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Dr. Stephen Stein, alleged needle re-user, under investigation for prescription fraud

Update: The story of Dr. Stephen Stein, an oral surgeon whose possible re-use of needles over a twelve-year period has led the state health department to suggest that at least 8,000 of his patients be tested for HIV and hepatitis, has gone national. And while Stein has yet to be charged with a crime ... More >>

Deborah Sherman: Ex-9News reporter working with Dougco sheriff's office

Deborah Sherman, the former 9News reporter whose departure from the station this past November powered up the rumor mill, has resurfaced as a spokesperson for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. And what timing! Sherman says she started a part-time media consulting and media relations job there two ... More >>

Drug sentencing reform bill sent to commission (and oblivion) for further study

Statehouse veterans know that the easiest way to squash a bill they don't like isn't to kill it outright but to send it out for serious "study" -- to some lonely subcommittee or outside agency, where it will languish and eventually die a slow, agonizing death from neglect. Senate Bill 163, which wou ... More >>

Dr. Louis Hampers sentenced to five years of probation for prescription drug fraud

Louis Hampers, the former pediatric ER doc who pleaded guilty to prescription drug fraud, was sentenced today to five years of supervised probation. Hampers, who was the subject of our cover story "Doctor Strange Love," must serve the first six months of that probation in home detention. He must als ... More >>

Valentine's Day photos: Denver clerk's office goes all out for marrying couples

The Denver Clerk and Recorder's Office does not mess around when it comes to love. They love love. They love it so much that they converted their bland beige conference room -- known today as the "Sweetheart Bistro" -- into an explosion of shiny red hearts, Cupid-shaped confetti and fake rose petals ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Prosecutors want former ER doc to serve prison time for Rx drug fraud

Last month, defense attorneys for Louis Hampers filed a motion asking that the former doctor be sentenced to probation for the crime of writing phony prescriptions to feed his pill addiction. This week, prosecutors filed their own motion, arguing that he should instead be sentenced to the previously ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Defense lawyers ask that disgraced doctor be sentenced to probation

Hampers.​The sentencing hearing for former ER doc Louis Hampers has been delayed once again. Charged with writing 654 phony prescriptions in 2009 and 2010, Hampers pleaded guilty this past July to much less: fourteen counts of prescription drug fraud. His sentencing hearing was rescheduled fro ... More >>

Dr. Louis Hampers, accused of stalking Deborah Sherman: No extra house arrest freedoms

News that reporter Deborah Sherman is out at 9News -- and the dearth of details as to why -- has dragged disgraced doctor Louis Hampers into the news again. Westword first reported on the link between the two; Sherman claims former ER doc Hampers stalked her after she broke a second date with him. I ... More >>

Deborah Sherman's departure from 9News powers up the rumor mill

Deborah Sherman.​Yesterday, Patti Dennis, news director at 9News, sent an e-mail to staff informing them that correspondent Deborah Sherman, who'd been at the station for nearly a decade, was no longer an employee -- and assistant news director Tim Ryan declines to add details. This dearth of ... More >>

Louis Hampers, former Children's Hospital ER doc, pleads guilty to prescription drug fraud

Hampers​ Louis Hampers, the former Children's Hospital ER doctor charged with writing 654 phony prescriptions (in addition to harassing women he met on adult websites), won't be doctoring or online dating any time soon. He pleaded guilty today to fourteen counts of prescription drug fraud, eac ... More >>

Louis Hampers: 9News reporter Deborah Sherman settles her civil lawsuit with him

Hampers.​Louis Hampers, the former Children's Hospital ER doc charged with writing hundreds of phony prescriptions, now has one fewer lawsuit to worry about. Deborah Sherman, a reporter for 9News, has settled her civil lawsuit against Hampers, her lawyer says. The terms are private.

The 120 most memorable mug shots of 2010

More photos below.​Over the past few weeks, we've shared the top 2010 mug shots of women, arrestees with face-and-neck tattoos and bad hair, plus busted teachers and caretakers, as well as celebrities and notables. But today, we offer the whole lollapalooza -- our monster batch of the 120 most ... More >>

Top 10 mug shots from 2010 of celebrities and notables

Photos below.​We're almost ready to unveil our top mug shots of 2010, after sharing galleries of women, tattoos, bad hair and accused teachers and caretakers. But as one last tease, check out booking photos of the famous and infamous that appeared here this year. Some you'll immediately recogn ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Is indicted doctor's lawyer using restraining order case to get evidence?

Louis Hampers.​ Indicted children's ER doctor Louis Hampers, featured in our article "Doctor Strange Love," is also the subject of yet another restraining order request filed by his ex-girlfriend, Sandra Ebersohl. But when Ebersohl tried recently to drop the request because she's already prote ... More >>

Louis Hampers: ER doctor accused of writing phony scripts also charged with harassment

Louis Hampers.​Louis Hampers, the doctor charged with writing 654 fake prescriptions, will be in court Monday on a different charge: harassment. Authorities have not named the victim, a woman. Two women, including 9News reporter Deborah Sherman, have restraining orders against Hampers, as det ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Indicted Children's Hospital doctor posts $2.5 million cash bond

Louis Hampers.​Louis Hampers, the Children's Hospital ER doctor charged with writing 654 phony prescriptions to feed what his lawyers say was a raging pill addiction, posted a $2.5 million cash bond this morning. He will be released from jail sometime today. Hampers has been in custody sinc ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Bail for doc accused of prescription drug fraud set at $2.5 million

Louis Hampers.​A federal court judge has set bail for Dr. Louis Hampers, the former head of the Children's Hospital ER who is accused of writing 654 phony prescriptions using several aliases and stolen identities, at $2.5 million. The ruling came out of a detail-filled court hearing yesterday ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Prosecutor says he used ID of woman he paid for sex to illegally get Rx pills

Louis Hampers.​Lots of new details emerged at a detention hearing today for Dr. Louis Hampers, the Children's Hospital ER doc arrested for fraudulently writing 654 prescriptions. Among them: that Hampers used the identity of a woman he paid for sex -- and the identities of her two minor childr ... More >>

Louis Hampers: No bail yet for controversial doc charged with writing fake prescriptions

Louis Hampers.​Dr. Louis Hampers, the Children's Hospital ER doctor charged with writing 654 fake prescriptions, appeared for the first time in a Colorado court today after being arrested in Virginia on September 7. At a 2 p.m. hearing, Magistrate Judge Kathleen Tafoya denied him bail.

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Louis Hampers, controversial doc charged with writing fake prescriptions, to return to Colorado

Louis Hampers.​ Dr. Louis Hampers, the Children's Hospital ER doctor facing federal charges for writing 654 phony prescriptions, is headed back to Colorado. Hampers was arrested Tuesday in Virginia and appeared in court there this afternoon. According to Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Media largely ignores indicted doc's warrant for allegedly harassing 9News star

Louis Hampers.​In a Wednesday post about indicted former Children's Hospital ER head Dr. Louis Hampers, we asked if the media treats journalists in the news differently than the average person. The question was prompted a decision by all but one local press outlet not to mention by name 9News ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Reporting on indicted doctor mostly skips or obscures link to 9News reporter

Louis Hampers.​Does the media treat journalists in the news differently than the average person? Consider the case of Dr. Louis Hampers, a Children's Hospital physician indicted yesterday on charges of writing hundreds of phony prescriptions. Pre-indictment, Hampers was the subject of a Westwo ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Indicted Children's doctor back in court on Friday, back in Colorado soon

Louis Hampers.​ Dr. Louis Hampers, the Children's Hospital ER doctor charged with writing 654 fake prescriptions dating back to 2007 and continuing through April, will return to court Friday in Virginia, where he was arrested yesterday. According to Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Atto ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Feds indict controversial doctor for allegedly writing 100s of fake prescriptions

Louis Hampers.​ Louis Hampers, the Children's Hospital doctor who was the subject of the recent Westword feature "When This Physician Gets the Fever, it's the Women He Dates Who Can't Shake the Bug," was arrested this morning on charges of writing hundreds of phony prescriptions. An indictment ... More >>

Louis Hampers: Controversial doc temporarily loses medical license pending two investigations

Louis Hampers.​Dr. Louis Hampers, a prominent staffer at The Children's Hospital in Aurora and the subject of the recent Westword feature ""When This Physician Gets the Fever, It's the Women He Dates Who Can't Shake the Bug," has temporarily lost his medical license. This week, Hampers signed ... More >>

Herby the (Denver County) Love Judge to retire

Not Galchinsky.​ Herby the Love Judge is leaving the bench. After spending sixteen years as a Denver County Court judge, Herbert Galchinsky is hanging up his black robe in January due to the county's mandatory-retirement-at-age-72 rule. The court is now accepting applications for his replacem ... More >>

Sex, lies and e-mail: The lawsuit against Dr. Louis Hampers continues

Louis Hampers.​9News investigative reporter Deborah Sherman's relationship with Children's Hospital ER doc Louis Hampers started on a swinger's website and ended in court, where Sherman won a restraining order against him. Hampers' increasingly creepy behavior toward Sherman (and another woma ... More >>

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Swinger websites: Herby the Love Judge doesn't approve of them

The Children's HospitalLouis Hampers.​In April, Denver Judge Herbert Galchinsky granted 9News reporter Deborah Sherman a permanent restraining order against Dr. Louis Hampers, the head of emergency medicine at The Children's Hospital in Aurora and the subject of this week's feature story, "Whe ... More >>