigated include second-degree murder and possession of ... More >>
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