Update: Booking photos have been released for the four people previously arrested in connection with the homicide death of Andrea Bartmess; see our earlier coverage below. In addition, a fifth person, 21-year-old Chataignier D. McCaffrey-Pickett, has also been taken into custody regarding the crime, and while her mug shot was…
Our most viewed crime post of November involved Meghan McKeon, who was sentenced to 22 years after her toddler died while she spent time with a bottle. Her story is among twenty shared here by way of links to the month’s most memorable mug shots. See them all below, and…
Is Snowmass Village’s Michael Phillips a hip-hop poet or a dangerous stalker who used his Instagram account and other online sites to threaten a former girlfriend? Those are among the questions surrounding the arrest of Michael Phillips. See photos and get details of his strange case, which pivots on communication…
Last month, we told you about the death of Rachel Neiman, a Regis University student who was killed after being struck by a suspected street racer. Now, two men, William Chicano and David Felan, have been formally charged in the case — and Felan, whose Facebook page is filled with…
Update: Last week, we reported that Jose Alderete-Gomez had been arrested in conjunction with an attack on a Fort Collins woman — and speculation was rife that he was responsible for a string of assaults in the area; see our previous coverage below. Now, the charges against Alderete-Gomez have expanded…
Last week, we shared allegations against a Denver police officer caught on video punching a suspect six times in the face and tripping a pregnant woman. In addition, officers were accused of deleting the video, which was later said to have been recovered from a cloud-based storage system. Around the…
Ten Fort Collins women have been attacked over the past few months, and police believe the same man assaulted many, if not all, of them. Against this backdrop, 27-year-old Jose Alderete-Gomez has been arrested in one of the incidents — and investigators are working to see if they can link…
Black Friday marks the official start of the holiday shopping season — and presumably also the holiday shoplifting season. With that in mind, the Aurora Police Department is sending a simple seasonal message: “Shoplift in Aurora and go to jail!” Those are the first words in a new APD Facebook…
Back in August, we reported that Jennifer Reali, who’d gained a lot more notoriety as the so-called Fatal Attraction killer of her lover’s wife than she has for the gospel singing on self-released albums that she recorded while doing time at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, was living in a…
Early Sunday morning, a man was killed at The Beach, a nightclub near Mile High Stadium, and friends are identifying him as Kevie Durham, better known to local hip-hop fans as KL Tha General; read a remembrance of him in our Backbeat blog. Here’s the latest about this crime and…
Three years ago, Colorado’s state prison system kept nearly 10 percent of its population held in solitary confinement, a rate that was about seven times the national average. That excessive use began to change under Department of Corrections executive director Tom Clements, until his 2013 murder by Evan Ebel, an…
How badly did Matthew Hickcox and friends allegedly want meth? Enough to rip a mailbox out of a sidewalk. That’s among the assertions about what prosecutors describe as an identity theft ring — and two members, including Matthew’s brother Robert, remain on the loose at this writing. Photos, details and…
The murder at Aurora’s Bronco Bar wasn’t the only example of gunfire in the metro area last night. Two people were also shot in Commerce City — and the individuals behind the triggers were Denver police officers. Continue for details about the incident, which flowed from a failed traffic stop…
What’s among the worst ways to convince a police officer you’re completely innocent of a hit-and-run crash? Trying to punch him in the face after admitting you’re a habitual drunk driver. That’s among the alleged reasons Gonzalez has now been charged with hitting and running in a violent weekend smash-up…
UPDATE 2: Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock says that he now believes Harold Henthorn may have murdered his first wife. In 1995, Lynn Henthorn died from injuries supposedly sustained when a car fell on her while she was changing the tire. Update 1: Last week, bond was rejected for Harold…
The death of Brandon Crawford, fifteen, offers yet another cautionary tale about guns. If the .22 caliber revolver hadn’t been present, reports suggest he’d still be alive. But the fellow fifteen-year-old who allegedly shot him to death told authorities he carried a weapon with him “for protection.” Photos and additional…
Update: The Aurora Police Department has announced that Jahvell Forrest, twenty, has been arrested on suspicion of shooting eleven-year-police veteran Ryan Burns on Friday night. And it’s not his first time in cuffs. Details below. See also: Rollin Oliver Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder in Slaying of Officer Celena Hollis…
The animal control officers who inspected Dennis Craven’s home wore hazmat suits, and no wonder. Judging by video shot inside (it’s on view below), his residence was as risky for people as it was lethal for cats. A total of 23 were located dead inside, including “three-and-a-half” found under a…
Ashley Fallis’s family never bought the story that she killed herself following a New Year’s Eve celebration three years ago — and their persistence has finally paid off. Her husband, former police officer Tom Fallis, has been arrested and charged with murdering her and then making it look like a…
USA Today set out to discover if the racially lopsided arrest statistics in Ferguson, Missouri, where unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer, were an anomaly. Sadly, no: A fascinating new report reveals a racial gap in arrest stats in many locations across the…
In May, we told you about the guilty verdict against Christopher Perea for the murder of his wife, Loretta Barela. We also noted the botched 911 response that marred the case — one that foreshadowed the April killing of Kristine Kirk, who was on the phone with an operator when…
Late last month, we updated you on a series of attacks on Fort Collins women, with eight of nine thought to have been committed by the same suspect. Now, Kelli Middleton has come forward with the story of her own attack, and she’s said to be convinced that the man…
