Colorado Bureau of Investigation

Joshua Stevens killed after busting into home of deputy, prosecutor

It could be, and probably is, just a coincidence. But mere weeks after Colorado Department of Corrections executive director Tom Clements was gunned down at his door (presumed killer Evan Ebel is also suspected of murdering pizza-delivery man Nathan Leon), and days since the second of two Texas pros ... More >>

Gun policies: Colorado Democrats propose sweeping changes

Colorado Democrat leaders proposed an array of gun control measures today that would lead to comprehensive state policy changes. The proposed legislation addresses assault-rifle ownership, modernizing the current background check system, a high-capacity magazine ban and strengthening mental health ... More >>

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Gun legislation: Claire Levy's bill would enact real-time data transfer of mental-health records

As the debate around gun policy and mental health heats up in Colorado and across the country, Representative Claire Levy, a Boulder Democrat, is pushing forward with a bill that she says would help keep weapons out of the hands of the wrong people. The legislation would establish real-time data tra ... More >>

Rep. Lois Court: Fees for gun background checks could help fund mental health services

Since the tragic mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut left twenty children dead, there has been a renewed discussion on gun policy in Colorado as lawmakers prep for the legislative session. And we now have details on one idea that links the debates around gun access and mental health. Representati ... More >>

Gun policy: Democrats to push bill requiring fees for firearm background checks

Since the shootings in Connecticut that left twenty elementary school students dead, there has been an unprecedented surge in Colorado gun sales. The demand is so overwhelming that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation says it needs more money for background checks. And now Democrats in the legislatu ... More >>

CBI homes in on death-threat calls to Scott Gessler

Scott Gessler death threats: Man says he wants to shoot the Secretary, knows where he lives

Secretary of State Scott Gessler has faced a lot of pushback for his efforts to identify immigrants who are illegally on Colorado's voter rolls. But over the summer, those criticisms escalated to a new level when he received multiple violent threats, some targeting his family. Through an Open Record ... More >>

After the Connecticut tragedy, a record number of Coloradans seeking to buy guns

After the tragic mass shooting in Connecticut on Friday, Governor John Hickenlooper, no stranger to devastation, said the time has come to talk gun control. President Obama has also signaled his interest in policy changes. But thousands of Colorado residents are having a different reaction: They are ... More >>

Photos: Colorado's top twenty most wanted sex offenders

In 2010, we assembled a gallery of the state's most wanted sex offenders according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Many of the faces have changed in the two years since then, and at least two of the current top twenty (one and nineteen) have been busted. But there are plenty more suspects l ... More >>

Marijuana: Would Amendment 64 really prevent 12,000 pot arrests?

In our recent post about cannabis community division over Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, Mason Tvert, among the measure's main proponents, said passage of the initiative would prevent as many as 12,000 pot-related arrests per year. Is this estimate reasonable? A report on vie ... More >>

Marijuana: CBI says cross-checking MMJ registery against gun databases off the table

Last week, we told you about 2011 documents uncovered by activist Corey Donahue that outlined using the proposed medical marijuana patient registry database to cross-check federal firearm databases. The reason: MMJ patients are not legally allowed to own guns. Now, however, a state official says su ... More >>

Medical marijuana patient-tracking database was never publicly discussed?

Update by William Breathes: It is starting to look like there never was an opportunity for public comment on the proposed digital connection between law enforcement and the Colorado medical marijuana patient registry. State officials are only able to point to vague language in state statute for aut ... More >>

Photos: Twenty Colorado sex offenders who failed to register

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation maintains a website focused on convicted sex offenders in the state -- including those whose current whereabouts are unknown, because they've failed to register with authorities. We've collected photos and identifying information for twenty such creeps. If you re ... More >>

Ray Enright, R.I.P.: Remembering the top drug cop who took down Vito Genovese

Vito Genovese.​John Ray Enright died this past weekend at the age of 85, leading to some polite tributes here and there, with most focusing on his years as director of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in the 1970s and 1980s and his subsequent service as a member of the Colorado Parole Boar ... More >>

Michael DeHerrera, victim of police beating, can't get a job because arrest still on record

The beating.​Earlier this month, we spoke to Michael DeHerrera and his father, Anthony, about their displeasure over the reinstatement of two cops fired for beating Michael in 2009. But Michael is dealing with more than disappointment. His dad says he can't get a job because that two-year-old ... More >>

Alie Berrelez murder: DNA from underwear links chief suspect Nicholas Stofer 18 years later

Alie Berrelez.​In 1993, the body of Alie Berrelez, age five, was found days after her disappearance. The case has haunted her family ever since. But today, more than eighteen years later, the Englewood Police Department has announced that new technology uncovered DNA in Alie's underwear that p ... More >>

Medical marijuana: In Boulder, "moral turpitude" arrests = license rejections

​Is Boulder less liberal than Denver when it comes to medical marijuana licensing? Although MMJ business rejection rates suggest the answer is "yes," Boulder officials haven't done an analysis. However, the City of Boulder provided us with the background check form it uses in licensing, and i ... More >>

Art Medina drowned Maria Duron, then hanged himself in murder-suicide, coroner reports (49)

7News​Update: As noted in our original item about the death of Maria Duron and Art Medina, on view below, all signs pointed to a murder-suicide in the case -- and that proved to be the case, according to the Arapahoe County coroner. But the details are still shocking. The coroner found that M ... More >>

George Lindeboom homicide: Latest on arrests of Brighton's Evan Lawlor & Ryker Schlitt (48)

​George Lindeboom, 67, was the first victim of a homicide in Brighton since 2008, and there have already been two arrests in the case: Evan Lawlor and Ryker Schlitt. But even though the crime took place last week, Brighton Police Department spokesman John Bradley says no mug shots of the susp ... More >>

Medical marijuana and guns don't mix if you're looking to buy a new firearm

​Coloradans can use marijuana medicinally and purchase firearms -- but due to conflicts between state and federal laws, they can't do both at the same time. As first reported by the Vail Daily and FaceTheState.com, to buy a new gun in Colorado requires completing a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco a ... More >>

Pot smoothies?: Investigation prompted by teacher after student-made drink gets her "high"

Flickr​Here's one way to liven up a boring high school cooking assignment -- spice up the recipe with a little weed. That's at least one of the possibilities at play in a highly unusual incident at Montezuma-Cortez High School, where a teacher reported feeling "high" after sampling a smoothie ... More >>

Myrl Serra, DA for 7th Judicial District, busted for unlawful sexual conduct, indecent exposure

Myrl Serra.​Colorado Attorney General's office spokesman Mike Saccone confirms that Myrl Serra, district attorney for the 7th Judicial District, which covers several Western Slope counties, is in Montrose County jail following his arrest this morning on three startling charges: unlawful sexual ... More >>

JonBenét Ramsey murder solved?: It's not on the CBI's new cold case database

JonBenét Ramsey.​The 1996 killing of young JonBenét Ramsey is arguably Colorado's most famous (and infamous) unsolved murder. So how could it not be included in the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's new and much touted cold-case database?

Harold "Nicky" Nicholson's murder has been solved -- but Boulder County still has fourteen cold homicide cases that haven't heated up yet

"Some of these cases are even cold by my standards."​This week, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office revealed that they'd closed the 1970 murder of Harold "Nicky" Nicholson. Not that the alleged slayer -- Jake Dwight Jones, Nicholson's father in law -- will be prosecuted for the crime. Investig ... More >>

Marcello Maldonado-Perez busted after DNA warms up 32-year-old cold case

The long arm of the law reached across half a continent to grab Marcello Maldonado-Perez.​More evidence that the three most important letters in cold cases these days are DNA -- the apparent solving of a Weld County murder dating back to 1977. In August of that year, Mary Pierce, 22, was abdu ... More >>

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 feder ... More >>

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 arres ... More >>

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 spoke ... More >>

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 l ... More >>

The Lords of Payback

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

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.

Another Deal

More Messages: Straight From the Source

Flexing His Muscle

The Air Force Academy discovered that prosecuting accused steroid-abusers is as tricky as attorney Rick Collins says.

The Gangs All Here

What's in a name?

The Message

Slammed!

Ghost Story

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

Target Practice

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

Off Limits

A snitch in time...

Caller ID

Colorado's gun battle could cost a hometown company.

The Buckley Stops Here

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

Fighting Back

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

A Bitter Pill

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

Go Tell It on the Mountain

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

Older but Bitter

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

STILL GETTING AWAY WITH IT

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

SAY ANYTHING

THE SEARCHERS

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

FRONTIER INJUSTICE

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