Subject: Burglary

• Make Yourself at Home

  June 6, 2007

• Panty Bandit Captured

  June 18, 2007

• In For Life: Day Two of the Michael Tate Trial

  August 22, 2007

• In for Life: Verdict in the Michael Tate Trial

  September 11, 2007

• Web Weirdness 2.0: Burglars and Bad Breakups Brought Directly to You!

  April 16, 2008

• Amadeus Harlan Out of Prison and Into Jail

  June 6, 2008

• Can't Buy a Thrill

  Aspen's bizarre crime spree sent some of its favorite sons to prison -- and left the town wondering what went wrong.

  August 17, 2000

• Best Way to Report a Crime

  March 27, 2003

• Ghost Buffalo gets robbed. May the burglars burn in hell.

  Photo Jesse DawsonWhile we're not exactly the type of folks to ever wish ill will on anyone, here's hoping that karma is indeed a boomerang this time around and that the presumed lowlifes who burglarized our friends in Ghost Buffalo burn in hell -- or at least get a flat tire or something. Thanks to a break-in at their apartment, Marie Litton and Matt Bellinger are now minus a computer, an acoustic guitar, a new iPod, a digital camera and a bunch of other stuff, including some of the music Marie

  February 25, 2009

• Giving, taking and regifting in Denver

  December 18, 2008

• It takes more than a break-in and a stabbing to get arrested in Cherry Hills

  September 11, 2008

• Slight Club

  Stuck in the Panic Room, David Fincher takes us to a most familiar place.

  March 28, 2002

• DAM Magnets

  March 6, 2008

• Stopped Thief

  Jeff Trott is worried that court documents make it easy for crooks to steal a victim's identity. He should know: He's the town's most prolific pilferer.

  April 26, 2007

• Smoke Screen

  The DNA Burglary Project is on the case.

  September 14, 2006

• If the Shoe Fits

  Did prison officials look the other way while a guard's fetish turned violent?

  May 12, 2005

• Scratching the Bitch

  Joseph Paiva was born defective, but prosecutors stamped him a habitual criminal.

  November 13, 2003

• Bad Guys, Legal Guns

  Gangs steal firearms to build their arsenals -- and gun laws don't stop them.

  March 1, 2001

• Home Is Where the Hurt Is

  September 16, 1999

• Final Analysis

  Just because state senator Charles Duke may be paranoid doesn't mean Newt Gingrich didn't steal his pocketknife. Does it?

  May 8, 1997

• Jack's Back

  The state had an opportunity to lock up rapist and career criminal Jack Ainsworth for good. Now it's too late.

  July 11, 1996

• STRANGE BUT TRUE

  DRIBBLES AND BITS AND BITS AND BITS.

  December 28, 1994

• A THIRD-RATE BURGLARY

  A "POLITICAL" BREAK-IN LOOKS MORE LIKE WHISKEYGATE THAN WATERGATE.

  May 4, 1994

• Colorado Crimes: Does Arthur "Art" Santistevan look like a dangerous suspect to you?

  Arthur "Art" Santistevan. The Denver Police Deparment has issued a so-called "Dangerous Suspect" warning about Arthur "Art" Santistevan, who's wanted in relation to a number of nasty incidents, including stabbing a witness during a robbery on the 300 block of Fillmore earlier this month. Also on the DPD's radar is Matthew Russell Bonner, whose sins include a failure to appear in court plus second-degree assault on a peace officer. He, like Santistevan, should be considered armed and, yes, dange

  May 14, 2009

• Beware cyclists! Bike thieves at work in LoDo

  denvergov.org Yesterday, a woman who works as a hair stylist in LoDo complained to me about a rash of recent bike thefts in the area. Indeed, a quick check of Denver Police reports since Tuesday shows that at least six people who locked up their bikes near 17th and Wynkoop, and 16th and Market, returned to discover their rides gone. Several of the snatchings occurred in the middle of the day. Could this be the work of Kenny Be's summer bike monsters? Either way, probably best to invest in a g

  June 19, 2009

• One Eyed Jacks gets burglarized

  On Tuesday night, One Eyed Jacks, which sits on 4th and Sante Fe in the space previously occupied by the Continental Club, was burglarized. According to owner Desiree Gonzalez, the thief (or thieves, as the case may be?) made off with at 15K worth of stuff. In an effort to keep the ship afloat, Gonzalez and company are in the process of organizing a pair of benefit shows slated for Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 25. So far, Mustangs and Madras has signed on to perform, with more acts to be

  June 25, 2009

• Crime on the rise in Broomfield

  An image from the Broomfield Police Department website. Crime of all stripes tends to ratchet upward during difficult economic conditions -- and that's proven to be the case in Broomfield according to statistics assembled by the community's police department. During the first six months of this year, crime in general is up 3 percent. Even more worrisome, the most violent violations have risen by almost 30 percent, and burglaries are up 44 percent. Given Broomfield's size (estimated at just over

  July 16, 2009

• Celebrate Colorado Day by revisiting the state's worst scandals

  Governor James H. Peabody.​What's the best way to mark Colorado Day? Should we go outside and contemplate nature? Pet a cow instead of eating one? Or listen to John Denver albums until your brain begins to boil and your ears erupt in pustules? Not according to the citizens behind Colorado Ethics Watch. Instead, they've come up with their roster of the state's most grievous ethical scandals, starring morally dubious individuals like former Colorado Governor James H. Peabody, who was sworn i

  August 3, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: "But those panties smelled so good!"

  Juan Cerezo-Flores, who's allegedly fond of drawers full of drawers.​Underwear. It's special. Special feel. Special aroma. Because, when people wear it, the fabric touches their junk. According to Denver District Attorney, Juan Cerezo-Flores, 45, has an appreciation for these qualities -- especially when the underwear in question belongs to someone else. He's been charged with second-degree burglary and first-degree criminal trespass owing to an incident in East Denver. A homeowner called

  August 4, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 32: Britt Allan Cox charged in arson death of Bonnie Bergin

  Bonnie Bergin.​Yesterday, the Lakewood Police Department announced that it was investigating a house fire last week on West 20th Avenue as a homicide; Bonnie Bergin, 49, who'd been renting the home, was found dead inside. Now, the LPD has made an arrest. Brit Allan Cox, 40, has been formally accused of first-degree murder. He was questioned after the blaze, then busted on Wednesday in a stolen car; he was in custody when officials decided to level the murder charge against him -- and there

  August 7, 2009

• Man risks death to save... a '95 Nissan?

  On second thought, the Altima is a pretty sweet ride....​There are a lot of things for which most of us would put our lives on the line. Our country. Our loved ones. Giant canvas bags filled with unmarked bills. But a '95 Nissan? Most of us would just bid that sucker farewell -- but not Ryan Calles, 31. According to multiple reports, Calles was in a Subway near Alameda and Broadway yesterday morning when a woman with a five-year-old child hopped into his car and tried to drive off. He ran

  August 13, 2009

• Is a wanted man a burglar or just a lost friend-of-Bob?

  "Bob? Where are you, Bob?"​Crime must not be rampant in Boulder right now -- because the police department there has time to produce a composite sketch and send out a press release on an incident that won't exactly make aging members of the Manson family wish they'd tried something similar. Yesterday afternoon, a man reportedly entered the unlocked door of an apartment on the 1900 block of 22nd Street. After people inside asked what the hell he was doing, he said he was looking for "Bob" -

  August 13, 2009

• Aurora burglars keep to a tight schedule

  ​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.m. Monday, September 7 -- a rate of one attempt every 46.66 minutes. That's efficiency! Oh yeah: The businesses targeted were mostly hair and nail salons, with a tanning joint tossed in for good meas

  September 9, 2009

• Behold, the couple that loves/hates salons

  Michael Lowry and Lauren Polzine on MySpace.​In recent days, metro salons have been under assault, and not just from people upset that that the Chinese symbol they paid to have drawn on their nails looks like unidentifiable smegma. First, the Aurora Police Department reported nine break-ins, mostly at salons, over a seven-hour period. Then the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office raised the alarm about another half-dozen salons given the smash-and-grab treatment. But the war against cuticle be

  September 11, 2009

• Giant scaffolding finally removed from front of Denver Art Museum

  Humongous scaffolding being dismantled from entrance to the Hamilton wing​ I was walking past the Denver Art Museum yesterday and almost couldn't believe my eyes. After seven months of confusing tourists and getting ripped apart by hippie art thieves, the gargantuan construction scaffolding at the entrance to the (once-leaky) Frederic C. Hamilton Building was being removed by crews. Just as I was starting to get used to it.

  October 21, 2009

• Here's why they say "cover your tracks" -- especially in the snow

  A Flickr photoYou don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to track these prints...​Congratulations, Patrick Moat, Ryan Spear and Brian Coshnitzke. You've just put your marks in the History of Stupid Criminals -- marks shaped like the footprints in the snow police were able to follow to your door. Greenwood Village Police Lieutenant Randy Corbitt tells the story, which gets dumber, and funnier, each step of the way.

  October 30, 2009

• How do you know when a burglar's ballsy (or stupid) (or both)? When he steals a cop's Glock...

  "Sorry, officer. I didn't realize it was your Glock..."​There are pros and cons to burglarizing a police officer, as someone did in Northglenn on Friday; a loaded Glock 26 handgun and a friend's 2005 PT Cruiser were among the items swiped. On the positive side, you gain legendary status among your fellow felons: "Robbed a cop? Stole his gun? You're a BAMF!" But there are negatives, too -- like, for instance, there's no chance this case will get lost in the shuffle and quickly forgotten. Th

  November 2, 2009