We recently altered our monthly mugshot roundup to provide more information about the context and details of each offense — and to put the focus on the most disturbing Colorado crimes we covered during the previous four weeks or so. And in May, there were all too many incidents that…
It’s taken months, but Julie Huff, 30, has finally been formally charged in the child abuse death of two-year-old Tobi Joan Doyle in Montrose. Adding to the pain caused by this delay: Reports of possible abuse warning signs that were either missed or misunderstood in the weeks before the child’s February death…
Did an off-duty police officer’s case of road rage result in a homicide? That’s the working theory in regard to a fatal crash in Weld County. Authorities have arrested Blair Jackson, a 48-year-old police officer for the community of Ault, on suspicion of second-degree homicide and reckless driving resulting in…
In some of the grittier industrial areas of northeast Denver, it’s not unusual to find people eager to give back to the community. Usually what they’re giving back consists of old tires and scorched mattresses, used syringes and construction debris — the kind of detritus that’s regularly dumped along the…
Authorities in Colorado Springs aren’t saying that Glen Galloway committed a brutal murder in Colorado Springs. At least not yet. However, Galloway, who was wanted even before the homicide, has been branded a person of interest in the case. And he’s considered to be armed and dangerous. The Galloway alert…
Reports about domestic violence arrests involving football players typically position the male as the abuser. But not in the case of Cody Latimer, a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos. Yes, he has been cited — but the charge involves a failure to appear in court regarding a year-old traffic…
“Colorado Springs Mayor: Day of Reckoning Coming for City’s Illegal Marijuana Growers,” published by the Colorado Springs Gazette on May 28, represents the coming together of an anti-marijuana newspaper and an anti-marijuana politician — Mayor John Suthers. But that doesn’t mean it’s empty posturing. While Suthers’s assertion that hundreds of illegal…
It’s the latest twist in a tragic murder that attracted national attention: the 2014 killing of Aspen socialite Nancy Pfister. In the beginning, William Styler, a former Denver doctor, and his wife, Nancy Masson (then known as Nancy Styler), were accused of committing the slaying. But William eventually confessed to the…
We’ve been reporting about the murder of Shane Richardson, which took place early on May 2 in an apartment over Rosenberg’s Bagels & Deli. After Richardson was killed, a fire was set in the apartment that forced Rosenberg’s to close, and more than three weeks later, it still hasn’t reopened…
Bryson Fischer didn’t spend much time on Facebook. But on May 15, he penned two posts in which he shared his pain and bared his soul, particularly in relation to drug use, which he said had ruined his life. One week later, he was dead — killed by police officers…
In March, 2015, we told you about a sex-filled lawsuit against Terry Maketa, formerly the El Paso County sheriff. Among other things, the suit accused Maketa and Undersheriff Paula Presley, one of three employees with whom he was said to have had affairs, of practicing sexual favoritism and running a…
It was among the most shocking crimes of 2015 — the murder of Patricia Richmond, a Routt County resident who was strangled to death, then sexually assaulted at a residence not far from Steamboat Springs. The person who committed this horrific deed was Cole Pollard, a distant cousin of Richmond’s fiance,…
Last month, prosecutors failed to persuade a jury that Tom Fallis had murdered his wife, Ashley Fallis, who he said had taken her own life. Robert Perez made the same assertion about his wife, Dennielle Leichtle, after her brutal death in August 2014. However, a jury has now found Perez guilty…
At noon today, Wednesday, May 25, on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is holding an event in honor of National Missing Children’s Day. The gathering, which will feature a proclamation by Governor John Hickenlooper, is intended to focus attention on missing children…
Would you rat out a family member accused of a terrible crime? For Tiffanie and Tina Daigle — the mother and grandmother, respectively, of Ignacio Daigle, who’s accused of killing young mom Jessica Holman in a crash involving a stolen vehicle back in March — the answer was “no.” Now,…
Yesterday, a judge in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania determined that there is enough evidence for actor/comedian Bill Cosby to be put on trial for alleged sex crimes against onetime Temple University women’s basketball official Andrea Constand. But while this drama is playing out across the country, Cosby’s current legal troubles can…
Nearly a week after a man was gunned down outside a metro-area motel, Kenneth Bastidos, the main suspect in the case, remains on the loose. And he’s considered to be armed and dangerous. According to Fox31, the slaying took place at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, May 4, in the…
Yesterday, we told you about three overnight homicides in Aurora — including a double murder at the Sunrise Apartments on 13th Avenue. Thus far, the victims of the killing haven’t been identified. But the Aurora Police Department has made an arrest. Ken Kaminga, 35, has been booked on suspicion of…
We’ve been keeping you updated on a home invasion in Golden in which suspects allegedly broke into the wrong house in search of $10,000 worth of drugs and cash. During the incident, homeowner/middle-school teacher Jesse Swift was stabbed as was one suspect, Caleb Williams. The latest: Julia Johnson, thought to be the so-called…
As we’ve reported, the number of officer-involved shootings in the metro area has been on the rise, particularly in Aurora, where three OIS incidents have taken place in May. Even so, it came as a shock to Boulder residents when such a shooting took place in that idyllic community, too…
In recent days, we’ve been reporting about the proliferation of officer-involved shootings in Aurora — three in May thus far. But there’s been plenty of bloodshed in Aurora that’s not directly tied to cops gunning down suspects. Overnight, three people died in the community as a result of two shootings…
Chelsea Yasser was a 21-year-old mom from Arizona who recently visited Colorado. During the trip, Yasser was murdered. And now, police have released a new video they hope will lead them to her killer. Yasser was a devoted Facebooker. She had at least five pages, with the galleries in most…
