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Domestic violence episode (and arrest) on Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Denver

Update below: Over the years, we've written about plenty of strange things that happened on planes, including the ex-priest arrested for pleasuring himself or the guy accused of groping a pregnant woman. But what happened last night on a Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Denver is a first for us - ... More >>

Photos: FBI's updated Ten Most Wanted list -- and the Colorado crime on it

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has updated its Ten Most Wanted list -- an FBI tradition for more than sixty years. The individuals highlighted this time around include one who made the roster due to alleged actions in Colorado: Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias, who's thought to have killed a man an ... More >>

Win tickets to the opening of Les Miserables!

One of the year's biggest Christmas movies might also be one of its biggest tear-jerkers. And then there's that cast: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe? Yes, please!Les Miserables promises to be a singing, crying, sniffling, smiling spectacle of epic holiday-release proportions, and than ... More >>

Win tickets to the opening weekend of The Hobbit in Denver!

During the last decade, few movies have inspired as much box-office awe (and costumed panic) as Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Or as many life lessons: Throughout the films' fifty hours of footage, we learned a little bit of Elvish, discovered the importance of man jewelry, and explored ... More >>

Gun control activists: 1000s of mental health records going unreported to FBI

Since James Holmes killed twelve people in Aurora, catalyzing heated gun control debates across the country, many have focused their attention on the suspect's past psychiatric care. As officials debate what can be done to keep guns out of the hands of those with a history of mental illness, a new r ... More >>

Can new faces and a new structure bring discipline to the Denver Police Department?

Photos: Twenty faces of accused child-porn fans

Yesterday, we told you about Jesse Evans, an alleged child pornographer -- and unfortunately, he's got plenty of apparent peers. The Colorado Internet Crimes Against Children website assembles photos and descriptions of accused creepazoids from across the state -- most of them white men, with only a ... More >>

Mohammed Zazi, father of confessed terrorist, will be sentenced today

Terrorism hit home in September 2009, when Aurora shuttle driver Najibullah Zazi was accused of conspiring to blow up the New York City subway system with homemade bombs made from beauty supplies in an al Qaida-authorized "martyrdom operation." Today, Mohammed Zazi, his father, will be sentenced for ... More >>

Swedish documentary The Black Power Mixtape tells it like it was

Nick Beram sentenced for five bank robberies as stun-gun wielding Sparky bandit

Big pic below.​Nick Beram did everything he could to disguise himself while robbing five area banks while armed with a stun gun. During the crimes, he wore sunglasses, a dark-hooded jacket and a white surgical or dust mask. But he didn't bother to disguise his truck -- and that's why he's bee ... More >>

Aurora crime statistics: Rape & robbery down, burglary up, murder rate unchanged

​This week, the FBI issued preliminary 2009-2010 crime stat comparisons for municipalities across the country, including five in Colorado: Boulder, Denver, Lakewood, Pueblo and Thornton. However, Aurora didn't want to be left out. The city has released the data it shared with the feds, showing ... More >>

Jamie Paulin Ramirez: "Jihad Jamie" pleads guilty to one count of supporting terrorism

Paulin Ramirez.​Last April, Leadville's Jamie Paulin Ramirez was accused of providing material support to terrorists. Nearly a year later, she's followed in the footsteps of her co-defendant, Colleen LaRose, and pleaded guilty. Look below to read a U.S. Attorney's Office release, as well as t ... More >>

Walter Bond: Radical animal-rights activist pleads guilty to burning down Sheepskin Factory

Walter Bond.​Animal activist Walter Bond is a man so devoted to his cause that he wears a giant "VEGAN" tattoo on his neck. So it's no surprise he showed zero remorse when officially pleading guilty to arson related to a fire at Glendale's Sheepskin Factory in April -- a crime for which he fa ... More >>

Police beating? John Hickenlooper not taking position on case, but wants FBI to weigh in

From the video below.​Yesterday, we told you about a disagreement between the Office of the Independent Monitor's Richard Rosenthal and Manager of Safety Ron Perea over the April 2009 Denver Police beating of Michael DeHerrera. A video seems to show DeHerrera being attacked by Officer Devin Sp ... More >>

Best bank robber nickname ever: The Formerly Known as the Perennial Bandit Bandit

"You lookin' at me?"​Update, 1:38 p.m.: Well, that was fast. Mere hours after putting out an alert for the excellently named bank robber known as The Formerly Known as the Perennial Bandit Bandit, the FBI has announced that a suspect -- Shaun Michael Gay, 23 -- has been taken into custody. Ge ... More >>

Lester Eugene Fowler, not Rick James, identified as Super Freak Bandit

"Bitches..."​Last week, we told you about the latest bank robber named by the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force: the Super Freak Bandit, named for his curly wig, not because anyone suspected the late Rick James. Now, the feds think they've got their man -- which explains why the holiday ... More >>

Super Freak Bandit ain't Rick James, bitch

"Sample this, MC Hammer."​The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force has outdone itself this time. The office known for its clever names for at-large bank robbers has previously given us such memorable monikers as the H1N1 Bandit, the Tom Thumb Bandit, the Band-Aid Bandit and the recently cha ... More >>

Eric Dodd, accused Portfolio Bandit, charged with eleven bank robberies

Is this Eric Dodd?​The feds aren't messing around when it comes to Eric Dodd, the accused Portfolio Bandit, who was arrested last week. An FBI alert issued on May 10 suggested that the criminal in question was suspected of knocking over a dozen banks -- and now, Dodd has been formally charged ... More >>

Jay DeVaughn, Aurora librarian: Guilty pleas, powder mailings, lotsa weirdness

Jay DeVaughn: Maybe not the best pen pal...​In March, we told you about the strange case of Jay DeVaughn, a librarian for the Community College of Aurora, who at that point had been accused of mailing a single threatening letter. But the criminal complaint filed against him at that time conta ... More >>

Tom Thumb Bandit captured, again proving the power of nicknaming

No, not that Tom Thumb...​The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, the focus of a 2008 Westword feature, has proven again and again that nicknaming thugs is among the most powerful weapons in its arsenal. If not for them, alleged scofflaws such as the Hoppin Hooded Bandits and the $83 Bandi ... More >>

Operation Fortune Cookie: Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr calls lawsuit "a collection of false accusations and lies"

Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr​This past Monday, when Westword started making calls about a lawsuit that had just been filed by two former North Metro Task Force members alleging they faced retaliation for speaking out about corruption that occurred in Operation Fortune Cookie, a massive indoo ... More >>

Timothy McGlothin, accused Hoppin Hooded Bandit, gets busted

Hoodies are probably in short supply where Timothy McGlothin is cooling his heels.​That didn't take long. Yesterday, we told you about the search for Timothy McGlothin, who authorities (and members of a grand jury) believe was part of bank-robbery group dubbed the Hoppin Hooded Bandits, for t ... More >>

D.B. Cooper, Osama Jr. or just plain loonbag?: Another weird passenger incident causes flight diversion to Colorado

"Geronimo!"​It seems like only a couple of weeks ago that a passenger caused a flight to make an unscheduled landing in Colorado due to inexplicable behavior (including his insistence on shaving topless). That's because it was only a couple of weeks ago. Now, a similar act: A thus-far unnamed ... More >>

Bonnie and Clyde robbing banks in Greeley? Kind of...

The years have been very kind to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.​The number of bank robberies in the metro area of late has apparently reached such heights that mainstream media can't keep up. Example: Last evening, my wife and some of her colleagues were dining at restaurant off Wadsworth whe ... More >>

Jobbed: Baggage handlers at DIA

​Having trouble finding work? You're not alone. Follow Jobbed every week as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job, as posted online: Baggage Handler Agent, DIA Responsibilities: Transport luggage from ticket counter t ... More >>

With bank robberies on the rise, the Safe Streets Task Force is on the case!

A Hopping Hooded Bandit, who better watch his back.​It's starting to feel like the Wild West around here, with banks getting stuck up left and right. Monday, two banks got hit, with a third knocked over yesterday. The FBI believes the perpetrators of this last job, who've they've named the "H ... More >>

Bank robber's disguise: terrible fashion sense

Nice look, pal.​It's been a tough month so far for Bank of the West and TCF branches in the metro area. On December 2, masked gunmen held up a Bank of the West at 7995 East Hamden Avenue. Then, yesterday, a man did likewise at the BOTW outlet at 9150 Sheridan Boulevard in Westminster. Unlike ... More >>

See the masked gunmen who stuck up Bank of the West

Who is this masked man?​Banks have had plenty of troubles during our ongoing economic crisis -- but they've still got more money than the rest of us, which explains in part why there's been such a rash of robberies of late. Just yesterday, we told you about the $83 Bandit, who's allegedly rem ... More >>

Read the indictment against Mohammad Zazi

Mohammad Zazi, the center of attention -- here, anyway.​The federal indictment against Mohammad Zazi is a lot less substantial than the one handed to his son, terror suspect Najibullah Zazi. The gist of the false statement charge against Mohammad reads as follows: "Defendant ZAZI denied that h ... More >>

Ruh-roh! The Shaggy Bandit caught without Mystery Machine

A surveillance shot of the Shaggy bandit.​In an August 20 blog, our own Joel Warner told us about the Shaggy Bandit, a scofflaw wanted for numerous bank heists. Shaggy's memorable name came courtesy of the FBI's Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, whose members understand that reporters te ... More >>

Judge Nottingham and the escorts who may have pretended to love him

Dear Scammers: Check Your Fax Number

Balls of Fury

Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album!

Every Secret Thing

The horrors of McCarthyism in a high school resonate in Boulder today.

Breach

Billy Ray takes on another liar: FBI traitor Robert Hanssen.

Strip Search

Jennifer Marcum's path ends and begins at Shotgun Willie's.

Dirty Pictures

This Rocky Flats movie gets glowing reviews.

Truth Decay

Rocky Flats is on trial. Finally.

What the Hayek?

Mindless After the Sunset is only half-baked.

Toxic Shocker!

The government ambushed the Rocky Flats grand jury. Now its foreman is gunning for justice.

Flick Pick

Golden Film Festival

Security Reach

RTD hardens its target with compulsory anti-terrorism training.

Best Store to Buy Books Condemning Consumerism

Breakdown Book Collective and Community Space

Mash and Trash

Warning Signs

Seeing Red

Drawn by a Magnate

Bursting With Good Actors

UNDER THE GUN

AFTER LISTENING TO COLORADO'S PATRIOTS, FRANCISCO DURAN SHOT OFF MORE THAN HIS MOUTH.

5...4...3...2...1...HEADS UPLET'S DO LAUNCH NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST. JUST FLEX YOUR MISSILES.