One of the basic rules of press releases is that they represent a release of information to the press, right? But one of the latest missives to issue from the Denver Police Department keeps info divulging to a minimum, offering a reward for information leading to the capture of a…
Don’t know if Brian Wayne Coplen, 24, is the most wanted man in Arapahoe County — but representatives of the sheriff’s office are going out of their way to snare him. A month after sending out a press release about Coplen’s alleged complicity in a marijuana-grow operation in Bennett that…
View Larger Map Another body — this one identified moments ago by the Denver Coroner’s office as Eugene Velarde, 25, who died of multiple gunshot wounds near the intersection of 17th Avenue and W. Sheridan Boulevard, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image,…
View Larger Map Yesterday morning, a man the Aurora Police Department is now identifying as Baltazar Ramirez-Estrada, 25, was killed during a robbery outside the Bar La Cabana, a venue located on the 1100 block of Yosemite Street. (The venue is captured in the graphic above; if you have any…
Following a May 29 hit-and-run that killed 49-year-old Lillian Verdonkschot near a Burger King in the vicinity of West 6th Avenue and Broadway, the Denver Police Department announced the arrest of a suspect named Dawn Marie Gonzales — but a few days later, Gonzales was released. Now the DPD has…
There’s plenty to get disgusted about in the story of a Colorado female inmate who was awarded $1.3 million in damages for two years’ worth of sexual assaults by a male guard. As this report in the Denver Post recounts, federal judge David Ebel blasted the Colorado Department of Corrections…
The Denver Police Department has named a suspect in the stabbing death of Stephen Ramirez, who died at Denver Health Medical Center early Tuesday morning, June 9, following an attack at 1232 West 46th Avenue. He is Juan Carlos Lopez, 28. Lopez has clearly had an opportunity to pose for…
View Larger Map The Denver Coroner’s Office has identified the man who was shot over the weekend on the 2400 block of South Federal, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). He was William Ortiz, 21. The release on…
View Larger Map The violent deaths continue to stack up — and they’re not waiting for the weekend. Early this morning, Aurora Police Department officers were dispatched to the Bar La Cabana, 1130 Yosemite Street, a venue captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click…
UPDATE: In a letter to a researcher, Richard Reid said that, while he accepts God wanted him to fail in his attempted attack, he does have “tactical regrets” about how he carried it out. In the missive to Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, Reid went on to mention the recent Charlie Hebdo…
In his first few weeks as Secretary of the Interior, former Colorado Senator Ken Salazar was fond of sporting his cowboy hat and declaring that there’s a new sheriff in town — even though the work at hand didn’t lend itself to quick draws, as explained in my feature “The…
View Larger Map Yesterday, the Denver Police Department released preliminary information about a homicide at 1232 West 46th Avenue, a locale captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Today, the Denver Coroner’s Office has identified the victim: Stephen Ramirez, 24. Read…
View Larger Map An early morning fight resulted in the death of a man found at 1232 West 46th Avenue, a locale captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). The Denver Police Department has a description of a possible suspect, but…
As expected, former gay-porn star Timothy Boham’s claim that that a Colorado businessman he was accused of murdering had actually killed himself — a dubious defense made famous by Wall of Sound innovator Phil Spector — didn’t manage to sway the twelve folks deciding his fate. The jury took less…
Yesterday, Robert Ray was sentenced to death in connection with the 2005 murders of Javad Marshall-Fields and his fiancee, Vivian Wolfe — a verdict that duplicated the one previously given to Ray’s accomplice, Sir Mario Owens. The ruling brings the population of Colorado’s death row to three; Nathan Dunlap, who…
View Larger Map The bloodshed continues. According to the Denver Police Department, a man who was shot in the head on the 2400 block of South Federal, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). He died early this morning…
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…
