Subject: Criminal Assault

• Murder Solved

  April 11, 2007

• Girl Fight

  September 26, 2006

• Mugged and Stabbed

  May 4, 2007

• Law and Order, Butler Style

  November 28, 2007

• LoDo Shooter Sentenced to 106 Years Behind Bars

  January 12, 2008

• Mary Starkey Is Arrested. Again.

  May 14, 2008

• Former Angellic Rage Frontman Killed in Las Vegas

  July 10, 2008

• Brandon Marshall and Arrested Development

  August 7, 2008

• Happy Shmuckday to you

  August 21, 2008

• Glacially paced investigation into DNC visitor Gabriel Pico's death finally moving forward

  October 17, 2008

• Colorado Crimes: Epic brawl at Overland High School

  "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 fights that were witnessed by several hundred people. Wonder who had the beer concession? Five people were arrested as part of the festivities. Learn about those old enough to have their names release

  June 4, 2009

• Pop Quiz

  July 17, 2003

• Best Rock-and-Roll Debacle

  March 25, 2004

• Best Use of Bubble Gum by an Actress

  March 25, 2004

• Wake-Up Call: Fly-by celebs headed to prison

  Joe Nacchio isn't the only one going to jail. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger denied Nacchio's request to remain out on bail pending a petition of his conviction to the Supreme Court. The former Qwest CEO, who ran a Denver-based company but kept his home in New Jersey, has been ordered to report to prison on March 23. And another U.S. District Judge, John Kane, revoked the bond of another fly-by Denver celebrity. Christina Elizabeth Szele, who was sentenced to five years' probat

  March 13, 2009

• Civil Service

  Mary Starkey's trial is postponed.

  September 20, 2007

• The Butler School Owner Did It

  Mary Starkey pleads guilty to assaulting a student.

  June 19, 2008

• A Shock to the System

  The rush to protect battered women has turned domestic violence into "the social issue of the nineties"-- and raised issues of fairness for both perpetrators and victims.

  June 11, 1998

• Mary Starkey Got Served

  November 22, 2007

• The Mouth That Roared

  Nando Mondragon is going to put Denver on the hip-hop fashion map. But first, he has to get out of jail.

  January 18, 2007

• Snow Job

  Will the real Bobby Fenton please stand up?

  June 22, 2006

• A Vicious Cycle

  His parents had high hopes for Contrell Townsend. But the seventeen-year-old wound up stabbed to death -- like both of his grandfathers.

  February 9, 2006

• A Piece of the Action

  The call of the wilding still echoes in Denver.

  May 12, 2005

• Sis Boom Bah

  In one afternoon, this Montbello student went from cheerleading to lockup.

  March 17, 2005

• The War Within

  As America prepares to invade Iraq, female Air Force cadets wage their own battle.

  January 30, 2003

• Locked and Loaded

  A year in the life of the state's most dysfunctional prison.

  January 2, 2003

• System Failure

  Chanda Johnson went to court for protection from her ex-husband. She didn't get it.

  August 29, 2002

• Marked for Death

  Trapped in a prison race war, Tony Francis had three choices: kill, snitch or run. He found another way out.

  May 25, 2000

• Left for Dead

  When the Aurora cops finished investigating the crime scene, they’d missed one crucial piece of evidence: Alan Conner’s body.

  March 9, 2000

• Sounds Like Fun!

  Model scout at Sevilla.

  January 20, 2000

• Fight Club

  The Cowboys set up federal prisoners for beatings -- and blamed it all on the inmates.

  December 16, 1999

• Pressing the Flesh

  July 16, 1998

• This Property Is Condemned

  Everyone in the neighborhood knows the Walkers. Most wish they didn't.

  March 5, 1998

• Sliced and Dicey

  Did one Denver cop stab another? The victim denies it. Welcome to "Pierregate."

  April 17, 1997

• GETTING IN HIS LICKS

  AN ELDERLY MACHINIST PUMMELS HIS WIFE'S LOVER AND SWEARS HE DID NOTHING WRONG.

  November 8, 1995

• A REAL BACK-SLAPPER

  A FAMILIAR INMATE LANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF YET ANOTHER PRISON SPAT.

  August 30, 1995

• WHO WANTS TO GUARD A COP?

  A MIFFED DENVER POLICE OFFICER TURNS A BASKETBALL-COURT SPAT INTO WORLD WAR III.

  August 2, 1995

• PATIENTS EXHAUSTED

  BLACK GAY ACTIVIST STEVE ARRINGTON MAKES A STORMY EXIT FROM AN URBAN LEAGUE APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS.

  July 26, 1995

• THE FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES

  May 24, 1995

• Judge to DA Chambers: rape case decision "arbitrary, capricious"

  Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers. An Arapahoe County judge has issued a scathing order calling for a special prosecutor in a sexual assault case, while at the same time describing the local district attorney's excuses for failing to pursue the controversial case for the past nine years as "unpersuasive" and unreasonable. Judge Carlos Samour Jr.'s written ruling, issued May 22, is a further elaboration of an unusual decision we reported on last December in "CU in Court," after

  May 26, 2009

• Thug allegedly poses for photo before kicking ass

  An assault suspect is clearly ready for his closeup. Obviously, we hope no one ever assaults anyone. Give peace a chance! But goons hoping to get away with such a crime should know better than to stand in front of a bus camera en route to their chosen butt-beating locale. That's what the man in the photo attached here is accused of doing on May 31, shortly before putting a guy he encountered in the parking lot of a Broomfield-area McDonalds into the hospital. Of course, this act may not have be

  July 8, 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

• Mile High Murder, No. 24: A kidnapping in Denver, a body in Commerce City

  View Larger Map (Trouble viewing this map? Click "View Larger Map") Perhaps they were trying to pin it on Ani DiFranco? The Denver Police is investigating a kidnapping/murder at 3602 North Leyden, which they've connected to a body dumped in Commerce City -- where the police were busy enough this weekend arresting drunks and ticket scalpers at the Mile High Music Festival. Little information has been released, but police said in a statement that "the victim knew his assailants and that they t

  July 20, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: A badass mother-daughter tag team

  Julia Martinez.​That old saying, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree"? It's appropriate in the case of Julia Martinez and Monica Guardado, if a little too quaint -- especially given that weapons are involved. According to the Denver District Attorney's Office, which has charged both women with assault, Guardado, 21, got into an argument with a family member on July 28 -- and when the spat reached an impasse, she called her mother, Martinez, 40, who brought a knife with her. From the

  August 5, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: Daniel Lujan gets thirty years for shooting eight-year old

  Daniel Lujan.​Reminder: Doing a really idiotic thing can have a lifetime's worth of repercussions. Exhibit A: Daniel Lujan, who received a thirty-year sentence yesterday for responding to an argument over a bicycle sale last year by firing a shot that perforated an eight-year-old girl (she recovered, but only after multiple surgeries). The judge in the case called the choice "stupid," and it's hard to argue with that logic. Read the Denver District Attorney's Office release about the sent

  August 7, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 33: Rueben Payan-Sigala looks shocked to be busted regarding a homicide at 3240 W. Alameda

  Rueben Payan-Sigala.​This is one of those a-picture's-worth-a-thousand-words moments. Which is nice, because I'll be able to cut back on typing. According to the Denver Police Department, officers responded to an August 9 report of a stabbing at 3240 W. Alameda. A wounded man found there later died of his injuries -- and the following day, cops arrested 28-year-old Rueben Payan-Sigala for investigation of first-degree murder. He doesn't look happy about it. Look below to see the area whe

  August 12, 2009

• Salon owner Ty Tomlinson posts bail on assault and sexual contact charges

  Ty Tomlinson​Local "Beauty Guru" hairstylist Ty Tomlinson was able to post bond last week after being arrested on several charges in connection with the alleged assault of his former girlfriend while she was employed at his popular Denver salon, Blanc. Court records show the bond amount includes a $75,000 bond for "unlawful sexual contact" and third-degree assault charges filed by Denver District prosecutors in state court, and $4,500 in bail on three separate sets of charges of assault a

  September 9, 2009

• Stabbing suspect claims he was just acting out Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Riiiiiiight.

  Leo Beitz​When 20-year-old Leo Beitz visited an old friend in Boulder last weekend, they did what old friends do: Went out. Got drunk. Came home. Played video games. But at some point in the night, Beitz, for reasons that remain unclear, did some things old friends usually don't do: Grabbed a knife. Stuck it in a guy's belly. The stabbing occurred after a long night of drinking, witnesses and Beitz told police, according to the Daily Camera. But that's where the stories part ways.

  October 12, 2009

• Shoulda watched those never-shake-a-baby PSAs a little closer, Stephen Dailey

  Get an eyeful of Stephen Dailey, accused baby shaker.​Hard to believe that Stephen Dailey has never seen those public-service announcements warning people to never shake a baby -- even once. But if he did, the Denver District Attorney's Office believes he didn't take them to heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been accused of attempted first-degree murder and sundry other crimes associated with treating his two-month-old son like a paint can in need of mixing. Took a while to pin down the

  October 15, 2009

• Mile High Murder, No. 45. Chopsticks & Sushi owner Yan De Yang formally charged with murdering Lloyd Runningbear

  Chopsticks & Sushi owner Yan De Yang won't want seconds of this.​On October 23, Chopsticks & Sushi owner Yan De Yang was arrested for investigation of first-degree murder in regard to a shooting that took place at his restaurant during the previous afternoon, causing areas near the busy 16th Street Mall to be closed to traffic for hours. Well, the investigation appears to have been a success, at least from the standpoint of the Denver District Attorney's Office. Yang has now been formally

  November 2, 2009