On the night of April 1, 1995, Alan Sudduth’s mother was out, again, leaving the sixteen-year-old and his fourteen-year-old brother alone in their bleak two-bedroom apartment in Aurora. There was a world of ways in which they could get into trouble — and trouble soon knocked on the door. Nicholas…
It’s not likely that officials at All Nippon Airways would forget that the folks at Denver International Airport dearly want to make a deal for a nonstop flight to Tokyo; DIA’s been chasing that brass ring for a decade. But that didn’t stop a few locals from flying to Japan…
Last week, we told you about a search for Marco Antonio DeLeon, identified by the Aurora Police Department as a person of interest in the shooting of a woman subsequently identified as Dakota Fresh, nineteen. Unfortunately, Fresh died of her wounds — and DeLeon, who was captured after the APD’s…
You know what people everywhere love to read? Wacky crime stories. And sometimes, a wacky crime from Colorado catches the world’s eye. Like the threesome from hell that shook up Niwot. Or the guy who robbed a 7-Eleven in Colorado Springs with a Klingon bat’leth. Or the sad (and kinda…
In an interview last week, Ken Buck campaign consultant Walt Klein said he thinks Jane Norton, the well-heeled frontrunner for the Republican senatorial nomination, is running scared. Shockingly enough, Josh Penry, the minority leader of the Colorado Senate and former gubernatorial candidate, who’s just agreed to take over as Norton’s…
Denver blogs are blogs about Denver. For more details, see these three examples. John Bena at Mile High Report thinks the Broncos would be smart to trade down from the number eleven pick in Thursday’s NFL draft — if Rolando McClain’s gone by then, that is. If he’s still there,…
Our cover story this week recounts the tale of Alan Sudduth, a juvenile who was sentenced to seventy years in prison in 1996 for the murder of a cab driver — even though a recent hearing showed that the prosecution’s case was full of holes, earning Sudduth a new trial…
In a blog published earlier today about changes in a major MMJ bill, Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation’s Matt Brown called Senator Chris Romer “the last big bogey factor we have to plan for and work with” due to recent comments that “seem designed to get us worked up.” They…
If you were hoping to get a rebate for buying an energy efficient washing machine, dishwasher or refrigerator, you’re probably too late. RechargeColorado.com, the state website that serves as the starting point for the federally funded rebates, still says they’re available at this writing. But Todd Hartman, spokesman for the…
Angry scrawls are pinned and plastered to immovable objects all over town, creating an environment of screaming trees and wailing walls. Here are six signs to help you know if it’s normal Denver disgruntlement — or a symptom of more serious trouble. #1. Cry for help. Karen’s offer in the…
The sale of beer to an underage buyer doesn’t usually make headlines. But in the case of Van Thien Pham, they’re understandable. Back in 2007, according to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Pham sold liquor to an underage teen who subsequently got into a crash — one that took…
As Denver’s annual 4/20 pot bacchanal was taking place at Civic Center Park yesterday, members of the Colorado House were once again amending House Bill 1284, a measure designed to regulate the state’s medical marijuana industry. Matt Brown, frontman for Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation, isn’t sure if one event…
When Dan Hawkins was retained as CU’s head coach last November, despite a 2009 performance that provided plenty of reasons for his sacking, fans were left to hope that he’d at least try not to repeat past mistakes. No such luck. One of his biggest errors during his CU tenure…
Efforts to establish post-traumatic stress disorder as a condition treatable by medical marijuana fell short in the Colorado legislature last month. That was fine by the state’s health department, which circulated a fact sheet among legislators prior to vote on a PTSD amendment arguing that there’s no medical evidence MMJ…
Yesterday afternoon, the item atop the Fort Collins Coloradoan’s breaking-news roster was an announcement that a photo-radar vehicle had been spotted “on LaPorte Avenue just east of Meldrum St. The van is targeting eastbound drivers.” Unusual? Not at the Coloradoan, which has posted updates about photo-radar vans and their locations…
The latest TV commercial featuring Carmelo Anthony is flat-out bizarre, and not only because it represents his head as a sun rising above the horizon — iconography that blends Teletubbies with the Unification Church. As you’ll see in the clip above, the tribute to His Basketball Eminence is delivered by…
Westword marijuana critic William Breathes is filing dispatches from the 4/20 celebration at Civic Center Park. Read from the bottom up to follow them in chronological order. 4:56 p.m.: Found my ride… Fun rally. As is always the case with the 4/20 rally, the actual event of smoking pot in…
Now that South Park bad boys Trey Parker and Matt Stone have announced plans for a Broadway production titled The Book of Mormon, congregants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are bracing themselves for some savage jokes about polygamous prophets, complicated underwear, annoying missionaries and an angel…
If there’s one thing Denver’s marijuana movement has embraced, it’s a wanton disregard for federal laws. And no day illustrates this sentiment more than 4/20, when marijuana patients and exuberant scofflaws alike ascend on the Capitol to protest pot prohibition — and to offer reefer-eshing variations on commercial branding. Page…
Yes, I, too, was excited by the Nuggets’ victory in game one of their playoff series against the Utah Jazz on Saturday. But even in a thirteen-point win, there were danger signs about a lack of defense — which wound up costing them game two. A blown call late was…
Update, 3 p.m.: Channel 31 has posted video of the suspect. Check it out below the original item, which was published at 11:37 a.m. Last week may have marked the first-ever iPad theft in the state of Colorado! Hooray! Of course, the person whose new gadget was snatched from the…
As the number of people applying for Colorado medical marijuana licenses has multiplied, so has the amount of time required for the state to process all that paperwork. What started as a month delay stretched to three, then four months last fall. Now it’s seven or eight months — way…
