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Matthew Caulk, sex offender, recaptured -- but why was he wearing passive GPS device?

Update: Last week, we told you about the sweeping search for Matthew Caulk, a sex offender who'd previously been the subject of a nationwide manhunt; see our previous coverage below. Yesterday, he was recaptured in Aurora. But the way he was being monitored when he walked away from a halfway house r ... More >>

Ira Logan, shooter, and Gerhard Ohmstede, dead man, ID'd in possible Make My Day case

Update: The Lakewood Police Department has identified the principals involved in a fatal shooting late Tuesday night. The dead man is Gerhard Alan Ohmstede, forty, while the person who killed him is Ira Miguel Logan, 28. However, Logan is no longer in custody, and he may not be charged with a crime ... More >>

Donna Martinez dies in police shooting, likely charges for passenger Bernard Trujillo

Donna Lynn Martinez had posed for a police photographer before being shot to death by a Lakewood Police officer, as her mug shot indicates. But her companion, Bernard John Trujillo, sported by far the more impressive record -- one that's likely to get longer this week when charges against him are fo ... More >>

Marijuana: $1K fine, year in jail for possession possible but unlikely, says Lakewood PD

Last week, while examining the claim that passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, would eliminate 12,000 Colorado pot arrests per year, we spoke with attorney Warren Edson, who said some communities set a maximum $1,000 fine and a year in jail for petty possession. A police ... More >>

Five most memorable kids-in-trouble stories

The story of eight-year-old Sean King, who made news for delivering a Martin Luther King speech while wearing blackface, is hardly the first time a local kid found himself in the spotlight for strange reasons. We've collected five memorable moments from recent years. Count them down below.

Photos: 5 Soulforce Equality Riders busted for "Bible study" at Colorado Christian University

Update: Yesterday, we visited with members of the Soulforce Equality Ride, who were promoting LGBTQ acceptance at Colorado Christian University as part of a nationwide tour; see our original coverage below. Shortly thereafter, the Lakewood Police Department arrested five participants in the event -- ... More >>

Adam Dixon sentenced for strangling Sabrina Stevens over thirteen years later

In 1998, the nude body of Sabrina Stevens, nineteen, was found dumped along a west-side highway. Immediately thereafter, suspicion began to focus on Adam Dixon, who'd been engaged to Stevens just a couple of months earlier. But it took more than thirteen years for him to confess to ending her life.

Pepper-sprayed Carmody school bus: Cops say kids who carry cannisters need more education

Yesterday afternoon, pepper spray was discharged in a Carmody Middle School bus packed with about fifty students -- eight of whom required medical treatment afterward. At this point, according to Lakewood Police spokesman Steve Davis, the spritzing appears accidental and no criminal charges are anti ... More >>

Mark Sepulveda, Juan Carlos murder suspect, confirmed killed in cell-phone store robbery

Bigger pic below.​Update: The Denver coroner's office has now positively identified the man killed by police following a robbery attempt at a cell-phone store as Mark Sepulveda -- the suspect in the September murder of Juan Carlos in Lakewood. Likewise, the Denver Police Department has confirm ... More >>

The History Colorado Center's beer-bottle floor will be revealed next spring

Orgasmic meditation, BDSM classes at Bedroom event not educational enough for Lakewood PD?

More pics below.​Beyond the Bedroom is described by co-organizer Dan Powers, aka Daka-Dan, as an October 16 educational event about sex. But police in Lakewood, where Beyond the Bedroom was originally scheduled to take place, weren't so sure, due in part to a possible live demonstration of org ... More >>

Keith Ruiz busted in death of 2-year-old Dolci Gryshayeva, spokesman calls details disturbing

Big pics below.​Dolci Gryshayeva might have grown up to be a world-class gymnast. After all, both her grandparents excelled at the sport. But the two-year-old never got the chance, allegedly dying at the hands of Keith Ruiz, her mom's boyfriend. Lakewood Police spokesman Steve Davis calls the ... More >>

Eight-year-old pepper sprayed by cops: Officers made "great" choice, says police spokesman

Video below.​When Aidan's in a good mood, the eight-year-old is personable, friendly, a charmer. But when he's not, he's capable of terrifying any adult, including professionals trained in dealing with unruly children. That's the conclusion of Lakewood Police spokesman Steve Davis, who praises ... More >>

Ann Crall: Cancer-faking Lakewood cop's wife pleads guilty to fraud, could get 15 years

Big pic below.​Remember Ann Crall, the Lakewood cop's wife who allegedly faked cancer in order to shake down folks -- including police officers -- for thousands in charitable donations? Well, take the "allegedly" out of the previous sentence, because she's pleaded guilty to theft and charitabl ... More >>

Karen Marie Esquibel, ID'd as woman found in Lakewood parking lot, dies of exposure

​Update: Lakewood Police were able to identify the woman found in the parking lot of a Lakewood apartment complex at 5 a.m. this bitterly cold morning as Karen Marie Esquibel, 48. But while a Lakewood police spokesman was initially optimistic that she would survive, it was not to be. She died ... More >>

Eric Montiel still being sought in El Torito bar shooting of Jose Beltran-Galindo (46)

Big pic below.​Update: Lakewood Police have belatedly released a mug shot of Eric Montiel, the chief suspect in the January 4 slaying of El Torito bartender Jose Beltran-Galindo. In addition, the LPD has tweaked the license plate number of Montiel's reported vehicle. Look below to see that rel ... More >>

Jarrett Berlin unarmed when SWAT team shot him, cohort Tara Salazar says he was massacred

Large pics below.​Update: On Friday, the Lakewood Police Department confirmed that Jarrett Berlin, shot and killed by a SWAT team after a standoff at the Bentley Apartments, was unarmed at the time of his death. Now, Tara Salazar, the woman who was allegedly in the car he used to get away from ... More >>

Ann Crall, accused cancer faker, is Lakewood cop's wife, and other officers donated thousands

See full-sized photos below.​Suddenly, people allegedly pretending to have cancer for personal gain are everywhere. Hot on the heels of the jail sentence leveled against admitted cancer-faking hottie Tausha Marsh, we learn about a grand jury indictment against Ann Crall, who's said to have col ... More >>

James Chavez allegedly left loaded gun in 4-year old's backpack, then sent her to kindergarten

James Chavez.​Earlier today, we told you about a gun found in a kindergartener's backpack in Lakewood. And it hadn't been brought to school for show and tell. Now, more details: The person who allegedly left the gun in this spot is James Chavez, 27. The gun was loaded -- and the little girl u ... More >>

Man gets trespassing notice for telling deli clerk he likes large (chicken) breasts?

​Al Stults Jr. swears that when he told a Safeway deli clerk that he likes large breasts, he was talking about chicken breasts -- not anything attached to her. Which explains why he's so upset about receiving a trespassing notice from the Lakewood Police Department banning him from the superma ... More >>

Marcus Leyba's mug shot speaks volumes about accused lethal child abuser

Marcus Leyba looks like a man with regrets -- lots of them.​If anything, that line about a picture being worth a thousand words understates the impact of the just-released photo here, which shows Lakewood's Marcus Leyba while being booked on Thanksgiving for child abuse resulting in death -- t ... More >>

Did four juvies set a record for most cars stolen in a day?

"Next time, kids, leave the job to the professionals."​Old-timers who bitch that young people today don't have enough ambition obviously never met four juveniles taken into custody early yesterday. According to Lakewood Police Department spokesman Steve Davis, this quartet managed to swipe fi ... More >>

Hatchet Job

You can buy ICP shirts at Colorado Mills – just don’t wear one there.

Rent-a-Cop

Denver's finest protect and serve, whether they're being paid by the city or the corner bar.

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the week of 4/10/2008

Anatomy of a Cover-up

Days after the Columbine shootings, Jeffco officials were already lying about what they knew. What about now?

Anatomy of a Cover-up

Days after the Columbine shootings, Jeffco officials were already lying about what they knew. What about now?

There Ought to Be a Law

Ten questions for the legislature's Columbine committee.

Lights, Camera...No Comment

Two years after the shootings, 60 Minutes brings Columbine back to prime time -- and local officials get camera-shy.

Of Mice and Men

Discretion is the question in Jefferson County.

Stonewalled

A year after the Columbine murders, agonizing questions remain — about the attack, the police response, and a sheriff under siege.

The Making of a Media Event

The Columbine anniversary promises to be the biggest thing since...well, Columbine.

Off Limits

The son also rises...

Off Limits

Bob Enyart finds his New Zealand accomodations rather confining...

Doom Rules

Much of what we think we know about Columbine is wrong.

Off Limits

Off Limits

Hell on Wheels

Colorado Highways are safer now than they've been in decades. So what are drivers so mad about?