Lobbyist Ronald Smith has rubbed shoulders with plenty of important politicos, including Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper — but he could soon find himself keeping company with a more captive crowd. He faces nearly two decades in stir after being found guilty of bizarre retribution against his ex-wife, including putting raw…
Update: Yesterday, we speculated that the Lakewood Police Department had a pretty good idea regarding suspects in the slaying of Juan Carlos — and that proved to be the case. The LPD has issued arrest warrants for two men: Justin Martinez and Mark Sepulveda, who goes by the nickname “Blizzo.”…
Cooper the chihuahua undoubtedly has many fine qualities, but long legs and an ability to run at great speed aren’t among them. Which helps explain why yoga instructor and acupuncturist Joan Zalk has been charged with animal cruelty — for walking Cooper while driving her car…
The maximum sentence to which Norma Vera-Nolasco could be sentenced for the hit-and-run death of valet Jose Medina was twelve years — and twelve years is what she got. Why? Likely because she was so drunk at the time of the crash she didn’t even remember it happening, as well…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the woman who was shot and killed near the Denver Rescue Mission early Saturday morning as Katrishay Quarles, eighteen. Cause of death: a gunshot wound to the thorax. Police are still searching for a suspect or suspects in the case. Look below to…
Update below: This weekend was a bloody one in downtown Denver. Early Saturday morning, a woman was slain near the Denver Rescue Mission. Then, just over 24 hours later, Marquez Jones, 24, was shot in the vicinity of 8th and Lincoln — and the Denver coroner’s office has just confirmed…
Robert Young and Mark Rubinson face charges for allegedly reenacting Weekend at Bernie’s with the body of Young’s pal — but at least they provided a punchline for Shotgun Willie’s, which commemorated its part in the bizarre tale with the offer on the sign in the photo above…
A jury has found Robert Walters, 25, guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Brittney Brashers, in November 2009 by beating her to death. The jury found him not guilty, however, of soliciting the murder of his then-wife, Elena Walters, whom he was cheating on with Brashers. Prosecutors had alleged that Walters…
“Hello, my name is Donny Andrews. I am a first-time, non-violent offender who has been in prison for 23 years on an 80-year sentence… I came to prison at 20 years of age in 1989, and I am now 43 years old.” Thus begins a recent letter of appeal from…
After discovering that a friend of yours is dead, do you (A) call 911; (B) contact a family member; or (C) head off on a Weekend at Bernie’s-style tour of bars and strip clubs, with the fun and frivolity all charged to the deceased? Police say Robert Young and Mark…
Verde Wellness’s Chuck Blackton locks up his medical marijuana buds, edibles, hash and tinctures in a Volkswagen-sized, all-but-dynamite-proof safe each night. So does every dispensary owner who follows the law (or has any sense) — which makes the three after-hours break-ins Verde’s experienced comically pathetic…
Jose Manuel Martinez-Adame went the extra mile to earn his nickname of “Vampire.” He reportedly had his teeth sharpened to better resemble a demon of the night. And cops believe he’s got a lethal nature — which is why they’re looking for him in relation to the homicide they’ve linked…
This morning, jurors heard two versions of what happened to Robert Walters’s girlfriend, Brittney Brashers, on the night she died. In closing arguments, the prosecution argued that Walters beat Brashers to death and then faked a car accident to cover it up. However, defense attorney Fernando Freyre said that scenario…
Opponents of voter-verification measures like the one Secretary of State Scott Gessler promoted earlier this year frequently note that few cases of fraud actually surface. This week, however, David Shackley, 69, will be sentenced for the crime. But he hardly fits the profile of non-citizens defrauding the system that Gessler…
In 1993, the body of Alie Berrelez, age five, was found days after her disappearance. The case has haunted her family ever since. But today, more than eighteen years later, the Englewood Police Department has announced that new technology uncovered DNA in Alie’s underwear that points toward Nicholas Stofer, the…
We tend to think of fire extinguishers as dampening trouble rather than causing it to flare up. But that wasn’t the case late last night at a Colorado Springs apartment at which police say a fire extinguisher was used as a weapon by a crew of goons…
Dolci Gryshayeva might have grown up to be a world-class gymnast. After all, both her grandparents excelled at the sport. But the two-year-old never got the chance, allegedly dying at the hands of Keith Ruiz, her mom’s boyfriend. Lakewood Police spokesman Steve Davis calls the case “one of the more…
Careful inspection of Denver’s Missing Cat and Found Kitty posters reveal hidden clues about a pussy’s private life. The sideways glare of the “found kitty” pictured above hints that the pose may be forced, and that the finders are more interested in ransom than a reunion…..
Eric Holloway and Tiffane Ward have been arrested in connection with the shooting — in the back — of a thus-far unidentified teenager yesterday. But they might have gotten away were it not for Ray Ruiz, a maintenance worker who risked his own life to make sure the pair wound…
Update: Last week, Steven James Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of murder in an apartment house located at 1525 Perry Street. Now, the Denver coroner’s office has released the identity of the victim: 55-year-old Maurice Sevier. Cause of death: multiple stab wounds. Look below for our earlier reporting…
Early — very early — into the Labor Day holiday weekend, gunfire erupted near MGM’s Restaurant & Lounge. The result: Patricio Archuleta died of his wounds, and Luis Meza has been arrested on suspicion of pulling the trigger. But Meza didn’t go into custody quietly…
The list of Denver Broncos players cut prior to the start of the regular season included a starter from last year: cornerback Perrish Cox. And while members of the team’s brass insist the decision was made due to on-the-field issues, questions about his ability cropped up about the same time…
