Subject: Gang Violence

• The Oracle

  June 29, 2007

• Update on Fredrick Abram

  September 20, 2007

• Michael Asberry, RIP

  May 20, 2008

• Best Badass Brother/Sister Boxers

  March 27, 2003

• The Gangs All Here

  June 3, 2004

• Q&A with The Game

  Much has been written about the Game's dysfunctional past. He grew up in a Santana Blocc Crip neighborhood in Compton, and his mother was affiliated with the Crips. After his sister accused his father of sexually molesting her, the family was split up, and Game spent time in foster homes. After he reunited with his mother at age thirteen, he eventually started running with his half-brother Big Fase 100 and became a member of the Cedar Block Piru Bloods, a gang that he unabashedly represents toda

  March 5, 2009

• The Gang's All Here

  December 10, 1998

• Blood In, Blood Out

  Danny Ray Lopez couldn’t outrun his gang life or the police. Will his brother follow in his footsteps?

  January 13, 2000

• Pogue Mahone’s

  Get your Irish on at this Parker pub.

  May 22, 2008

• Metro Denver Gang Coalition: Beyond Darrent Williams

  Members of the Metro Denver Gang Coalition are at a crossroads, hoping they can keep the peace through the rest of the year.

  October 11, 2007

• Growing Pains

  The Troy Chavez Memorial Peace Garden blooms.

  July 5, 2007

• Crusade

  A sports columnist is risking the ire of readers by writing about gangs -- and criticizing local media for not adequately covering the topic.

  February 22, 2007

• The Transformers

  They created Denver's gang life. A generation later, can they break free?

  February 22, 2007

• Copycat Killer

  Saints Row shamelessly apes Grand Theft Auto.

  October 5, 2006

• Follow That Story

  A Man Out of Time

  March 16, 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

• Street Fighters

  The Warriors nicely complements the bloody cult classic that inspired it.

  November 10, 2005

• Last Chance

  Before Brad Braxton goes to a gangster's final destination, he has a choice to make.

  September 22, 2005

• Maxed Out

  Shipping inmates to private prisons is Colorado's cheap solution to overcrowding and violence. But so far, it's cost plenty.

  December 23, 2004

• Street Wise

  Robert Duran got jacked up. Then he grew up.

  June 3, 2004

• Riding Shotgun

  The ATF is gunning for Rocky's Autos co-owner John Rothrock.

  November 22, 2001

• This Thug's Life

  Frank Lontine thought being in a gang would be cool. Now he's got plenty of time to think about why it isn't.

  November 8, 2001

• 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

• This Boy's Life

  Joshua Beckius was only sixteen when he accepted a plea bargain for a crime he now says he didn't commit. Will the court let him take his case to trial?

  March 23, 2000

• Judgment Day

  As judges ponder the fates of Brandy DuVall's murderers, they must measure different shades of black.

  June 3, 1999

• Dealing With the Devil

  On judgment day for Danny Martinez, there are no angels for witnesses.

  March 18, 1999

• Dealing with the Devil

  The Deuce-Seven Bloods spin out of control, ripping families apart--including their own.

  March 11, 1999

• The Final Judgment

  Two years ago this week, Brandy DuVall was killed by members of the Deuce-Seven gang. For the past month, the courts have been deciding whether her murderers live or die.

  May 27, 1999

• Letters

  March 25, 1999

• Dealing With the Devil

  When the Deuce-Seven Bloods went hunting for a snitch, they shot Venus Montoya instead.

  March 4, 1999

• Dealing With the Devil

  Brandy DuVall went through hell before she died. She left no angels as witnesses.

  February 25, 1999

• The Buddy System

  They met because they wanted to fight gangs. Ten years later, Leon Kelly and Lloyd Lewan are a gang of two.

  November 5, 1998

• Gangster's Rap

  While Salvino Martinez's ex-pals do the time, he's droppin' the rhyme.

  November 27, 1997

• Gangster Rap

  Adams County deputies hit the road to spread the word to landlords about suspicious characters.

  October 9, 1997

• The Education of Lonnie Lynn

  When you're in the game for good, you learn to do it right.

  August 21, 1997

• Blood Brothers

  Sal Martinez says he's no snitch. But rumors have a long life on the street.

  July 24, 1997

• The Gang's All Here

  Her grandmother will never forget the day Venus Montoya died. And she will never forgive her killers.

  July 17, 1997

• Do Tell

  Notorious Denver informant Mark Tibbs has finked his way through a lot of cases. But can he talk his way out of this one?

  March 27, 1997

• Sanctuary

  For a century this inner-city church has served as a refuge. But its most important mission has always been outside the walls.

  August 15, 1996

• Her So-Called Life

  Nina Bonifacio's tattoos finally got under her skin.

  August 1, 1996

• The Sins of Youth

  Colorado gambles millions on a second last chance for violent teens

  July 18, 1996

• COVER YOUR HEAD IN SHAME

  A MIDDLE-AGED BLACK WOMAN IS ROUSTED FROM THE GREELEY MALL FOR WEARING A BLUE BANDANNA.

  December 20, 1995

• NATURAL BORED KILLERS

  WHEN SUBURBAN GANGSTER WANNABE CHERYL ARMSTRONG WANTED HER BOYFRIEND DEAD, SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR FOR HELP.GIRL TALK INSIDE THE CHILLING DIARY OF CONVICTED TEENAGE MURDERER CHERYL ARMSTRONG.

  November 22, 1995

• HOW TO CODDLE A CRIP

  June 7, 1995

• LOST WEEKEND

  WHY DID SEAN COX KILL BOBBY YARBROUGH? DON'T ASK HIM.NO REMORSE ANOTHER PARTY. ANOTHER GUN. ANOTHER KILLER WITHOUT A CLUE.

  March 22, 1995

• DON'T LOOK NOW

  HE WATCHED A CRIME FROM HIS OFFICE WINDOW. NOW THEY'RE WATCHING HIM.SHOOT TO CHILL WILL WITNESS INTIMIDATION TURN THIS ASSAULT ON THE 16TH STREET MALL INTO AN OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE?

  February 1, 1995

• THE ORIGINAL GANGSTER RAP

  THE DEFENDANT IN ONE OF DENVER'S EARLIEST MURDERS SEEKS A NEW TRIAL.

  January 4, 1995

• THE FARM TEAM

  THE DENVER GANGS WANTED TONY BROWN'S BOYS. SO HE TOOK HIS FAMILY AND HEADED FOR THE HILLS.HOME ON THE RANGE MEET THE MUSLIM COWBOYS OF MOSCA, COLORADO.

  June 22, 1994

• OFFERING SERVICES

  January 26, 1994

• Denver Post gives J.R. Smith a "C"

  J.R. Smith.​As June ended, Nuggets prodigy J.R. Smith was sentenced to thirty days in a New Jersey jail and 500 hours of community service in regard to a 2007 crash that killed his friend, Andre Bell. But shortly after doing his time, he headed to Las Vegas -- not exactly a location that bespeaks sincere regrets and lessons learned. Moreover, he's tweeted aplenty on his Twitter feed, jr_smith1, providing fodder for not one but two spankings in today's Denver Post. Throughout "It's Time for

  August 4, 2009