Rickey Servine, Jr. has been charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment for “violently and aggressively” assaulting a female client of Rocky Mountain Offender Management Systems in Aurora, according to Officer Frank Fania, spokesman for the Aurora police. Servine, 35, worked for the company, known as RMOMS — which provides…
What could have fueled 21-year-old bicyclist Taylor Rose’s behavior when he allegedly pulled a knife on a truck driver? According to the police report on view below, Boulder cops had a number of substances from which to choose: the booze said to be on his breath, the pot in his…
In May, we shared a post featuring personal stories of victims in ten unsolved Denver murders, with the information provided by Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons, an organization devoted to making sure no case or loved one is forgotten. Unfortunately, there are many more tragic events of this…
These days, lotsa people don’t believe something has happened unless they’ve posted about it on Facebook. But Taveuan Williams is said to have taken such feelings to an extreme, when he reportedly Facebooked a photo while at the center of a six-hour hostage drama at an East Colfax RadioShack, along…
Even those of us who buy and use recycled items tend to draw the line at sex toys — because we may not know where they’ve been, but we can guess. Does that make Charles Bush an environmentalist? Not to the Greeley Police Department, which arrested him on the shmucky…
Earlier, we introduced you to the James Holmes is Innocent Facebook group, whose members say they’re uninterested in wild conspiracy theories — like, for example, the assertions in the strangest Aurora theater shooting document to date. The motion, made public yesterday and on view below, deals with claims allegedly (but…
In June, we shared the story of alleged fake firefighter Michael Maher, who managed to pose with Governor John Hickenlooper amid the ultra-destructive High Park Fire; see photos below. Now, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office has released a huge incident report on the case, containing lots of oddball details –…
Seven weeks to the day since the Aurora theater shooting, the sort of James Holmes tribute pages that popped up in the immediate aftermath of the massacre are showing unexpected staying power on Facebook. Most (like this one) are mainly about shock value. But the largest Facebook group we’ve found…
While some professors are not happy with a policy change that allows students with concealed-carry permits at CU-Boulder to bring guns into their classes, one gun-rights organization has an opposite concern. The most unsafe place on campus, according to Students for Concealed Carry, is the one place where guns are…
The website for Colorado Springs’ Discreet Treats notes that its two locations aren’t typical medical marijuana centers, since both have professional-grade kitchens that cook up edibles ranging from Buddha Brownies to take-and-bake MMJ pizza. It’s an enticing combination that apparently prompted a break-in early this morning that a shop rep…
Update: Earlier today, we told you about the arrest of Samuel Maldonado-Tapia for allegedly starting a fire in a Broomfield Walmart; see our original coverage below. We noted in that post that we’d reached out to the Broomfield Police Department for more information, and the BPD has just responded with…
The 18th Judicial District has made public another document in the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case — a so-called register of actions for the past week. And it contains some intriguing revelations. Among them: word of a motion in which Holmes’s attorneys accuse prosecutors of reckless disregard for the truth…
Most of the lengthy hearing yesterday in the James Holmes case focused on whether the prosecution will have access to a package the suspect allegedly sent to psychiatrist Lynne Fenton before the July 20th shooting at an Aurora movie theater. But one quick exchange between Fenton and the defense raised…
Update: The three-and-a-half hour hearing in the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case is over — with no conclusion on a key issue of whether the prosecutors will have access to a package the suspect sent to his psychiatrist, Dr. Lynne Fenton, who was questioned at length today for the first…
A mother in Longmont recently had a simple request for local police: Arrest my twelve-year-old daughter. This action was reportedly taken to send a message to the girl, who allegedly committed assault, although her mom had no obvious physical injuries. How often are cops asked to make such deliveries?…
This month, Greeley’s Diamond Lucero turned twenty — and if police reports are accurate, the event marking that milestone was memorable in all the wrong ways. Lucero is accused of molesting two children under age ten during a party in his honor…
This afternoon’s hearing in relation to the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case is expected to be among the most important to date. The session revolves around defense efforts to keep under wraps communication between Holmes and Dr. Lynne Fenton, the psychiatrist who’d been caring for him — info that includes…
Members of eleven families with a loved one who died in the Aurora theater shooting gathered yesterday to criticize Governor John Hickenlooper and a nonprofit in charge of donations, claiming they’ve been left out of the process. Some of them also had complaints about another group: the local media…
One of 2011’s biggest stories was the arrest of ex-Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan amid tales of meth for masturbation and gay porn, among other things. In the end, Sullivan received a 38-day wrist slap after pleading guilty to lesser charges. But he’s now reportedly violated his probation via behavior…
Richard Holman’s August 2011 arrest wasn’t the first in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a child — but it may be his last. The 51 year old seen in this ultra-disturbing mug shot (a larger version is below) has been sentenced to 48 years behind bars for a…
At a hearing last Thursday related to the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case, Judge William Sylvester said he hoped to rule by Monday about whether prosecutors should have access to the suspect’s University of Colorado educational documents. However, a decision on that matter hasn’t been made public at this writing,…
Update below: Eleven families who lost loved ones in the Aurora theater shooting came together for a news conference today, during which they cast blame on an organization called the Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance and Governor John Hickenlooper. They say they have not had any voice in the disbursement…
