This past Monday, when Westword started making calls about a lawsuit that had just been filed by two former North Metro Task Force members alleging they faced retaliation for speaking out about corruption that occurred in Operation Fortune Cookie, a massive indoor weed bust, the case was so new that…
Yesterday, we told you that Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene had been given permission to serve the remainder of his ninety-day sentence for attempting to influence a public servant (by insisting that his young son Falcon was in an “experimental craft” floating over Northern Colorado) at home. Sounds cushy, but…
How did Denver police go about charging Willie Clark with the 2007 murder of Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams? By using witnesses’ own criminal charges as a “vice grip” that convinced them to tell the cops what they knew about the killing, as explained in this week’s feature, “In the Hunt…
Marijuana is a lot easier to steal once it’s been cultivated and packaged. So perhaps it’s an indication of how good the security systems are at Colorado Springs dispensaries that early this morning, three goons invaded a home in the city’s Sand Creek subdivision and stole an unknown number of…
This week, legislators in Connecticut introduced a bill that would allow minors between ages thirteen and eighteen who are in a relationship and engage in sexting to be charged with a misdemeanor rather than a felony. This alteration would mean such teens wouldn’t wind up being placed on the state’s…
Tullio Andrew Ragusin has such big balls that they probably should have been charged as co-defendants in the criminal-impersonation and theft case that will bring him to court later today. “He has portrayed himself as not only being a licensed attorney here in Colorado but also an international attorney trained…
Most young parents will tell you that baby formula is so expensive it could be made out of gold. But for Tam Huynh and Thuy Nguyen, it was basically the equivalent of poker chips and narcotics. That’s the story told by the Jefferson County District Attorneys Office in the wake…
Colorado State Patrol Trooper David Dolan spent 21 years on the job without getting nearly as much attention as he did yesterday, when Douglas County Sheriff’s Office personnel pulled him over and arrested him on suspicion of drunk driving. It was certainly a novel offense. CSP spokesman Trooper Ryan Sullivan…
Yesterday afternoon, the Denver Police Department requested the media’s help in snaring Adam Gurule. “It was a case where he was complicit in the prostitution of a child,” says Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson, who adds that Gurule was known for intimidating both the victim and her clients. “Early…
Usually, Colorado State Patrol officers respond to reports of erratic driving. But this morning, things worked the other way around. Motorists complained about problems relating to a CSP vehicle, leading to a stop by Douglas County Sheriff’s Office personnel that was captured by a cameraman aboard Channel 9’s helicopter and…
Since the release of Denver’s top-fifty-most-wanted-criminals list, we’ve kept you up to date with those who’ve been arrested: Freddie Ray Lazzo and three others on Monday; Jharel Bobby Jones and another duo on Wednesday; and Samuel Crespin yesterday. Today, four more: No. 16, David Bowman, No. 32, Sabrina Mitchell, No…
Isela Reyes-Talamantes, 25, wasn’t accused of personally killing her two-year-old son, Elijah, in 2008. But she’s earned two decades in stir anyhow because, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office, she “rode around running errands for hours with her boyfriend as her 2-year-old son was dying a slow, painful death…
Last week, we told you about a vicious attack in Boulder. The beating was delivered by a man described as being a man of Hispanic or Pacific Island descent with dark red curly hair, a chunky build, a pot belly and “no neck.” Eric Anthony Bustillos, come on down. Bustillos,…
This past weekend, the Denver Police Department released a roster of its fifty most wanted criminals — and since then, it’s been steadily rounding up the targeted scofflaws. A quartet of the accused were hauled in almost immediately, led by Freddie Ray Lazzo, No. 33. And yesterday, we heard about…
On Monday, we shared mug shots and offense information for Denver’s top fifty most wanted criminals — a post supplemented by a sequel noting that the Denver Police Department had already rounded up four of the scofflaws, including accused sexual abuser Freddie Ray Lazzo. Now, the department’s tracked down three…
If the charges against Angel Rayas are accurate, he’s been a busy boy — and a bad one. Not to mention a candidate for an especially disturbing episode of Hoarders. According to Channel 7, the 33-year-old homeless man, whose last known address was the Denver Rescue Mission, filled a storage…
A Channel 4 report far more impressive than the startling news that a couple of guys in Boulder were busted for driving under the influence of marijuana involved the racially motivated attacks that took place in LoDo last year; see our photo gallery of arrested suspects by clicking here. Earlier…
Today should turn out to be a very good St. Paddy’s Day for Colin Olmstead, since he’ll be getting a whole lot of green from the Arapahoe County DA’s office — and by green, we mean two pounds of pot. Olmstead had the marijuana confiscated in Arapahoe County over a…
Marc Alexander, 33, isn’t your average coffee-shop customer. True, Boulder Police say that during his recent visit to Espresso Roma, he had a laptop (a standard item) and a deck of Tarot cards (less common — but this is Boulder, after all). However, he also brought along something a little…
Earlier today, we shared with you the latest edition of Denver’s Top 50 Most Wanted Criminals. And the Denver Police Department is making progress on shrinking that number. According to Lt. Tony Lopez, commander of the complex-investigations section, four of those listed have already been taken into custody, including No…
For accused Deer Creek Middle School shooter Bruco Eastwood, it’s a good news-bad news situation. The good news? As noted by Channel 7, Eastwood is listed as one of ten instant winners of a Denver Broncos DVD in a contest co-sponsored by the team and Bud Light. The bad news?…
Over the weekend, the Denver Police Department released its latest list of the city’s fifty most wanted criminals — a homage of sorts to the FBI’s ten most wanted list, which celebrated its sixtieth anniversary on Sunday; check out our gallery of mug shots featuring roster mates busted in Colorado…
