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…
The school crossing sign seen above is commonly known as the “S1-1 School Advance Sign” and features a male and female student connected at the arm. Some may interpret the graphic as an intimate gesture of concern between an older brother and younger sister, but the handwritten message below is…
Most of us don’t enjoy dealing with door-to-door salespersons. Even when they don’t show up during dinner (which they usually do), they disrupt your personal time and space in irritating ways. But Arthur Baldwin allegedly took this dislike way too far… even before he grabbed his gun…
It started out as a routine highway traffic stop — but it quickly became much more. That’s because a Utah officer soon discovered that the car in which Vincent Matthews and Ronnette Hatch were traveling also contained stolen booty from a high-profile jewelry store robbery in which the thieves dressed…
August was a weird-ass month for crime — and we’ve got the mug shots of the prime suspects, from the wild and crazy Dougherty Gang to the allegedly murderous cross-dresser who goes by the moniker Ms. Puppy. Page down to see the complete gallery — and click on the names…
Testimony began yesterday in the trial of Robert Walters, an Iraq war veteran charged with killing his girlfriend, Brittney Brashers, and then putting a hit on his wife so she couldn’t testify against him. The case against Walters was the subject of our story, “Dead End.” The first major witness…
This week, a Longmont teenager let his father know how much he didn’t want to take out the trash — with a knife, which he used to stab his dad in the back six times. And as Longmont Police Commander Jeff Satur explains, that’s not the only sharp instrument he…
Stealing money from an ATM is a lot easier in the comfort of home — or at least not while under video surveillance in their supposedly permanent location. That’s the apparent logic behind a series of ATM thefts allegedly committed by David Barela and his twin brother Davey, plus Vicente…
Update: The Denver Police Department has announced an arrest in the weekend murder of 27-year-old Brandon Sigala at the Knights Inn. The suspect is Scott Shorts, 43, who’s been booked on suspicion of first-degree murder. However, no booking photo of Shorts has been released to date, because the homicide investigation…
Update:Early on July 23, Sergeant Anthony Silva texted his parents from a Motel 6 in Denver a short time before he was due to head home to Illinois. The message read: “In some shit but ok. Call me 2morrow.” Before that call could come, Silva was dead — allegedly murdered…
The comments that popped up on our recent post about Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division inspections of dispensaries made it clear that many members of the MMJ community feel security-camera requirements are intrusive and overly expensive. But Bill Delany, owner of Good Earth Meds in Pagosa Springs, isn’t complaining. His system…
