Editor’s note: Yesterday, our Melanie Asmar was in the courtroom when a prosecutor said James Holmes had been banned from the University of Colorado the month before he allegedly killed twelve people and injured 58 at an Aurora theater. Afterward, a CU spokeswoman said that’s not the case. Learn more…
Update: Earlier this month, we told you about the strange case of David Moe, a veteran teacher at Paddington School whose bust on child pornography charges was seemingly echoed by word that he kept an 800-page journal outlining his creepy fascination with very young children; see our original coverage below…
Update: Last week, we told you about the arrest of Robert Trujillo in the Knox Court murder of Natasha Carrillo; see our original coverage below. Now, Trujillo has been formally charged with a crime detailed in an affidavit on view below. It features references to domestic violence, marijuana hidden under…
The City of Aurora is conducting a survey, asking folks through August 31 what should be done with the Aurora Century 16, the theater where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people. Many other massacre sites have faced this unfortunate question in the past, with responses ranging from minor changes to…
When women are charged along with men accused of sexual assaults, it’s often because they allegedly knew about the crimes but did nothing to stop them. That’s not the case with Theresa Carothers, though. According to an arrest affidavit on view below, she’s believed to have actively participated with stepfather…
In January, Jenna Breen was killed in a hit and run, allegedly by three-time DUI offender Viet Nguyen. The case is still winding its way through the court system, and its slow pace is frustrating for Gail Parrish, Jenna’s mom, who continues to struggle with the terrible loss…
Since James Holmes killed twelve people in Aurora, catalyzing heated gun control debates across the country, many have focused their attention on the suspect’s past psychiatric care. As officials debate what can be done to keep guns out of the hands of those with a history of mental illness, a…
Accusations of animal cruelty tend to inflame passions — and that’s certainly true in the case of Anthony Ortolani and his German Shepherd, Missy. Ortolani reportedly left an injured Missy on a mountain but now wants the dog back — a prospect that’s inspired Facebook criticism and a petition trying…
Brittany Cortez will always remember her wedding day in part because of the scars she’ll bear from it. In an incredibly shocking incident, Joel Nevarez, a longtime friend with a history of mental issues, allegedly sicced his pit-bull mix on her at the reception and personally attacking her using a…
In the wake of the Aurora theater shooting, comics like Dane Cook and Jeffrey Ross were ripped for making jokes about the tragedy. Now, a New York professor has been suspended for treading into this same territory due in large part to a member of his audience: Weston Cowden, who…
Since James Holmes purchased an AR-15 assault rifle and shot twelve people dead in an Aurora movie theater, we’ve asked different local officials if they think stricter gun control laws could help prevent this kind of tragedy in the future. Recently, Denver mayor Michael Hancock told us that he would…
James Holmes’s own “confidential defense expert” has a right to be present during evidence testing if the testing will destroy the evidence but not otherwise, a judge ruled today. Holmes, 24, is charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the July 20 Aurora theater…
Tyler Withrow is reportedly a budding stand-up comic and author of two e-books, including one whose title begins, What Unhinged Tyler Withrow. Now, however, that question has a decidedly unfunny application, given that Withrow has been arrested for the murders of two women in Yuma County…
A hearing to argue whether a doctor-patient privilege exists between accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes and Dr. Lynne Fenton, the University of Colorado psychiatrist he was seeing, has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon, prosecutors asked that it be delayed until next Thursday, August 23, because they say…
Jasim Mohammed Hassin Ramadon is one of five Iraqi men charged in a rape so horrific that a Colorado Springs Police spokeswoman can barely describe the details without getting emotional. And yet last fall, Ramadon was featured in a TV report on view below in which he was hailed as…
If Greeley police are correct, Justin Robert West set up a camera in the family changing room at a local fun center in search of a pervy sexual jolt. But the image he allegedly took of himself setting up the device probably didn’t give him much of a thrill –…
Update: Yesterday, we told you about the DUI arrest of Crocs co-founder George Boedecker Jr., who allegedly claimed that a “batshit crazy” Taylor Swift had actually been behind the wheel of his car; look below to read the extraordinary tale and the police report from which it springs. After the…
As we’ve reported, Judge William Sylvester ordered that the majority of documents in the James Holmes shooting case remain sealed. But those he’s letting the public see include the argument by some of the country’s major media organizations about why they should be allowed more access, including comparisons to the…
In June, Durango’s Sydney Spies, whose protests after her yearbook photo was deemed too sexy landed her on the Today show, made it clear she was ready for her close-up: She’s featured in a Syfy Channel movie slated to air soon. But it’s highly unlikely she expected the next photo…
Late last week, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced that 33-year-old Corey Haveman had entered an animal cruelty guilty plea after one of his two Irish Setters died from the affects of neglect and starvation; get details from the affidavit and see photos below. However, Haveman skipped the actual sentencing…
A total of 34 motions were made public yesterday in the case of James Holmes, accused of the Aurora theater shooting. Much of the court file remains sealed, but Arapahoe County District Court Judge William Sylvester also released the register of actions, a chronological list of all actions in the…
Part of the court record in the case of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes will be unsealed, a judge ruled today. Arapahoe County District Court Judge William Sylvester will allow some motions and the register of actions, a chronological list of actions in a case, to be made public…
