Last year, we told you about three arrests in a cold case from one of our periodic posts about unsolved murders: the horrific rape and murder of Jacqueline Gallegos. We also spoke with Gallegos’s son, Anthony, who called for the killers to receive the death penalty. In the end, prosecutors…
Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers updates its most wanted list on a weekly basis. The technique seems to be working: A recent visit to the site showed six recent arrests. But that still leaves 28 men and women on the roster for July and August — so far. The good…
The Montbello Recreation Center isn’t frequently a hot Twitter subject — but that changed last night. Among the tweets on the topic was this one: “WTF…. Someone got stabbed at the Montbello rec? Wow.” Also tweeting on the topic was the Denver Police Department, which shared details of a crime…
Update: Last week, we told you about a shooting at the Boogie Down Bar & Grill; see our previous coverage below. No suspect information was available in the immediate aftermath of the gunplay. But yesterday, the Denver Police Department released the name of a suspect: Christopher Uvalle, age 22. Here’s…
Judging by her account in an arrest affidavit, Nancy Jo Arias had every reason to be angry at her husband, Phil Lobato. After all, he allegedly reacted to accusations that he’d cheated on his longtime spouse by hitting her in the face. But she’s the one facing a first-degree murder…
Members of the Littleton Police Department have been on the scene of a homicide near the intersection of Broadway and Arapahoe throughout last night and the wee hours of this morning. Meanwhile, the search for a suspect is ongoing in a crime that doesn’t appear to be a random act…
It’s never a good idea for you to make profanity-filled death threats to anyone — and particularly to the woman who was your spouse for three decades. But even stupider is doing so when the victim is in the district attorney’s office making a complaint against you. Because one of…
The recent murder of an inmate at the Sterling Correctional Facility — the sixth homicide at the state’s largest prison since 2010 — has prompted Colorado Department of Corrections executive director Rick Raemisch to promise an “intensive” investigation into the circumstances of the death. The killing comes in the wake…
Update: Early Thursday morning, Eray Wilson, a suspect in the Platinum 84 shooting, surrendered to Federal Heights authorities, who are also keeping their eye on two thus-far-unnamed individuals. Our original post follows. A short time ago, in a post about a bicyclist hurt in a drive-by shooting near 31st and…
The late night/early morning violence in Denver this summer shows no signs of ebbing, with multiple life-threatening acts taking place after the sun set yesterday. Among the most shocking: the shooting of a cyclist in an alley near 31st and Stout. Here’s what we know thus far. See also: Early-Morning…
Christipher Baker has been sentenced to serve fourteen years behind bars — which actually sounds modest given the crimes he’s been convicted of committing. Baker pleaded guilty to sexually molesting his own three-year-old daughter and then strangling his best friend, reportedly after an argument over a pizza. Photos, video and…
A work crew hired to clear trees isn’t the most likely target for violence — but Larimer County Sheriff’s Office reps believe not one but two people employed in this capacity were victims of pistol whippings and fired shots courtesy of Denver’s Justin Pohlmann. Turns out Pohlmann’s had previous brushes…
Last October, we told you about one of the most disturbing child abuse stories in recent memory: the arrest of Wayne Sperling and Lorinda Bailey for abusing and neglecting their four boys, ages two, four, five and six, in a case whose feces-and-flies filled details were absolutely horrifying. Now, Bailey…
Those who work the overnight shift at Colfax motels no doubt have some tales to tell — but we hope few of them experience what a Days Inn employee witnessed today. Mere hours ago at this writing, a clerk discovered that the person who stumbled into the lobby at the…
Three years ago, Shannon Johnson made international headlines after her infant son drowned in the bathtub while she allegedly played a game on Facebook. She was sentenced to ten years behind bars for the tragedy. Did something similar happen in the case of Alexis Duron-Deluna? Fortunately, her baby didn’t die…
Cherry Robertson says fourteen-year-old Niela Coleman was bullying her daughter — a claim Coleman denies. But even if Robertson is right, prosecutors still feel she could have handled the situation better…since she allegedly responded by shooting the girl. Continue for photos, a video, the police report and details about a…
Ricky Thompson, a 49-year-old homeless man, was panhandling in Aurora last year when he was punched so brutally that he eventually succumbed to his injuries. Now, Daniel Rice has been convicted of causing Thompson’s death. Continue for photos and details of this brutal crime. See also: Homelessness Being Criminalized in…
Mere hours ago, gunfire erupted near 22nd and Arapahoe, injuring one man. Fortunately, he’s expected to survive — but he wasn’t able to provide much assistance to Denver police when it comes to tracking down the person who shot him. Photos and more details below. See also: Photos: Shooting at…
Update: Earlier this morning, we posted an update about a SWAT team standoff in Keenesburg that ended tragically. Turns out a similar standoff was in the past of another person at the center of a Tuesday post: Adrian Chavez, 22, the accused owner of a gun a five-year-old used to…
Update: Yesterday morning, we told you about two violent deaths following a SWAT team standoff in the small community of Keenesburg; see our previous coverage below. Now, we know the identities of the dead: Shawn Kilker, 42, and his son Keith, fourteen, who Shawn apparently killed in a murder-suicide. Reports…
Rachel Lewin looks much happier in the photo above, shared on her Facebook page, than she does in her booking photo, and no wonder: She was arrested in an arson incident following a String Cheese Incident concert that resulted in her being sentenced in July to more than a decade…
Prosecutors in the James Holmes case have sent an e-mail to victims clarifying that they are allowed to speak to Holmes’s attorneys if they want. Judge Carlos Samour ordered prosecutors to send the e-mail (on view below) after defense attorneys complained that prosecutors were discouraging victims from talking to them…
