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Federal Bureau of Investigation

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    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 >>

  • Film

    November 3, 2011

    Swedish documentary The Black Power Mixtape tells it like it was

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    February 24, 2011

    Glee surpasses Elvis on the Hot 100, signaling the death of originality

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Trent Hix: JV Bandit allegedly lived with his mom, walked to the banks he robbed

    Trent Hix.​When members of the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force dubbed a local bank robber the JV Bandit, they had no idea how appropriate the nickname would turn out to be. Trent Hix, the man now accused of being the crook in question, may be 38-years old, but he reportedly lives with h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Walter Bond allegedly torched sheepskin factory for animal rights cause (and wants to do it again)

    Walter Bond.​Walter Bond doesn't exactly hide his convictions when it comes to animal rights. Law-enforcement types note that he has "a prominent tattoo on his neck just below his chin that reads, 'VEGAN.'" However, Bond is accused of doing more than simply sticking to salads. He's been forma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Denvergov.org hacking: Site back up, search on for cyber-vandals unknown

    The mark of the hacker.​Update, 9:47 a.m.: The Denvergov.org website is back up. Learn more about recent cyber-attacks on it in the item below, originally published at 9:21 a.m. Someone with impressive tech skills appears to have a grudge against the City of Denver. The official website, Denv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    Jay DeVaughn, librarian, likely to be charged with using mail to send white powder, bizarre threats in Spanish aimed at "dirty fascists"

    Jay DeVaughn, in an image broadcast on 9News.​Jay DeVaughn, a librarian for the Community College of Aurora, has been accused of mailing a threatening letter -- a fairly straight-forward charge. But the criminal complaint filed against him in U.S. District Court hints at future counts based on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Frank Lewis: Is he the $83 Bandit? Denver Police say they've got his number

    Is this man Frank Lewis?​Among the many nicknames given bank robbers by the FBI's Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force (profiled in this Westword feature), the $83 Bandit may be one of the strangest. According to a Joel Warner blog about another wanted man with a clever moniker, the Shaggy B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    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 >>

  • Film

    September 17, 2009

    The Informant!

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2008

    Ex-FBI Agent Will Tell You Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey -- For a Price

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2008

    Dear Scammers: Check Your Fax Number

    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 >>

  • Film

    August 30, 2007

    Balls of Fury

    Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album!

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2007

    Reporting Live from Supermax

    Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album!

  • Film

    February 15, 2007

    Breach

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

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Strip Search

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

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    Flats, Busted

    Lawsuits against Rocky Flats, like plutonium, last forever.

  • News

    February 9, 2006

    Anime Attraction

    Local businesses want to give animation bootleggers the boot.

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Dirty Pictures

    This Rocky Flats movie gets glowing reviews.

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Truth Decay

    Rocky Flats is on trial. Finally.

  • Film

    November 11, 2004

    What the Hayek?

    Mindless After the Sunset is only half-baked.

  • News

    August 26, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of August 26, 2004

  • Film

    February 19, 2004

    Flick Pick

    Golden Film Festival

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Security Reach

    RTD hardens its target with compulsory anti-terrorism training.

  • Goods & Services

    March 27, 2003

    Best Store to Buy Books Condemning Consumerism

    Breakdown Book Collective and Community Space

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Bombs Away!

    The government built a nuclear-weapons plant sixteen miles upwind of Denver. But decades passed before the public got wind of what was happening there.

  • Film

    November 5, 1998

    Final Jeopardy

    The government built a nuclear-weapons plant sixteen miles upwind of Denver. But decades passed before the public got wind of what was happening there.

  • Film

    April 9, 1998

    Mash and Trash

    The government built a nuclear-weapons plant sixteen miles upwind of Denver. But decades passed before the public got wind of what was happening there.

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    Seeing Red

    The government built a nuclear-weapons plant sixteen miles upwind of Denver. But decades passed before the public got wind of what was happening there.

  • Film

    November 14, 1996

    Drawn by a Magnate

    The government built a nuclear-weapons plant sixteen miles upwind of Denver. But decades passed before the public got wind of what was happening there.

  • News

    August 8, 1996

    Grand Illusions

    The government built a nuclear-weapons plant sixteen miles upwind of Denver. But decades passed before the public got wind of what was happening there.

  • Film

    June 13, 1996

    Bursting With Good Actors

    The government built a nuclear-weapons plant sixteen miles upwind of Denver. But decades passed before the public got wind of what was happening there.

  • News

    December 14, 1994

    UNDER THE GUN

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

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