Nineteen-year-old Benjamin Janicki, accused of tickling and licking the vaginas of preschool girls at a Park Hill daycare center, was big local news even before the release of his mug shot and announcement of a fourth charge against him. But now, Janicki has become a symbol of parental fears nationwide…
In mid-August, an Air Force Academy cadet survey showed statistically significant discrimination, harassment and the like against females, homosexuals, bisexuals and racial minorities, plus a considerable amount of unwanted religious proselytizing. But that info came from leaks; the Academy refuses to release all the data. Military Religious Freedom Foundation founder…
Unless you want your boss to know exactly how sick your “sick” days are, you might want to be careful about who’s in your social network when you’re at Vail Resorts this season…
Memo to process servers: The best place to find Douglas Bruce over the next few days is the Denver courtroom of Judge Brian Whitney. That’s where Bruce sat this morning, listening to process servers explain their attempts to deliver subpoenas to the anti-tax activist — part of a larger struggle…
Three Denver blog posts here. A Predominantly Orange readers poll currently predicts a no. 1 AFC West finish for the Broncos. We can dream, can’t we? Colorado Education News’ Paul Teske says teacher evaluation is a sampling process. Sample the item here. Dan Maes showed up at today’s Channel 12…
Authorities in Boulder have charged Marciene Sullivan, 52, with 23 separate counts in the child-abuse and child-pornography categories. Why both? Because not only did Sullivan allegedly upload child-porn images, but some of the shots were of a young girl known to him. Shudder. Get more details from the Boulder Police…
William Breathes’s latest medical marijuana dispensary review brings him to Pure Medical Dispensary, where less is (generally) more. But it’s hardly the only game in town, as you’ll discover when perusing our always fresh online listings. Click to access our newly updated medical-marijuana directory…
In “Mile Highs and Lows,” Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. See our dispensary list here, and keep reading for William Breathes’s review of Pure Medical Dispensary…
This week’s feature story by Melanie Asmar, “A Wing and a Prayer: Jeff Puckett’s Helicopter Gets Denver Closer to God,” profiles Jeff Puckett, who leads an all-volunteer helicopter ministry that takes community members and pastors high above Denver. It’s a great photo spot, as you can see below…
On August 19, two suspects reportedly mugged a man on the 1700 block of Clarkston Street, then used his stolen credit card — and surveillance video shows that one of them was clad in a Tim Tebow jersey. Mugging a guy’s bad enough. But besmirching the image of Denver’s new…
The 20th Street bridge connects the ultra-hip Highland neighborhood directly to the Denver Skate Park. Every street sign between Central and Little Raven Streets has become a canvas for the pedestrian designers who seem to be sending secret messages to motorists…..
Oh, what a bizarre document the folks at Westword sister paper the Dallas Observer stumbled upon today. It’s a handwritten request for a preliminary restraining order against Carmelo Anthony — plus Dwyane Wade, Mark Cuban, Jerry Reinsdorf and Jerry Buss — from Jonathan Lee Riches, who also goes by the…
Back in June, commissioner Ben Pearlman told us about the passage of new rules for medical marijuana operations in Boulder County. An application to grow marijuana on the 67-acre Szymanski Farms property would have been rejected under the updated regs. But because the ap was filed before their passage, Pearlman…
Dan Maes might have some fight left in him after all. Amid Hank Brown’s retracted endorsement, campaign financing malaise and allegations that he exaggerated his responsibilities as a member of a Kansas police department, Maes today tweeted from the storm. And he didn’t need anywhere near 140 characters…
As noted in last week’s cover story, “The Nutty Professor,” CU prof Peter McGraw has come up with what he sees as a new theory of humor — the benign violation theory — and some scholars think it’s a major step forward in the field. Others, however, aren’t so convinced,…
In July, Robert Walters was accused of murdering Air Force vet Brittney Brashers following a topless photo shoot, then faking a car crash to cover up the crime. Then, last week, Walters was slapped with another charge: attempting to put out a hit on his ex-wife. Now, new details are…
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 collected nearly $60,000 for a bogus illness. The capper?…
According to a spokesman, Dan Maes wasn’t trying to pretend he was Jason Bourne when discussing supposed undercover work he did with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation during his two-year stint as a cop. But he’s going to need some of Bourne’s skills to survive the bad PR currently raining…
When gubernatorial candidate (and, not incidentally, Denver mayor) John Hickenlooper unveiled his education platform on Monday, he touted the experience of his running mate, Colorado State University at Pueblo President Joe Garcia, who was previously the president of Pikes Peak Community College and is currently a co-chair of Governor Bill…
“Asphalt Jungle,” Alan Prendergast, August 19 LoDo Lowdown My compliments on Alan Prendergast’s story — another top-notch writing job from a real pro. The problems continue in LoDo, and it is not only gang members in half-empty parking lots at Let Out causing it. Several weeks ago my daughter was…
A pastor, a football player, a ministry leader and a seminary student walk into a helicopter. Well, they don’t walk, really. They hoist and scoot themselves into the seven-person Bell 407, a sleek navy-and-white beauty equipped with six aqua-green headsets attached to microphones that curl in front of the passengers’…
What would you call a helicopter that brings metro-Denverites closer — well, at least five hundred feet closer — to God? Local businessman Jeff Puckett calls his holy helicopter Prayer One, and he’s been flying religious leaders, politicians and, most recently, young former gang members on it for the past…
