The police-brutality controversy spurred by the attack on Michael DeHerrera — which spawned yesterday’s press event decrying violence against LGBTQ community members (to see photos, click here) — has increased pressure on Denver Chief of Police Gerry Whitman. He defends himself and his force in today’s Denver Post. But is…
A couple of weeks back, when allegations arose about Benjamin Janicki allegedly licking and tickling the vagina of children at a Park Hill day-care center where he worked, his mug shot wasn’t released due to a continuing investigation — and that remained the case when an additional child-abuse charge against…
Yesterday, we told you about the arrest of Matt Weber in a fatal stabbing at Broomfield’s Night Owl Lounge. The victim has now been identified as Matias Mondragon, 31, of Taos, New Mexico, whose family suspects that he may have been targeted because he was a homosexual. And indeed, the…
Last month, we told you about the horrific death of 22-year-old Air Force vet Brittney Brashers, allegedly slain by Robert Walters following a topless photo shoot. Walters is also accused of faking a car crash to cover up his crime. Now, a new charge has been leveled against him: attempting…
A 48-year-old violent inmate somehow walked away from the Sterling Correctional Facility last night, putting area law enforcement on high alert. The last time Douglas J. Alward busted out of a Colorado prison, nearly twenty years ago, he kidnapped a citizen and shot at a police officer before being recaptured…
Matt Joe Weber has been in trouble before; back in 2007, he reportedly was busted on charges of felony vehicular eluding and DUI. But that’s nothing compared to what’s facing him now. Weber was arrested yesterday in relation to the fatal stabbing of a man early that morning at Broomfield’s…
Yesterday’s announcement from the Denver Police Department was short and very sweet to anyone who’s been following the fallout from the DPD’s handling of the Michael DeHerrera case: “Denver Police to Re-Open Investigation.”…
The Denver Police Department has made LoDo safe from the Let Out crowds, as Alan Prendergast’s cover story this week details. The big question now: Who’ll keep the Let Out crowds safe from the Denver police?…
In March, we told you about the search for and capture of Jacob Joseph Medina, sexually violent predator. Well, here we go again. Medina was supposed to register with the Denver Police Department on August 4, but didn’t — so a warrant has been issued for his arrest. And as…
This week, Richard Straw, 56, received a 28-year sentence for second-degree assault and theft from a sixty-year-old woman identified as an at-risk adult due to multiple sclerosis. But the length and breadth of Straw’s crimes can’t be fully understood without a look at an arrest-warrant document — a parade of…
Back in April, newly introduced iPads were in high demand — so much so that Brandon Smith allegedly tore off the finger of customer Bill Jordan trying to steal one of the gadgets at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center. Smith’s actions made international news due to the crime’s novelty, but…
Another chapter begins today in the long and tawdry tale of Operation Fortune Cookie, the largest weed bust in Colorado history that imploded in allegations of crooked cops, paid-off politicians and bureaucratic cover-ups. Dan Tang, prominent Thornton restaurateur and the drug ring’s suspected kingpin, heads to prison for eighteen months…
Early Sunday morning in Colorado Springs, between ten and fifteen men jumped out of four cars (including two gold Cadillacs), invaded a home and stabbed the occupant, a 44-year-old man. It’s a scenario that screams “gang violence” — and while the Colorado Springs Police Department isn’t confirming that yet, officers…
Richard Stieb reportedly has a long criminal history, with a felony conviction for burglary among his accomplishments. But according to a Nexis search, none of his alleged crimes generated a single media blip — until now, after he was charged with doing something sure to earn the ire of law…
The 1996 killing of young JonBenét Ramsey is arguably Colorado’s most famous (and infamous) unsolved murder. So how could it not be included in the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s new and much touted cold-case database?…
The arrest affidavit that’s led to the arrest of Benjamin Janicki, nineteen, is a horror show for any parent — or any human being with a functioning moral compass. At this point, the Denver District Attorney’s Office has charged Janicki with sexual assaults on three children — and there may…
Last month, we noted that the JV Bandit would make the varsity soon, given the rate at which he was allegedly knocking over banks. And the suspect, named by the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, which has bestowed monikers on the likes of the Formerly Known as the Perennial…
Lou Smit, who passed away Wednesday at 75 after a battle with cancer, was the kind of hard worker who never got the hang of retiring. In his case, the work was homicide investigation. And sticking with it put hundreds of truly scary, violent men behind bars…
The typical Boulder neighborhood is a quiet place. But the past couple of days at the community’s Somerset subdivision have been positively explosive. According to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, homemade bombs — plastic bottles filled with chemicals capable of going “boom” — have been found in common areas like…
Although marijuana is included in many edible products these days, few people choose to eat it in the form of a joint. That’s one of many ways Carl Martin allegedly stands apart. Note that he’s accused of confiscating said joint while pretending to be a cop — and then after…
This week, we’ve been following eighteen-year-old Logan McClelland’s arrest for first-degree murder of a Big O Tire employee later identified as Bradley Blehm. Now, the El Paso Sheriff’s Office has released an arrest affidavit in which McClelland claims he “had to” shoot Blehm as he argued with the teen’s father…
Jonas Rizzo had some excellent reasons for crashing his bike into a car earlier this week. First of all, according to the Boulder Daily Camera, he was trying to run a red light. And second? He was visibly drunk. Not that biking while hammered is a unique crime in health-conscious…
