Photos: Twenty most memorable mug shots of April 2014

This is Desiree Gallimore, who goes by “Dez” — and it’s appropriate she’s got a nickname of her own, since she’s been charged alongside the Packer brothers, aka “Chrome” and “Jazz,” in a disturbing child prostitution case. Chrome is only one of the alleged lawbreakers featured in our April mug-shot…

James Holmes’s lawyers object to second sanity evaluation

Lawyers for Aurora theater shooting gunman James Holmes have until May 5 to ask the Colorado Supreme Court to review a decision by Judge Carlos Samour to have Holmes undergo a second sanity evaluation. Samour ordered the second evaluation after prosecutors alleged that the first one, done last summer, contained…

Top ten Denver neighborhoods for aggravated assaults

Earlier this week, we posted about the ten Denver neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get your car stolen, using Denver Police Department data from 2009 to 2013 obtained by Fox31. But that was only one of several offenses for which figures are available. Today, our focus is aggravated assault,…

Why 4/20 is the absolute worst day of the year in Colorado

This Sunday thousands of ganja enthusiasts will gather in Denver’s Civic Center for what has become an annual rite of spring, the embrace of cannabis culture at 4:20 on 4/20. But this weekend also marks the peculiar collision of several more somber anniversaries, commemorating some of the worst days this…