Criminal Assault

Air Force sex assaults: Prevention chief arrested ten years after scandal at Air Force Academy

The arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski on charges of sexual assault in Virginia has drawn condemnation from officials as high-ranking as President Barack Obama, and no wonder. After all, he was the Air Force's chief of sexual-assault prevention. Krusinski is also a graduate of the Air F ... More >>

Frederick Allen, diabetic, dosed CU student with insulin and raped her, jury finds

Because Frederick Allen is a diabetic, he uses insulin on a regular basis. But while the substance is a life-saver for him, it led to horror for a CU-Boulder student. Allen has now been convicted of giving her the drug without her consent and raping her while she was incapacitated. We've got details ... More >>

Photos: 34 Broncos arrests since 2000, third most of any team

In the wake of Elvis Dumervil's Miami bust over the weekend, the Denver Post noted that the Broncos are third in the NFL since 2000 (behind only Minnesota and Cincinnati) in an extremely dubious category: most arrests. The paper's source: an amazing database created by the San Diego Union-Tribune, w ... More >>

Elvis Dumervil's Miami arrest: Road rage, peer pressure, gun displays?

Update: In our original coverage of Broncos star Elvis Dumervil's weekend arrest in Miami, we highlighted a local blogger's speculation that the bust could have been "a black thing." But the just-released police report suggests trouble may have begun with Dumervil's pal, who allegedly had a road rag ... More >>

Sucker Punch: The "Big Bitch" could bite fighting concert-goer

Video: Mayhem Festival clips capture events before assault

Video: Mayhem Festival clips capture events before assault

This week's cover story, "Sucker Punch", explores the legal aftermath of an assault on a fan at the 2010 Mayhem Festival -- an incident that left a somewhat fragmentary record behind, thanks to concertgoers' penchant for uploading videos of Mayhem moshes and crowd rowdiness to YouTube. The clips don ... More >>

Occupy Denver: Charges dropped, lowered for protesters arrested for robbery, assault

In March, four Occupy Denver protesters were accused of robbery and second-degree assault during an incident at the 1500 block of Broadway. According to the police report, the four allegedly knocked down a skateboarder and stole his board. Yesterday, however, the city dismissed robbery charges again ... More >>

Video, photos: Four Occupy Denver protesters arrested for robbery

Update: 3:47 p.m.: At this morning's court date, the bond rates for all five of those arrested near Civic Center Park last night increased, as did the crimes they are associated with. At the moment, all five are currently under investigation for second-degree assault and aggravated robbery. Caryn So ... More >>

Linda Torrez is headed to prison for abusing Kristen Stillman

Linda Torrez​Kristen Stillman had been on the witness stand for two days -- talking about how her mother had dropped Kristen and her twin brother, Will, off at a house in northwest Denver when they were eight, and how the head of that household had abused them emotionally, physically, sexually ... More >>

Guess where I'm eating?

Did you hear what happened to the Energizer Bunny? He got arrested for assault and battery. Despite the fact that this week is all about turkey, the eye-rolling Thumper jokes were running rampant at this bar that serves a hearty rabbit cassoulet. Can you guess where I'm eating? Special bonus: Any ... More >>

Occupy Denver: 11 of 20 weekend arrestees have no criminal record outside of OD protests

​November 17's a day of action for Occupy Denver, which is marking the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. That could mean more arrests, and more suggestions by critics that the protests are dominated by longtime criminals. But a report about the arrest records of OD types busted this ... More >>

Occupy Denver: Did unnamed 2nd assaulter knock over cop on motorcycle? (VIDEO)

​Since Saturday's Occupy Denver protest ended with more arrests, much attention has focused on two investigations for felony assault of a police officer. But neither Denver Police nor the DA's office have named anyone other than Westword interviewee John Sexton as being under felony investigat ... More >>

Raymond Davis, CIA contractor who killed 2 in Pakistan, charged with felony in parking lot beef

The phrase "international incident" understates the controversy that erupted in Pakistan this past January after Raymond Davis, subsequently revealed to be a CIA employee, killed two men in what he insisted was self-defense. Now, a story closer to home drags Davis back into the spotlight: He's been ... More >>

Lazarus Pino, ex-marijuana dispensary owner, charged with beating, torturing pot thief

Lazarus Pino was once a medical marijuana rebel fighting against a move to shut down his dispensary. Now, however, he's accused of being a common (or maybe uncommon) goon. Along with members of his family, including his mom, Pino has been charged with beating, torturing and shooting at a man who tr ... More >>

Orlando Bustamante-Bello accused of reacting to snowball by whacking guy with liquor bottle

Flickr​Don't invite Orlando Bustamante-Bello to your next snowball fight -- because if charges against him related to a February incident are true, he might not stick to snowballs. Bustamante-Bello, 22, is accused of first-degree assault for allegedly clobbering a snowball tosser in the face ... More >>

Wendy's wants to keep it real, but sometimes reality bites

Is the Bacon Deluxe worth fighting for?​Wendy's, which touts its "real" food, had a real mess on its hands at a Kalamazoo, Michigan outlet when a fight broke out after an order wasn't filled correctly. Officers were called to the scene, where they "encountered a loud disturbance between unsat ... More >>

Racial-attack suspects: Hearings, sentencings and Allen Ford's not guilty plea

Media reports have connected Allen Ford to Andrew Gelston Graham's murder.​Last week, we told you about reports again linking suspects in a series of racial attacks to the thus-far-unsolved murder of Andrew Gelston Graham. Among those mentioned as being part of a group that allegedly trailed ... More >>

Earl Ryan ends trial early by pleading guilty to killing two-year-old Noah Crookham

Earl Ryan apparently didn't like the direction his trial was heading.​As the Darrent Williams murder trial was winding down, another proceeding about an event with tragic consequences -- the trial of Earl Ryan, who allegedly shot and killed a two-year-old boy, Noah Crookham, in 2008 -- was get ... More >>

Joshua Newton, CU student, suspected of kidnapping, sexual assault in dorm

Joshua Newton allegedly needs some serious lessons about how to treat a lady.​No doubt the parents of CU students who live on campus will be alarmed when they hear about the arrest early this morning of a man being investigated for kidnapping, sexual assault and other crimes. But CU-Boulder Po ... More >>

Colorado law: Banjos be deadly

A Flickr photoInstrument? Or instrument of death?​ Everyone knows that banjos are awesome. But are they also deadly? According to Colorado law, that depends on how you use them. If you use your banjo for, say, pickin', you're all good. If you use it for hittin', such as in the case of 33-year ... More >>

Allen Ford, last of alleged racial attackers, gets busted

Allen Ford may not have been ready for his close-up, but he got one anyhow.​Late last month, the Denver Police Department began rounding up more than thirty African-Americans accused of robbing and/or beating men and women because they were either Caucasian or Hispanic. Now, the last of the a ... More >>

First charges in racially motivated attacks include juveniles getting adult treatment

Ashley Celestine: Your charge ticket has just been punched.​A couple of new photos join our gallery of men and women accused in a series of what the Denver Police Department describes as racially motivated attacks that have taken place in the city in recent months. That's because two juvenile ... More >>

Has West Colfax become your one-stop street-stabbing headquarters?

Neither Norman Bates nor his mother matches the cops' descriptions.​Yesterday morning, a woman was stabbed at an RTD bus stop near the intersection of West Colfax Avenue and Winona Street -- and as the Denver Police Department notes, this isn't exactly the first time something like this has ha ... More >>

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, ... More >>

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 includ ... More >>

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 rec ... More >>

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 wom ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ye ... More >>

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 order ... More >>

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Brandon Marshall and Arrested Development

The Butler School Owner Did It

Mary Starkey pleads guilty to assaulting a student.

Mary Starkey Is Arrested. Again.

LoDo Shooter Sentenced to 106 Years Behind Bars

Law and Order, Butler Style

Mary Starkey Got Served

Police arrest Mary Louise Starkey, head of Denver's famous butler school, as the case against her proceeds.

Murder Solved

A Piece of the Action

The call of the wilding still echoes in Denver.

Sis Boom Bah

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

Best Rock-and-Roll Debacle

Riff's Rock In' Freak Fest

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July 17, 2003

The War Within

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

Locked and Loaded

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

System Failure

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

Sounds Like Fun!

Model scout at Sevilla.

Fight Club

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

Pressing the Flesh

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.

WHO WANTS TO GUARD A COP?

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