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October 19, 2009
David Lane ties himself to the Balloon Boy case
David Lane hits the national airwaves -- and doesn't have to talk about Ward Churchill.Attorney David Lane tends to take cases that have Big Picture, constitutional issues at stake: His clients in recent years have included Carol Kreck, who was arrested for protesting a John McCain campaign a ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Are charges finally about to be filed against Richard Heene in Balloon Boy case?
David Lane represents Richard Heene. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.Update below: Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett was appointed as special prosecutor after lawyer David Lane accused Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden of breaking the law by talking about a child-abuse inv ... More >>
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December 1, 2009
Marcus Leyba's mug shot speaks volumes about accused lethal child abuser
Marcus Leyba looks like a man with regrets -- lots of them.If anything, that line about a picture being worth a thousand words understates the impact of the just-released photo here, which shows Lakewood's Marcus Leyba while being booked on Thanksgiving for child abuse resulting in death -- t ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
Just in time for the holidays -- a horrific child abuse story
Bad things have happened to Crystal Eccleston's child.This time of the year is all about family. But that's not always a good thing. Denver Police Department reps were called after an infant was checked into an area hospital with terrible injuries. Next step? DPD arrested the child's parents ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Mile High Murder No. 67: Jacob Garcia charged with first degree murder in child abuse case
The Denver DA's office says Jacob Garcia makes the worst babysitter ever.Tomorrow, Jacob Garcia will appear in court to answer charges leveled by the Denver DA's office. They are: first degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. Seems Garcia was watching his girlfriend's year-and-a-h ... More >>
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January 19, 2010
Jennifer Carter, mouth-taping secretary, pleads guilty to misdemeanor child abuse
Jennifer Carter's weapon: masking tape.In October, Jennifer Carter, a secretary at Palmer Elementary, was charged with two misdemeanors for the way she dealt with a misbehaving six-year-old student -- by taping his hands together and his mouth shut. Today, Carter pleaded guilty to one of tho ... More >>
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February 3, 2010
Kenny Be's Sign Language: The breast of Denver
Where would we be without ribbon magnets to remind us of what is important? The label-laden Lexus pictured above was traveling in front of my car on East 14th Avenue at Grape Street. This odd pairing demands that all ribbon-magnet readers "stop child abuse," and then seemingly as an alternat ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Toddler joins daddy at cocaine deal gone wrong
A Flickr photoThat ain't baby laxative.So... you and your pals are slinging marijuana and cocaine, and you're scheduled to make an exchange with a buyer. What do you bring with you? The product? Check. A gun? Check. Anything else? Oh yeah: A fourteen-month-old girl. That's the allegation ma ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Gregory Scott Witherspoon, Mile High Murder No. 84: Man charged in bathtub incident that took baby's life nine months later
Gregory Scott Witherspoon is accused of being a lethally bad dad.The case against Gregory Scott Witherspoon, 27, hasn't moved quickly. Instead, it's been a slow-motion horror show. The tragedy began on June 27, 2009, when six-month-old Ci'Area Taylor-Witherspoon was transported to a hospital ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
Medical marijuana use isn't neccesarily child endangerment, says Court of Appeals
A good parent could shop here.With all the media attention being devoted to medical marijuana these days, it's surprising that a Colorado Court of Appeals decision last week that medical marijuana use doesn't necessarily constitute child endangerment failed to capture more headlines. After a ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
Jared Jimenez (No. 8): Father arrested on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death
Jared Jimenez.Over the weekend, the Denver Police Department shared information about the death of a fourteen-month-old child. The tragedy was caused by injuries deemed questionable enough to arrest the child's father, Jared Jimenez, on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death. It's not J ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Marijuana cultivation leads to child abuse charges: New way to target home grows?
Joseph Lightfoot.The arrests of Joseph Lightfoot and Amber Wildenstein, both 29, on one count apiece of child abuse raised eyebrows in the medical marijuana community. After all, the charges against Lightfoot and Wildenstein are based solely on them growing marijuana in their home -- somethin ... More >>
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July 2, 2010
Jared Jimenez (No. 8): Toddler died after father allegedly bounced on his chest
Jared Jimenez.We recently told you about the arrest of Jared Jimenez on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death. Now the Denver District Attorney's Office has formally charged Jimenez with first degree murder and several other counts, and the statement of probable cause in the case makes ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Melinda Hudson allegedly responsible for mummified infant found in suitcase
Melinda Hudson.Talk about a grim discovery. Westminster police reportedly found the mummified remains of a newborn infant, with a portion of its umbilical cord still attached, in a suitcase at the home of Melinda Hudson, 25. Hudson is said to have previously denied that she was pregnant. But ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Death Knell: Colorado wants reforms for its child-welfare system, but the biggest change is off the table
Melinda Hudson.Talk about a grim discovery. Westminster police reportedly found the mummified remains of a newborn infant, with a portion of its umbilical cord still attached, in a suitcase at the home of Melinda Hudson, 25. Hudson is said to have previously denied that she was pregnant. But ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
Joseph Lightfoot, home med. marijuana grower accused of child abuse, a good dad, attorney says
Joseph Lightfoot.Last month, we told you about Joseph Lightfoot, a man accused of child abuse simply because he grows marijuana in his home -- something he's authorized to do thanks to his caregiver status. Tomorrow, Lightfoot will appear at a preliminary hearing in Denver County Court -- an ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
Medical marijuana & child abuse charges: Riah McBee, caregiver, on effort to take his kids away
Riah McBee.At 8:30 a.m. this morning, a preliminary hearing is scheduled in the case of medical marijuana caregiver Joseph Lightfoot, who's charged with child abuse simply for growing pot in his home. Riah McBee can identify with Lightfoot's situation. Last year, he faced similar accusations ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Gun left in kindergartener's backpack: Did dad try to shoot someone with a sack lunch?
A Flickr photoWith kids all over the metro area returning to classes this week, and parents trying to re-establish morning routines, mix-ups over what to bring to school are to be expected. But a gun accidentally left in a kindergartener's backpack? Is that really a believable "oops!" -- like ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Teenager charged with child abuse resulting in death, allegedly asleep as baby drowned in tub
A Flickr photoThe Denver District Attorney's Office isn't release the name of a seventeen-year old who's been charged with child abuse resulting in death. But it's sharing information about alleged negligence that allowed his eleven-month-old cousin to die. The accusation: The teenager left t ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Travis Anderson guilty of letting abused child die while he surfed Internet about stolen tools
Large photos below.This week, Travis Anderson was found guilty of child abuse resulting in death and manslaughter in relation to the passing of his three-week old child -- and the evidence put forward against him could hardly have been more damning. Authorities say he stole some tools and the ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Theodore Madrid allegedly drunk and high when he killed 2-year-old Caden Rodgers (47)
Big pic below.Update: Given the information contained in the arrest affidavit for Theodore Madrid, it's no surprise that he's now been charged with first-degree murder in the death of two-year-old Caden Rodgers. According to the document, Madrid was well over the legal limit for drunkenness b ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
Southwest holds plane for family of Caden Rodgers, tot allegedly slain by Theodore Madrid
Tragedy can bring out compassion in people -- and companies, too. As evidence, note that Southwest Airlines held a plane for the grandfather of two-year-old Caden Rodgers, allegedly killed by Theodore Madrid last week.
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February 23, 2011
Mario McDonald charged along with "grandma" Edna Iddings in horrific child abuse allegations
Big pics below.Abuse meted out against a ten-year old back in September was so horrific that people are still being charged in the case. The latest? Mario McDonald, the boy's father. McDonald's not accused of physically harming the boy personally. Rather, he's said to have allowed the child' ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Erick Perez, seven others charged in case of juvenile set on fire at party on Valentine's Day
Big pics below.A lot of us have suffered through rough starts to Valentine's Day over the years -- but an unnamed juvenile's experiences early on February 14 puts bad romance in perspective. Erick Perez, twenty, and seven others, many of them teenagers, face a potpourri of charges related to ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Christopher Condiotti: Slapping a four-year-old will make you a shmuck
Condiotti.Earlier this week, 23-year-old Boulder resident and apparent muscle-shirt enthusiast Christopher Condiotti was arrested and charged with child abuse after shoppers at King Soopers told police that he'd slapped a four-year-old boy and cursed him. According to reports, the boy got lo ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Medical marijuana grow isn't child abuse any more than having a liquor cabinet, attorney says
Joseph Lightfoot.Update: Joseph Lightfoot was originally charged with felony child abuse for a legal medical marijuana grow simply because he had three kids living in the home where he was cultivating. The count was later bumped down to a couple of misdemeanors, to which Lightfoot pleaded gui ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Child Protective Services protest rally at State Capitol: Can foster care lead to abuse?
"Kidnapping is illegal by Child Protective Services." "Our constitutional rights are violated." "Foster care more dangerous than family care." Those are some of the slogans you can expect to see during a noon rally at the State Capitol. Govabuse.org organized the rally as part of the site's n ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Amanda Joliff, Richard Smith charged with child abuse & more for imprisoning her son
Josh Joliff.Amanda Joliff and Richard Smith have now been formally charged with child abuse, false imprisonment and more in connection with the horrific treatment of a fourteen-year-old developmentally delayed boy. An arrest affidavit on view below recounts off-the-charts neglect in a home t ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Melissa Alexander faces possible 1st degree murder charge in death of Army beau's baby
Big pic below.When Army recruit Matt Strickland was assigned to spend a month training in Louisiana in preparation for overseas deployment, he reportedly trusted his girlfriend, Melissa Alexander, to care for his one-year-old daughter. The decision had fatal consequences: The tot's dead and A ... More >>
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