Rayshawn Laster has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his mother in the head late last year. Which was pretty much his only option, since in the immediate aftermath of the slaying, he texted a confession and admitted on his Facebook page that he’d done something unforgivable…
When news broke last year that Earl Moore had been charged with a single count of arson for placing an explosive device in Southwest Plaza mall on the anniversary of the attack on nearby Columbine High School, locals feared he’d receive relatively light punishment. But no: Moore has been sentenced…
The Denver coroner’s office has released the list of homicides in the city through the first quarter of 2012. The total of nine victims, including 29-year-old Billy Newson, seen here, is one higher than during the same period in 2010 and 2011. See where they happened and get more details…
The charge of child abuse resulting in death just filed against Sharrieckia Page is unusual in a couple of respects. Not only are the details of the case that have surfaced thus far particularly horrific, but authorities have yet to find the body of Page’s infant son, Torrey — possibly…
The photography models featured in our March mug shot roundup found themselves before the camera for a wide variety of crimes, ranging from the weird (the embalmer accused of pawning gold teeth) to the shocking (a man thought to be Colorado’s most prolific serial killer). Check them out below, and…
Thus far, neither the Denver Police Department nor the city’s coroner has confirmed the identity of the apparent killer and victim in a Bryant Street tragedy as Damion Morine and his son Toby, age seven. But neighbors have named them to the media while implying that marital discord influenced this…
Photos of Angie, a documentary about the murder of transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata, can now be viewed for free on the website Hulu. Made by local filmmaker Alan Dominguez of Loco Lane Films, the film features interviews with Angie’s family and friends, gay-rights activists involved in the case, Weld…
Update: As we noted a short time ago, former Arapahoe County sheriff Pat Sullivan has pleaded guilty to drug possession and soliciting a prostitute — a felony and a misdemeanor, respectively. Three other charges were dropped. Now, we’ve got sentencing details from the Colorado Attorney General, and the punishment isn’t…
On Friday, for the first time in four years, Denver’s streets reached Critical Mass when the local branch of the national organization took downtown on two wheels. But the mass mobilization wasn’t all smooth cycling: As riders promoted consideration of a world without cars, eight members were ticketed on Denver’s…
This past weekend, Austin Tingley and Brian Donaire-Laso were arrested by Longmont police officers on low-level charges following a party. But they’ve gotten more attention for what they’re said to have done en route to Boulder County Jail — urinating in the back of a patrol car. And according to…
In 1998, the nude body of Sabrina Stevens, nineteen, was found dumped along a west-side highway. Immediately thereafter, suspicion began to focus on Adam Dixon, who’d been engaged to Stevens just a couple of months earlier. But it took more than thirteen years for him to confess to ending her…
Did a Denver 911 operator accidentally contribute to the slaying of twenty-something Jimma Reat? That appears to be a strong possibility. After all, a dispatcher told Reat and his companions to return to Denver to report damage to their vehicle — and when they did, Reat was murdered in the…
Earlier this week, we wrote about medical marijuana caregiver Stylios Trachanas’s guilty plea to pot and weapons charges from the viewpoint of federal prosecutors, including a reference to a past murder conviction in Texas. But Trachanas’s mother, Sharon Couch, says there’s much more to the son she calls Steve than…
Bike rage incidents are becoming more common: Remember allegations of tacks left on paths in Deer Creek Canyon last year? But the Boulder Police Department thinks Mack Meade’s actions weren’t nearly as stealth. He’s been arrested on suspicion that he spat on a bicyclist and threatened him with a machete…
On Tuesday, Colorado Springs Police handled two calls involving what are described as suicidal suspects, with one of them, Phinehas McNeal, allegedly delivering a kick to an officer’s face in the process. Turns out, though, that McNeal was not exactly an unknown quantity, having been busted a few months back…
Louis Hampers, the former pediatric ER doc who pleaded guilty to prescription drug fraud, was sentenced today to five years of supervised probation. Hampers must serve the first six months of that probation in home detention. He must also pay a $30,000 fine, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Jeff…
The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region is seeking loving homes for more than sixty animals that were rescued from what Pueblo County authorities see as a terribly neglectful one. Their past owner, Valerie Harris, has been charged with aggravated cruelty to animals — an accusation of the sort…
Reports about Stylios Trachanas’s court appearance on Friday led with his role as a medical marijuana caregiver, as did a U.S. Attorney’s Office release. But while his MMJ work will contribute to his sentence, he may not have been arrested at all if he hadn’t used and possessed weapons forbidden…
As this Style Bistro tribute to the horse-mane mohawk demonstrates, extreme hairdos are often inspired by the animal kingdom. Still, most of us can recognize them as being of human origin — but apparently not Derrill Rockwell, who’s been sentenced for shooting a woman’s coiffure after mistaking it for a…
The victim of a shooting last week near 29th and Franklin has been identified as De’Quan Walker-Smith, eighteen — and while the Denver Police Department hasn’t specifically categorized the crime as gang-related, the dangers of this lifestyle hung over a weekend vigil in Walker-Smith’s honor — and it’s also evident…
Update: We now have more information about a homicide that took place last week on Knox Court. The victim, identified as Isaiah Garcia, eighteen, reportedly opened his apartment door in response to persistent knocking and was greeted with fatal gunfire…
Is it possible that a murder could have taken place in broad daylight at a traffic-light-controlled intersection in a sizable American city and no one saw much of anything? That’s a question that arises three days after a slaying that left a man dead behind the wheel of his SUV…
