October brought Colorado some of the most horrific crimes in recent years, as well as accompanying images that are seared in our collective memory. But there were also plenty of unusual, strange or unsettling reports that may have gotten lost in the shuffle. See the twenty memorable mug shots they…
Update: Judge William Sylvester, the jurist overseeing the Aurora theater shooting case against accused murderer James Holmes, has denied a request for access to evidence from three victims suing Cinemark, owner of the Century 16, where twelve people died and 58 were injured during the July 20 attack. An implied…
Update: There was virtually no doubt that district attorney Scott Storey would charge Austin Reed Sigg, seventeen, as an adult in the kidnapping and killing of Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl. And so it has come to pass. Moments ago, the Colorado Judicial Department released a document confirming that…
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition has been one of the national organizations most active in promoting Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. No surprise, then, that the group puts an election-oriented spin on just-released crime statistics from the FBI for the year 2011. According to LEAP, the data shows…
The word “pimp” is flexible enough to describe flamboyant mack-daddisms as well as specific criminal behavior. And while Kelon Kilgore’s Facebook page establishes his credentials when it comes to the former, the Denver Police Department thinks he’s guilty of the latter, too. Get details about the self-described “Providence Procurer” and…
Twelve more people have been identified as victims of the July 20 Aurora theater shooting. Recently released court documents show that prosecutors are charging alleged shooter James Holmes with 24 more counts of attempted murder — two for each new victim — bringing the total charges against him to 166…
James Graves has reportedly admitted to burglarizing a Grand Junction home and taking only one item — a photo of a twelve-year-old girl. What makes this strange tale considerably creepier? The 29-year-old Graves is a sex offender who was convicted a couple of years ago in a case involving…a twelve-year-old…
Thomas Eric Espinoza, who beat a female neighbor to death and then attempted to mount an insanity defense, has had his conviction upheld by the Colorado Court of Appeals. The case had posed numerous legal challenges, largely because of Espinoza’s insistence on representing himself at trial while pleading insanity…
The Aurora theater shootings have spawned a number of lawsuits against Cinemark, owner of the Century 16, where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people and wounded 58. But two of the suits were subsequently amended to remove direct references to prior gang shootings at the theater — a rationale for…
In November 2011, we told you about the murder of Thomas Bashline, a sometime trainer for the Harlem Globetrotters. Just under a year later, Draton Mares, 24, has been convicted of first-degree murder in the crime, which took place after a relationship that began more than a year earlier with…
Update: Robert Sigg, father of Austin Reed Sigg, the teenager accused of kidnapping and killing Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl, has found himself in the spotlight since his son’s arrest, with attention turning to the contrast between his media mogul credentials and a hefty criminal record; see our original…
As the metro area’s attention was riveted on the bust of Austin Reed Sigg for the kidnapping and killing of Jessica Ridgeway, Denver police officers were quietly making an arrest in another area homicide. The latter incident involved a woman who was allegedly stabbed to death by Mike Burnette, 55,…
Update: We’re learning more about Austin Reed Sigg, seventeen, busted yesterday in the kidnapping and killing of Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl who vanished en route to school on October 5 and was found dead the following week. Revelations thus far involve an interest in criminal investigation, references to…
In September, prosecutors in the James Holmes case filed a notice in court about a complicated situation they believed they’d fixed. A witness in the case who knew Holmes from the University of Colorado agreed to let police download texts Holmes sent from her iPhone. (The witness’s name is redacted…
In February, we shared the story of Michael Clark, accused of killing Boulder official Marty Grisham in 1994, but not charged until earlier this year. The case was hardly a slam dunk, since it was largely based on circumstantial evidence. But the prosecution has earned a first-degree murder conviction anyhow…
Since the kidnapping and murder of Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl, the number of reports about metro-area abduction attempts has risen sharply. The latest is info out of Aurora — and while police don’t believe it’s connected to the Ridgeway case (unlike a May jogger attack), the details remain…
As the Jessica Ridgeway case continues its transition from a missing persons case to a search for her kidnapper and killer, the online community that’s sprung up to support the family of the ten-year-old Westminster girl is undergoing changes as well, with a new Facebook page becoming an online gathering…
After an incredibly deadly week marked by the quintuple homicide at Fero’s Bar & Grille and the arrest of Ari Misha Liggett for the dismemberment murder of his mom, metro-area residents deserved a violence-free weekend. But no: Late Friday night, gunfire broke out in Littleton, reportedly killing Devon Flores, an…
This week’s feature, “Lethal Election,” explores how the race for district attorney in the 18th Judicial District has drawn a national spotlight because the winner will have to decide whether to pursue the death penalty in prosecuting James Holmes, the suspect in the Aurora theater shootings. It’s a hot topic,…
Lawyers on both sides of the James Holmes case will meet on October 25 as scheduled, but the bulk of their agenda will be postponed, Arapahoe County District Court Judge William Sylvester ruled today. Attorneys for the accused Aurora theater shooter asked to delay the hearing to have more time…
Yesterday, we told you about the startling case of Ari Misha Liggett, who was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder after the dismembered remains of a woman were found in the backseat of his car; see our previous coverage below. Now, the victim has been positively identified as Beverly Liggett,…
Denver homicides during 2012’s first three-quarters dramatically declined as compared to last year, especially in the months of July, August and September. There were five during that three-month period — the same number as took place during a single burst of violence at Fero’s Bar & Grill on Wednesday. But…
