In an unusual court hearing unfolding in Castle Rock, attorneys for Edward Montour Jr. are seeking to withdraw his guilty plea for the murder of a correctional officer in 2002, claiming that he was mentally ill at the time and seeking “court-assisted suicide” by firing his lawyers in a death-penalty…
No telling if the expression on Michael Grover’s face in the mug shot seen here has been stuck there since December 22, when he woke up to discover those Mayan prophecies about the world ending the day before were wrong. But the Aurora man may be wishing the predictions had…
As the Colorado legislature continues to debate gun-control proposals (and Republicans attempt to counter by attacking a Democratic rep for his comments about rape), we’re hearing about a mom’s decision to turn in Richard Lancaster, her mentally ill son, who allegedly managed to collect an arsenal of weapons online. And…
Last September, we shared photos of Colorado’s top twenty most wanted sex offenders. Since then, the list has been updated, and while there’s a new number one (Ronald Dean Stanley), many of them remain at large…and so do a slew of others, many with mug shots that are flat-out chilling…
A week after Globeville’s Mayra Nunez shot her three kids, killing two and severely injuring the third, before committing suicide, a horrifically similar crime has taken place near Colorado Springs. This time, however, the two children who died (ages one and three) were stabbed to death, and the person who…
After a huge cache of documents about child-sexual abusers went public last year, the Boy Scouts of America are under more scrutiny than ever to make sure adults working with kids don’t have pervy intentions. So the organization can’t be pleased about the arrest of Brian Robbins, a scout master…
Most physicians go through their entire careers without ever running afoul of state regulators. But two years after a 26-year-old inmate with chronic kidney problems died while under his care, prison doctor David M. Oba has received a sharply worded letter of admonition from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies…
Douglas County Deputy Robert “Mike” French is a longtime law enforcer who’s worked on some very high-profile investigations. His latest case is different, though — since the suspected perp is him. French was busted over the weekend for suspected sexual exploitation of a child — and the DougCo sheriff’s office…
After the passage of Amendment 64, and its signing by Governor John Hickenlooper, adults age 21 and over could legally have up to an ounce of marijuana. Possessing more than that remains illegal, however — and a recent arrest suggests that police officers will use all the tools at their…
The mug shot of Colorado Rockies all-star Todd Helton taken after his arrest for DUI speaks volumes about the most embarrassing incident of his career. But the police affidavit about the bust adds lots of wacky detail, about everything from chewing tobacco to the chalices from which Helton prefers to…
Update: In an order dated February 11, Judge William Sylvester denied the city of Aurora’s request to lift a gag order in place since the early days of the theater shooting case. The city asked for permission “to speak publicly about the city’s response to the theater shootings, and to…
Last spring, we told you about the arrest of Andrew Simpson, who was thought to have visited a bar and been on a quest to buy pot when his car struck Masoud Bahramisasharif, a DU student walking his bike in a crosswalk. Now the boom has been lowered on Simpson…
Almost as shocking as the DUI arrest of Todd Helton, mainstay of the Colorado Rockies, was how blotto he looked in the mug shot he earned with his bust. But how does it stack up to the most memorable athletes’ mug shots of all time? Find out by eyeballing our…
Photos of 23-year-old Globeville resident Mayra Nunez and her kids — daughters Nivek, six, and Isabella, three, and son Eric, two — depict a happy young family. But from this point forward, they’ll likely trigger more sadness than joy in friends and loved ones. That’s because Denver police believe Nunez…
Last Friday, a presumably unarmed man entered the US Bank on 1801 Jackson Street in Golden, and angrily demanded an undisclosed sum of money from a teller, escaping on foot. More disturbing than this man’s crimes, however, is his complete misunderstanding of bandit chic…
After more than two years, the family, friends and loved ones of Alicia Martinez finally, finally, finally got to witness the conviction of Edward Romero in the 2010 murder of the sixteen year old — one of the most brutal slayings in recent memory. Details, photos of the principals, videos…
Juggalos — fans of the band Insane Clown Posse — have an image problem. They see themselves as peaceful, music-loving members of the extended ICP family, but plenty of cops and the like think they’re part of a potentially dangerous quasi-gang. Juggalo Nation is now countering this perception with Juggalos…
Justice can be expensive — but the cost of injustice is often even higher. Case in point: the horrifically botched investigation into the 1987 murder of Fort Collins’ Peggy Hettrick. Thus far, the case has cost authorities at least $10.5 million — the latest $500,000 as a result of a…
Because Frederick Allen is a diabetic, he uses insulin on a regular basis. But while the substance is a life-saver for him, it led to horror for a CU-Boulder student. Allen has now been convicted of giving her the drug without her consent and raping her while she was incapacitated…
The back-and-forth between Fox News and attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is getting heated. Holmes’s lawyers are attempting to subpoena a Fox reporter who quoted unnamed law enforcement sources as saying that Holmes mailed a notebook to his psychiatrist “full of details about how he was going…
What the hell’s going on in Weld County? The same week teacher Rhonda Eisenberg pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an underage student, and bearing his child, Greeley mom Lynne Freeman has been sentenced for the sexual assault of not one but two teens. Scene of the first incident that came…
The first month of 2013 started out strange when it comes to the crime beat — and that’s reflected in January’s most memorable mug shots, which include an alleged cop/neighborhood-elk killer, a guy accused of tasing his grandmother and more. Check out the complete collection below, and get the whole…
