Crime & Police

“I’m not in shock anymore, but the grief and pain is with me all the time, and I imagine it always will be.”

According to the Denver Police Department, crime was down 33 percent in 2023 across the city.

Over 110 offenses have been reported in the past six months, making the block along Ogden between 14th and Colfax the most crime-ridden block in Capitol Hill.

The outerwear plays a key role in the mayor’s Clean and Safe Downtown Initiative, as does an existing Downtown Denver Partnership app that already had the same name.

From Soapy Smith in the 1880s to James Hogue in the 2020s, scammers are a staple of Colorado.

The sentencing will wrap up criminal matters related to the incident; Officer Brandon Ramos already received eighteen months probation…after shooting seven people.

“If you steal a car anywhere in the city, we will have a chance to track you as soon as you have left that location, to know the direction in which you fled and be able to help inform police.”

Alonzo Montoya was convicted of racketeering and child abuse resulting in death for his daughter’s accidental fentanyl overdose in 2022.

“We care too much for those traveling on our roadways to ignore the blatant disregard for the safety of others.”

“They were well-liked in the community. They were just very loving people.”

Police are looking for Adrian Alamillo-Gonzales – a convicted felon who skipped a court date last month – as well as other possible victims.

Three separate trials will be held this year for the Jeffco suspects, who were high school seniors when they went on their deadly rampage.

Swindler Jimmy Sabatino can’t shut up, even in the solitary world of the supermax federal prison in Colorado.

Heading into 2024, John Ramsey told Westword he was confident that JonBenét’s murder would finally be solved. Boulder’s police chief leaving could change that.

Staff vacancy in Colorado prisons is currently around 20 percent.

Shaunik Raheja of Denver and Shray Goel of Miami were indicted on federal fraud charges connected to nearly 100 short-term rental properties in ten states.

The victim was paying her respects at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery when the thief stole her purse out of her car, which she’d left unlocked.

“We could have been the ones who are driving drunk and crashing into people’s cars at 2:30 in the morning.”

The Arizona man was arrested January 2 after reportedly shooting out windows, setting a fire and holding a guard at gunpoint; police say the incident was unrelated to threats over Trump decision.

“I said to my team when I took office, I want to go after the big problems and I want to make transformative changes where we can.”

Victor Salazar-Guarache, 26, has been charged with murder for the December 23 shooting, which unfolded in the parking lot of a Topgolf in Thornton.