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Organized Crime

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Danielle Ate the Sandwich looking for extras to appear in her new video for "Faith In a Man"

    See Also: • Danielle Anderson isn't easy to forget • Meet Danielle Ate the Sandwich Last year, singer-songwriter Danielle Ate the Sandwich (aka Danielle Anderson) teamed up with Nick Celentano and Ryan Anthony Martin, the guys behind Synthetic PictureHaus, to make the music video for "Where the ... More >>

  • Music

    February 16, 2012

    DJ Krush spins February 22 at the Bluebird

    See Also: • Danielle Anderson isn't easy to forget • Meet Danielle Ate the Sandwich Last year, singer-songwriter Danielle Ate the Sandwich (aka Danielle Anderson) teamed up with Nick Celentano and Ryan Anthony Martin, the guys behind Synthetic PictureHaus, to make the music video for "Where the ... More >>

  • Film

    January 5, 2012

    Outrage depicts the yakuza with bemused irony

    See Also: • Danielle Anderson isn't easy to forget • Meet Danielle Ate the Sandwich Last year, singer-songwriter Danielle Ate the Sandwich (aka Danielle Anderson) teamed up with Nick Celentano and Ryan Anthony Martin, the guys behind Synthetic PictureHaus, to make the music video for "Where the ... More >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2011

    Queensryche

    Saturday, September 17, Ogden Theatre, axs.com.

  • Music

    January 20, 2011

    Lynch Mob

    Monday, January 24, Casselman's Bar & Venue, 720-242-8923.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Paper Cha$ers Ink: Lee Lacey, ten others accused in identity-theft, counterfeiting ring

    Big pics below.​If you're going to be part of a criminal enterprise, make sure it has a cool name -- like Paper Cha$ers Ink, an alleged group of identity thieves and counterfeiters. The Colorado Springs Police Department has rounded up eight suspects, with three more to go. Check out their pho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Dan Maes's latest explanation for being fired as a Kansas cop: Evildoers (and girlfriends) beware!

    Dan Maes.​It's hard to pick a favorite claim by GOP gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes. His accounts of himself, from "I did so drive 80,000 miles" to his denunciation of Denver's bike program as a UN plot to his boasts of undercover police work invite us into a realm hitherto unknown, at least t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Mafia controls Denver and John Hickenlooper -- if you believe our midnight tipster, that is

    "Orders from Don Hick."​Here at Westword, we regularly receive news tips -- many legitimate and worthy of further investigation, others not so much. But few are as flat-out bizarre as this one, left on our tip line at 12:02 a.m. this morning: "Uh, it's all good, but the Mafia runs Denver, and ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2010

    Inside America's kidnapping capital of Phoenix, Arizona

    "Orders from Don Hick."​Here at Westword, we regularly receive news tips -- many legitimate and worthy of further investigation, others not so much. But few are as flat-out bizarre as this one, left on our tip line at 12:02 a.m. this morning: "Uh, it's all good, but the Mafia runs Denver, and ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2010

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner

    "Orders from Don Hick."​Here at Westword, we regularly receive news tips -- many legitimate and worthy of further investigation, others not so much. But few are as flat-out bizarre as this one, left on our tip line at 12:02 a.m. this morning: "Uh, it's all good, but the Mafia runs Denver, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Drug ring in Boulder County: 17 indicted for meth, cocaine, to Stan Garnett's delight

    Stan Garnett.​Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett, who's challenging John Suthers for the job of Colorado Attorney General, was able to burnish his law-and-order credentials today via the actions of a grand jury, which just handed down a 127-count, seventeen-person indictment aimed at a Lon ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    Sweet on Zombies

    Stan Garnett.​Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett, who's challenging John Suthers for the job of Colorado Attorney General, was able to burnish his law-and-order credentials today via the actions of a grand jury, which just handed down a 127-count, seventeen-person indictment aimed at a Lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Dan Tang pleads guilty in exchange for reduced sentence

    Dan Tang​This morning, prominent Thornton restaurant owner Dan Tang pled guilty to one count of money laundering for his role in what investigators labeled the "Dan Tang Drug Trafficking Organization." When authorities took down the drug ring in February 2008, they came away with 24,000 mari ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2009

    Guys and Wise Guys

    Get a taste of Denver history when Dick Kreck discusses his book on the Smaldone family.

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    Family Men

    A Bronx Tale looks at life from both sides now.

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Today's featured event: Take a peep into the life and work of J.X. Williams

    Suppose a guy from L.A. grew up pinko in a time when that was dangerous -- but he longed to make movies and had an inside track until his leftist leanings got him blacklisted. So he hooked up with mobsters, began churning out pulpy porno and made some money. He ghostwrote dozens of films and made ... More >>

  • Film

    March 12, 2009

    Gomorrah

    Suppose a guy from L.A. grew up pinko in a time when that was dangerous -- but he longed to make movies and had an inside track until his leftist leanings got him blacklisted. So he hooked up with mobsters, began churning out pulpy porno and made some money. He ghostwrote dozens of films and made ... More >>

  • Film

    November 1, 2007

    American Gangster

    Ridley Scott’s portrait of a ’70s dope CEO may not be epic, but it’s still super-fly.

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2006

    Magnetic Attraction

    Ridley Scott’s portrait of a ’70s dope CEO may not be epic, but it’s still super-fly.

  • Film

    October 5, 2006

    Bait and Switch

    A hero of the Hong Kong new wave returns the compliment.

  • Home Entertainment

    June 29, 2006

    The Citizen Kane of Crap

    A hero of the Hong Kong new wave returns the compliment.

  • Film

    December 1, 2005

    Fall of Usher

    In the Mix can't keep up with its likable star.

  • Film

    July 21, 2005

    Flick Pick

    The Big Lebowski

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    50 Cent

    The Massacre (Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit)

  • Music

    September 2, 2004

    Tommy Stinson

    Thursday, September, 2, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

  • News

    August 14, 2003

    Pop Quiz

    Mobbery, Robbery and Snobbery
    August 14, 2003

  • Film

    July 26, 2001

    Gangster Crap

    Made, a wannabe mob comedy, won't be furthering any careers.

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000
  • Film

    August 19, 1999

    Blue in the Face

    Not-so-good fellow Hugh Grant gets engaged to the Mob in Mickey Blue Eyes.

  • Music

    May 7, 1998

    Mob Rules

    The Goodie Mob is a hip-hop group with a higher purpose.

  • Film

    August 14, 1997

    Bad Cop, Bad Cop

    The Goodie Mob is a hip-hop group with a higher purpose.

  • Music

    February 14, 1996

    JOIN THE MOB

    DENVER'S DEUCE MOB WANTS TO CRUISE ONTO THE HIP-HOP CHARTS.

  • Film

    February 7, 1996

    COURTING DISASTER

    DENVER'S DEUCE MOB WANTS TO CRUISE ONTO THE HIP-HOP CHARTS.

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