Bond for alleged serial rapist Marc O’Leary was set at $5 million following his February arrest, indicating just how dangerous authorities considered him to be. And while he pleaded not guilty yesterday, arrest affidavits paint a horrifying picture of a man who felt entitled to rape anyone at any time…
In March, United Express pilot Aaron Jason Cope was indicted for flying drunk. He’s now been convicted of the charge, and court records on view below show how close he came to guiding a second plane while sozzled…
Boulder has just updated its online registered sex-offender list. Not every offender is pictured due to Colorado statutory provisions related to their sins. But the page does feature photos of 48 men (no women) reportedly living in Boulder area. The crimes for which they were convicted vary widely, from indecent…
Update: At a status hearing today, Boulder District Judge Lael Montgomery denied requests by Alex and J. Nold Midyette to participate in Molly Midyette’s fight for a new trial. That means Molly’s former husband and father-in-law won’t get to take the stand during a one-week hearing on the matter now…
Allegations of Denver police brutality, from Michael DeHerrera’s beating in LoDo to Alex Landau getting pummeled after allegedly making an illegal left turn, continue to make headlines. But how bad is Denver’s police misconduct problem? Here’s one point of comparison: While Denver has spent more than $10 million settling police…
In March 2010, we told you about a cold case that heated up with the arrest of Roderick Elias for the slaying of Kristen Swanson, age 22. She died way back in 1980 — so long ago that her job had been at a disco. More than a year later,…
Tyron Martinez is back in custody after slipping off his handcuffs and overpowering a deputy following a pre-trial conference in Conejos County in southern Colorado. Which means he’ll have to face a murder charge in the death of Norma Salazar — a crime whose elements include rat poison, cocaine, drunkenness…
The driver of a van that struck and killed 22-month-old Laniece Fletcher isn’t being charged with a crime. Instead, the person targeted is Karen Pena, Laniece’s thirty-year-old mother, who’s been arrested for child abuse resulting in death, with the focus on neglect…
Update below: Calvin Pitts and Amanda Deleon were busted on charges of felony child abuse even though the Denver coroner couldn’t immediately determine why three-month-old Sanai Pitts died. Now we know why they were taken into custody anyhow. According to arrest affidavits, the child’s injuries were so severe and plentiful…
The prosecution of Molly and Alex Midyette by the Boulder District Attorney’s Office led to convictions for both regarding the 2006 death of their twelve-week-old son Jason. But now Molly is appealing her sixteen-year prison sentence, arguing Alex and his powerful family sabotaged her defense in order to help him…
Freaking out can have consequences — and they’re not always the ones we expect. Just ask Sarah Lane, 27, who allegedly threw a pita sandwich at a taxi driver in Boulder, only to wind up in handcuffs for something else entirely…
Update: The nationwide manhunt for Bret Lee Thompson, accused of kidnapping an eight-year-old girl from a southwest Denver alley and sexually assaulting her, didn’t end in dramatic fashion. According to the FBI, authorities in Brunswick, New Jersey found him sleeping in his van, which was parked behind a Walmart…
In 2009, the Denver Police’s High Activity Location Observation, (aka HALO) video-surveillance program, put in place for the Democratic National Convention, was re-configured to give the force 24/7 video feeds of high-crime areas around the city. The Big Brother-like operation drew criticism from police watchdogs, but the cameras were soon…
In June 2010, Stephanie Rochester was charged with smothering her infant son, Ryan, allegedly because she feared he might be autistic. More than a year later, the case remains stuck in limbo for a startling reason — she still hasn’t been formally evaluated by a state psychiatrist…
On Saturday, June 11, devotees of Ultimate Frisbee will be sailing discs with abandon in spirited competition on a field in Centennial — while raising cash for “random acts of kindness” in response to an act of senseless violence that claimed one of their own. Andrew Gelston Graham would have…
Mary Torres, 27, is accused of leaving a trail of destruction in her wake yesterday — not the least of which was the house she crashed into after she allegedly stole a Jeep with two children inside. The kids are okay, but Torres definitely isn’t, given the array of charges…
The Aurora Police Department hasn’t formally named Alan Geisler, 46, as a suspect in the death of his common-law wife. However, the APD is asking for the public’s help in tracking him down following a grim discovery at a home on the 18000 block of East Pacific Place…
Update: Nathan Engle’s parents say he was sucker punched while standing at a food cart this weekend, causing him to whack his head on the pavement and die. The Larimer County coroner has ruled the death a homicide, and Terance Wilson remains in jail after his arrest following the incident…
William Goodrich, nineteen, didn’t have a long walk to the school bus on Tuesday night — because he crashed it into his own house. Why? He points to a friend named Matt and a piece of paper with mysterious properties…..
Khory Gagner, this is your life, and it’s a mess. Or at least it was on the night a drunken binge inspired him to break into a restaurant/bar, where he accidentally started a fire while heating up some queso for nachos — a snack he’ll have several years’ worth of…
Kurt Ward, 27, was arrested for his approach to getting off — and now, some observers may feel he got off too easily. He’s been sentenced to three years of intensive supervised probation for breaking into a neighbor’s house and fondling panties belonging to a sixteen-year-old girl…
Update: The twelve-year-old son of Burlington’s Charles and Marilyn Long already faces murder counts and assault beefs in relation to his parents’ deaths and wounds inflicted on two younger siblings. But there’s still be no decision about whether he will become one of the youngest ever Coloradans to be charged…
