Subject: Colorado Bureau of Investigation

• More Messages: Straight From the Source

  October 16, 2006

• Another Deal

  September 26, 2007

• "Sloppy Police Work" and the Denver Jail

  August 11, 2008

• A Bitter Pill

  Vitamin crusaders burned out of a right-wing radio station find the official version of events tough to swallow.

  January 8, 1998

• Ghost Story

  The truth about what really happened to Holly Andrews still haunts her family.

  February 15, 2001

• Back to School

  The bullet in the backpack and other Columbine mysteries.

  October 25, 2001

• House Rules

  Millionaire Kim Magness is dead, but his name will live on in court.

  April 10, 2003

• Zinna v. Congrove: It ain't over until it's over

  Jim Congrove. Jefferson County Commissioner Jim Congrove had such an eventful first term in office — a grand jury probe into his financial dealings, a Colorado Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the county's use of a private investigator who happens to be a bosom pal of Big Jim, a slew of lawsuits launched against him and the county by former supporter and perpetual county critic Mike Zinna — that he decided not to run for re-election this year. But with only a few weeks left in offic

  November 19, 2008

• Follow That Story

  December 13, 2001

• The Gangs All Here

  June 3, 2004

• Flexing His Muscle

  May 26, 2005

• A Bulky Blue Line

  May 26, 2005

• A Cure for the Common Cold Case

  A Colorado task force keeps hope alive for families of the dead.

  February 14, 2008

• Hate State Sets New Record: 365 Days of Rage!

  January 1, 1998

• The Lords of Payback

  Jefferson County officials show Mike Zinna that what goes around comes around.

  June 26, 2008

• Live Fast, Die Young

  She was fifteen going on twenty-five, but three bullets made sure Jenny never saw sweet sixteen

  November 6, 1997

• Free Poker Tour Is a Dead Man's Hand

  When these Amateur Poker Tour investors realized they'd been bluffed, they tried their hand at murder.

  September 27, 2007

• Farewell, My Lowlife

  Tracking down Colorado's most notorious gumshoes.

  August 10, 2006

• The Maverick

  Telluride lawman Bill Masters is no dope. So what turned him against the war on drugs?

  May 20, 2004

• Stalking the Bogeyman

  May 13, 2004

• Tuff Buff Love

  CU plans a swell weekend for its cuddly football prospects.

  March 11, 2004

• CSI: Denver

  DPD's crime lab makes TV reality.

  December 18, 2003

• A Model Prisoner

  August 14, 2003

• The Message

  Slammed!

  July 24, 2003

• Without a Trace

  When Terry Johnson disappeared, he left behind only questions.

  November 14, 2002

• Going Ballistic

  Tracing the bullets at Columbine.

  October 31, 2002

• Target Practice

  A class-action suit becomes a vehicle for racial justice.

  January 25, 2001

• Justice, Boulder Style

  The county will soon have its first new DA in 28 years. But in order for justice to be done, former cop Steve Thomas thinks the office needs a complete overhaul.

  October 19, 2000

• This Old Housing Project

  To save East Village, is it necessary to destroy it?

  August 31, 2000

• The Final Exam

  Rape is the most personal of crimes—and so Boulder’s sexual-assault nurses took criticism of their program very personally.

  October 7, 1999

• Off Limits

  A snitch in time...

  September 9, 1999

• A Mile High and Rising

  The drug trade in Denver and the surrounding area is getting worse -- much worse.

  September 2, 1999

• Caller ID

  Colorado's gun battle could cost a hometown company.

  July 29, 1999

• Clean Dishes and Dirty Laundry

  The Magness family takes time out from squabbling to drop a few million here and there.

  June 3, 1999

• The Buckley Stops Here

  From questionable campaign contributions to administrative failures, Secretary of State Vikki Buckley's office has been a losing game.

  September 17, 1998

• Fighting Back

  Some of the state's cutting-edge science makes sense. Some of it doesn't

  June 18, 1998

• Caution: Judge on Board

  You never know who Denver attorney Brent Martin's going to run into next.

  February 26, 1998

• Inside Information

  Prison reformers decry the state parole board's approach toward potential parolees.

  April 3, 1997

• The Big Fix

  To break the bank in Black Hawk, you don't have to be a gambler--just a homeowner.

  March 13, 1997

• Go Tell It on the Mountain

  For accused con man Christian Lawless Harper, a mine is a terrible thing to waste.

  November 28, 1996

• Older but Bitter

  Sixty-eight-year-old Wanda Crawford hasn't killed anyone yet. But authorities say it's not for lack of trying.

  August 22, 1996

• STILL GETTING AWAY WITH IT

  THE STATE IS CATCHING MORE HALFWAY-HOUSE ABSCONDERS THAN EVER. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ALSO LETTING MORE CRIMINALS ESCAPE.

  September 13, 1995

• SAY ANYTHING

  July 26, 1995

• THE SEARCHERS

  THESE SCIENTISTS AND COPS DIG DEEP FOR THE TRUTH. SOMETIMES THEY UNEARTH MORE.

  April 5, 1995

• STRANGE BUT TRUE

  DRIBBLES AND BITS AND BITS AND BITS.

  December 28, 1994

• FRONTIER INJUSTICE

  A BUNCH OF PARK COUNTIANS ARE MIGHTY UPSET ABOUT THEIR SHERIFF.

  February 2, 1994

• Auto-industry downturn even hitting car thieves

  A Flickr photo During difficult economic conditions, crime usually goes up -- but not last year. Yesterday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation released stats showing a 6.1 percent decrease of major crimes from 2007 to 2008, led by a 22 percent decline in car thefts. Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson suggested to the Denver Post that longer sentences for habitual offenders could be a factor in the latter drop. But what about the problems afflicting the auto industry as a whole?

  July 2, 2009

• Murder-by-snake case takes on new twist as the victim, Matt Sowash, is arrested

   Poker tour entrepreneurs Matt Sowash and Andrew "Doc" Hicks were arrested this week and charged with securities fraud. Investigators have been working on the case for two years, ever since two other men hatched a plot to kill Sowash using rattlesnakes. In that case, detailed in the 2007 Westword feature, "Free Poker Tour Is a Dead Man's Hand," Herb Beck, an investor in a previous poker tour owned by Sowash, the Amateur Poker Tour, and Christopher Steelman were first charged with conspirac

  July 23, 2009

• Almost getting eaten by rattlesnakes didn't stop Matt Sowash from running poker scams

   It appears that even deadly snakes couldn't keep Matt Sowash and business partner Andrew Hicks away from poker. As Westword reported Thursday, the two men were arrested this week and accused of five counts of felony securities fraud. A June CBI affidavit used to obtain warrants for the arrests of both men says Sowash and Hicks had been illegally attempting to solicit investors for a poker tour that would hold Texas Hold 'em tournaments in bars. Sowash and Hicks previously ran a similar

  July 24, 2009

• Stephanie Villafuerte's latest strategy: simulated openness

  Stephanie Villafuerte has a new strategy in her quest to become a U.S. Attorney.​The nomination as U.S.Attorney of Stephanie Villafuerte hasn't gone nearly as smoothly as the Obama administration would like, due largely to accusations that she was involved in the political accessing of a federal database during the 2006 gubernatorial campaign -- the very act for which former ICE agent Cory Voorhis was sacked. In October, Evan Dreyer, spokesman for Governor Bill Ritter, Villafuerte's forme

  November 20, 2009