This arrives a little late for Valentine’s Day, but Louie Lucero has an unusual approach to romance that’s bound to send any female into orbit — and probably to the hospital. The southwest Colorado man, who has a history of domestic violence cases and is currently on trial for assault…
Lauren Redfern ignored that old warning about how you can never go home again. A star basketball player for Basalt High School prior to her 2004 graduation, she took over as the squad’s head coach in 2010 and worked as a health teacher. Now, however, she’s expected to be processed…
Reports of random assaults in Boulder understandably sow fear among residents, and no wonder, given the large number of young women who attend the University of Colorado. Unfortunately, bogus claims have the same effect — and the Boulder Police Department has now accused two women, Allyson Manley and Nina Fiorillo,…
A shopping trip Kenny and Kathleen Sanchez took with their daughter led to their arrest for child abuse. No, they didn’t strike her in public or anything like that. Rather, it was the girl’s appearance that raised concern. The three-year-old weighed just nineteen pounds…
Is 53-year-old Stephan Mitchell a crook or a good Samaritan, albeit one who wanted to get paid? The folks at the Boulder Police Department have expressed their opinion clearly, busting Mitchell for theft in relation to a missing cell phone he says he found…
This morning, a freshman girl at Columbine High School allegedly attacked two fellow students with a hammer. It’s a story that would likely have remained local had it happened elsewhere. But because the incident took place at Columbine, outlets from ABC to the Sydney Morning Herald are covering it. Which…
Just Friday in this space, we talked about the growing epidemic of serious metro-area hit and run accidents in the context of updates on the Jenna Breen and Tim Albo crashes. A February 11 incident continued this trend by way of a chain reaction smash-up that led to the arrest…
Age is only a number — one that needn’t stop any of us from being active. Take Barbara West, who allegedly didn’t let her 73 years on earth prevent her from driving the getaway car in a burglary — and attempting to outrun the cops…
The Denver District Attorney’s Office has now formally charged James Bradley, 32, with attempted first-degree assault for a bizarre incident involving a hammer attack on a police officer back on December 4. Why such a delay? No doubt due to Bradley’s condition. The officer shot him, and as detailed in…
The slogan featured prominently on attorney Nicholas Athanasiou’s website reads, “When Everything Seems Against You, Call Us!” Well, Athanasiou may want to give himself a ring about now. He’s among eighty individuals accused of being part of a huge cocaine ring — one shuttered in what authorities are calling the…
Integrity. Respect. Personal growth. Community. Wisdom. These words are front and center on the website home page of Kent Denver School, one of the most highly touted (and expensive) private educational institutions in Colorado. It’s not the kind of place typically associated with crime — yet three Kent students are…
Usually, individuals charged with first-degree murder who are fortunate enough to make bail are careful not to get into more trouble. But Michael Clark appears to be an exception to that rule. He was busted for DUI after being accused of killing City of Boulder staffer Marty Grisham in 1994…
For decades researchers have attempted to fathom how the “criminal mind” differs from that of the average citizen. Now it appears there’s often one critical physiological difference — a significant percentage of convicted felons may be suffering from impaired thinking because of banged-up brains…
Last month, defense attorneys for Louis Hampers filed a motion asking that the former doctor be sentenced to probation for the crime of writing phony prescriptions to feed his pill addiction. This week, prosecutors filed their own motion, arguing that he should instead be sentenced to the previously agreed-upon twelve…
On his website, masseuse Steven Noble notes that he is legally blind — something he regards as a blessing. It’s one of many posted statements that make him seem like an unlikely target for criminal charges. But the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office has now formally accused him of unlawful…
While Denver Broncos running back Willis McGahee was getting (almost) naked for a Go Daddy commercial spoof, Knowshon Moreno, the baller he pretty much displaced, saw his year go from bad to worse. Moreno is facing four counts, including driving under the influence, after being pulled over for speeding through…
Many law enforcement agencies across the state compile and update their own most-wanted-criminals list — and the one maintained by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office demonstrates the distressingly widespread and commonplace nature of domestic violence. All twelve people on its current list — eleven men and one woman — are…
If the folks at the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office are correct, Brian Douglas Trumble was the most patient of child molesters. According to the BCSO, Trumble, a private music teacher, had been working with a student for long period of time before crossing the line into criminal behavior…
Attorney and former Democratic power broker Willie Shepherd was sentenced to one year of probation, domestic violence classes and alcohol monitoring after pleading guilty earlier this month to third-degree attempted assault, a class two misdemeanor. The plea stemmed from Shepherd’s September 14 arrest on domestic violence charges…
The jury examining the March 2011 slaying of University of New Hampshire football player Todd Walker didn’t take long to determine the guilt of Kevin McGregor, the sandwich shop staffer charged in the slaying. Late yesterday, just a day after closing arguments, McGregor was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced…
Yesterday, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about a missing child: An eight-year-old had been abducted from the Safeway on 560 Castle Pines Parkway. Patrol deputies and detectives promptly retrieved a video of the abduction from a Safeway surveillance camera, and both the victim and the suspect…
This weekend, Carl Gruber, 45, was busted at Boulder Municipal Airport with 55 pounds worth of marijuana. But while media reports on the arrest characterize Gruber as a suspected smuggler, he was been best known prior to this point as a pilot — an award-winning one…
