Suddenly, it’s war on Colorado nail salons

Earlier today, we told you about burglars wanted for nine attempted or actual robberies committed in Aurora over a seven-hour period between Sunday night and Monday morning, most of them targeting nail and hair salons. Now, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office reveals that another gaggle of businesses was hit around…

Aurora burglars keep to a tight schedule

You’ve got to respect anyone who uses his time wisely — unless he’s robbing your store. The Aurora Police Department is on the lookout for a thief or thieves who tried and sometimes succeeded at breaking into nine businesses over a seven-hour stretch, from 9 p.m. Sunday, September 6, to…

Is Richard Quinn the next Brandon Marshall?

Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall, a multiple Shmuck of the Week champ, acts as if no one knows the trouble he’s seen (or stirred). Now, however, the team has a pass-catcher with whom Marshall can definitely relate: tight end Richard Quinn, a second-round draft pick from North Carolina, who was busted…

Shane Ledbetter dies after being tased by Aurora Police officers

Our Friday blog “Tasers: They’re Not Just for Summer Comedies Anymore” shared a carefully written release from the Aurora Police Department concerning the tasing of a man who’d led cops on a foot chase after they’d visited an apartment in search of Markus Alec Gabel, the subject of a felony…

Tasers: They’re not just for summer comedies anymore

One of the big-laugh-getting scenes in The Hangover, a movie that’s raked in more than $270 million thus far, features a kid using a taser to shoot Zach Galifianakis in the face — or, as Rob Riggle, playing a cop, puts it, “IN THE FACE!” But if the folks at…

Another Boulder crime involving nudity — sort of

Boulder isn’t free of serious law-breaking: As evidence, we submit the repulsive case of David McCoy, an amateur doctor and psychologist whose “trust-building exercises” allegedly involve medical examinations of certain areas generally kept private. But it’s reassuring that the Boulder Police Department is able to devote so much manpower to…

Suspicious death at 8th Avenue and Navajo Street

View Larger Map Deaths identified as suspicious by law-enforcement officials don’t always prove to be so after further investigation. But I’m going to edge out onto a limb and say this description will prove to be accurate as applied to an investigation centered on the intersection of 8th Avenue and…

Shaggy Bandit spills all about bank-robbing spree

Michael A. Kincade, dubbed the Shaggy Bandit, must not take that whole you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent thing very seriously. Shortly after he and an accomplice, the nickname-challenged Christopher Lee Richardson, were captured last week, Kincade gave a jailhouse interview to 9News. And the criminal complaint written out against him by the U.S. Attorney’s…

Lesson to puppy thieves: Never steal anything adorable

The saga of Ferris the stolen dachshund has a happy ending — for everyone except the trio who swiped him. Thanks to the Boulder Police Department’s energetic efforts to locate the parties who spirited the pooch away from the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, a good Samaritan who’d been asked…

Take a better look at an accused child molester

Last week, we passed along the Aurora Police Department’s invitation to roll over on Daniel Evaristo-Hernandez-Ramos, an accused child molester. No luck finding the suspect thus far, but the APD has located a much better photo, seen here. As for the reasons why you may want to consider dropping a…

Ruh-roh! The Shaggy Bandit caught without Mystery Machine

In an August 20 blog, our own Joel Warner told us about the Shaggy Bandit, a scofflaw wanted for numerous bank heists. Shaggy’s memorable name came courtesy of the FBI’s Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, whose members understand that reporters tends to pay more attention to thieves with catchy…

Ferris the dachshund is back — and he can be yours!

Yesterday, we told you about the Boulder Police Department’s valiant efforts to find a dachshund puppy named Ferris, who was allegedly snatched from the Humane Society of Boulder Valley earlier this month. Mere hours after that post, according to a BPD release on view below, a woman identified by the…

Dominick Dunne on JonBenét Ramsey and John Mark Karr

Author Dominick Dunne, who died yesterday at 83, is best known for covering the nation’s most sensational crimes and trials. But he never showed much interest in the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, to the frustration of some folks obsessed with the mystery over the Boulder girl’s 1996 death. However, he…

Can you help save a puppy named Ferris?

Ferris is a dachshund. A cute dachshund, no doubt, not only because dachshunds are, by their nature, cute, but because the thought of a dachshund named Ferris is even cuter. And some people stole him. Bad people who folks at the Boulder Police Department want to catch and then punish…

Pike National Forest: Can’t see the trees for the weed

A fire in Pike National Forest would bake the entire region. Fed and local law enforcement types located more than 14,000 marijuana plants in Pike National Forest near Deckers last week, and it’s hardly the first time such a discovery has been made in that area. In July, the West…

The Rifleman revisited — with horses in the sites

Zoning disputes: Not an inherently fascinating subject for folks not involved with them — and often not even then. But the interest level perks up when wholesale horse assassination is thrown into the mix. According to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office, Trenton Parker recently received a ninety-day sentence for contempt…