Crime & Police

In April, Aurora Police Department officers responded to a domestic-violence call involving Kotch Ouellette, 38. His girlfriend, 45-year-old Jennifer Sheppard, had been struck in the head during the altercation in question, but she refused medical treatment — only to be found dead two days later. This week, the Arapahoe County…

View Larger Map On Wednesday, the Denver Police Department announced the arrest of David Cano-Rivera in relation to the murder of security guard Alfredo Gonzalez-Ramos at the El Chapparal night club, 2727 W. 6th Avenue, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click…

The Denver Police Department is offering a reward, and releasing more information, about the murder of Jacob Medina, whose body was found in a field at the intersection of Arizona Avenue and Pecos Street on May 31. Apparently, Medina was at a party nearby when a fight took place, injuring…

The traditions that we’ve come to know and rely upon for decades are slowly vanishing. Take indecent exposure. Not so long ago, the average perpetrator would toss on a raincoat and nothing else, then head out on the street in a quest to flash his shortcomings at passersby. But the…

Plenty of metro-area schools have shut down for the summer — but there was plenty of action at Overland High School this afternoon. According to the Aurora Police Department, more than fifty high-school-age folks took part in at least three separate fights that were witnessed by several hundred people. Wonder…

According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Brandon Gaitan and Keith Paris II, both 19, had what must have seemed like a good idea at the time: break into the apartment of someone on vacation and do whatever for as long as they wanted. Problem is, said vacationer returned home…

Today’s Greeley Tribune features an article about 52-year-old Kell Hulsey, a Greeley cop who was arrested last year following a fight at Livermore’s Pot Belly Deli Bar and Restaurant that reportedly started because he and his son, Daniel, “believed another man in the bar gave them a ‘gay look.'” A…

View Larger Map The Aurora Police Department has identified Jose De Jesus Martinez, 32, as the victim in a May 28 arson at 2301 N. Emporia Street, an address captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Coy Dunn and Douglas Taylor…

View Larger Map Back in the ’90s, the Denver area experienced what was known as the “Summer of Violence.” Today, we seem to be in the midst of an especially murderous spring. This afternoon, a man was shot and killed in a Dollar Value Plus store at 5765 E. 63rd…

View Larger Map There’s been an arrest in the murder last week of security guard Alfredo Gonzalez-Ramos at the El Chapparal night club, 2727 W. 6th Avenue, the venue captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). According to the Denver Police…

Three Colorado professors wanted to know more about gun violence in America — the social and cultural forces driving illegal gun use, how criminals view their gats, how they use them and why. So they did something few criminal justice researchers have ever bothered to do. They asked the thugs…

It takes a special kind of bastard to commit such a crude, poorly planned crime as grabbing a lady’s purse on the street and running like hell. At least with a mugging or a carjacking, there’s some type of criminal/victim exchange like, Now I am going to rob you; please…

Yesterday, the Denver Coroner’s Office identified the victim in a homicide at the 3100 block of North Franklin as Ivory Mefford, 28. Now, the DPD has released a photo of Mefford, who appears to have had a brush with the law in the past (the image here doesn’t look like…

View Larger Map What a quick turnaround. This weekend, the Denver Police Department released information about a hit-and-run that killed Lillian Verdonkschot, 49, near the Burger King at 6th Avenue and Broadway, the area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”)…

View Larger Map On Friday, the Denver Police Department confirmed that a security guard at the El Chapparal night club, 2727 W. 6th Avenue, a venue captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Moments ago, a Denver Coroner’s Office representative identified…

View Larger Map Earlier today, the Denver Police Department put out a release about a call made in regard to a reported shooting at the intersection of Bruce Randolph Avenue and York Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger…

View Larger Map Early Sunday morning, a body was found with gunshot wounds in a field at the intersection of Arizona Avenue and Pecos Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). The Denver Coroner’s Office has just identified…

View Larger Map The Denver Coroner’s Office has identified Ivory Mefford, 28, as the victim of a homicide at the 3100 block of North Franklin, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing in the image, click “View Larger Map”). The brief release can be found…

View Larger Map The march of death continues. During the wee hours of May 29, Lillian Verdonkschot, 49, was struck by a vehicle reportedly driven by 23-year-old Adams County resident Dawn Marie Gonzales near the Burger King at 6th Avenue and Broadway captured in the graphic above (if you have…

And the killings continue. An arson investigation looking into a suspicious May 28 fire at 2301 N. Emporia Street no longer includes an attempted-homicide component. Instead, it features a pair of murder charges due to the death yesterday of a still-unidentified victim at an area hospital. The arrestees are Coy…

View Larger Map What a lethal four-day stretch in Denver. Friday brought word of a fatal shooting at the El Chapparal night club. With Saturday came news of a homicide on the 3100 block of North Franklin. On Sunday, we learned about a body found in a field at Arizona…

Last week, Broomfield Police officers killed Blair Kepler, 58, after he fatally shot his wife, Leigh Landskroner in their presence. The memorial service for Landskroner, whose family spoke about her love of animals and kin in a Daily Camera profile, took place on Friday. The Broomfield Enterprise also published a…