Anthony Martinez, Accused Child Molester: 140 Possible Victims

Anthony Martinez looks mighty benign in the Facebook photo above. But investigators with the Colorado Springs Police Department, as well as law enforcers in at least six other states, fear he’s anything but. Martinez, 25, has been arrested on suspicion of what the CSPD describes as “an unlawful, sexual relationship…

You’ll Want to “Follow” George Brauchler’s Guide to Social Media

Editor’s note: The memorandum below was found, crumpled into a densely compressed ball, in a men’s-room stall in the Arapahoe County courthouse. We were unable to verify the authenticity of its contents by press time. But in this age of instant communication of unfiltered, user-generated content, what the heck. To:…

Cannibalistic Rats Found, Seized from Pot Grow House

To our knowledge, Westword has never before published a post about cannibalistic rats. But that’s appropriate, because we’re guessing the officers who discovered hundreds of rats, both dead and alive, in the garage attached to a marijuana grow house hadn’t seen anything quite like what they discovered Wednesday, either. About 10…

Denver Cop Uses B-cycle to Catch Wanted Suspect Jose Delgado

Why is the Denver Police Department singing the praises of  Denver B-cycle? Because a cop recently used one of the ubiquitous red riders to track down a wanted suspect who rabbited when officers moved in. On Wednesday, June 3, according to an account on the Denver Police Department Facebook page,…

Three Shocking Strikes That Struck Out Serial Rapist Isaiah Hunter

Isaiah Hunter wasn’t only sentenced for one horrible crime this week. No, the 24-year-old received punishment for three — incidents so disturbing that they could add up to a life sentence. Assorted arrest documents on view below offer strong arguments for describing Hunter as a serial rapist — an extraordinarily…