Former East High School student Elhadji Samba Dioum has taken a plea deal in a criminal trial connected to a police lockdown that occurred on East High’s campus on December 3. On Friday, March 25, Dioum pleaded guilty to third-degree assault – a misdemeanor – as part of a deal…
In February 2015, we told you about a death on Java Court that was being investigated as a homicide. The victim was later identified as Francis Canham, known to friends and neighbors as Frank. Within days, Daniel Gonzales was arrested for the crime even though he’d traveled across the country;…
The phrase “justice delayed is justice denied” doesn’t quite fit cold cases. In such instances, convictions of guilty parties are always preferable to situations in which offenders are never punished for their illegal actions. But the story of one woman’s abuse at the hands of Warren Foster represents a close…
On occasion, we warn readers in advance about potentially disturbing material in a post. We do so again in the case of Colby Messer — and we really, really mean it. According to an arrest affidavit, Messer, a Canadian citizen, has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met in…
It wasn’t long ago that Ty Lawson was the face of the Denver Nuggets, who promoted him as one of the premier point guards in the NBA. Now, he’s barely playing for his third team in less than a year — and he’s just been convicted of driving under the…
The inclement weather currently pounding the Denver metro area aren’t idea when it comes to investigating an officer-involved shooting in which one man died. But that’s precisely what’s happening at this hour. Late last night, cops with the Thornton Police Department killed a thus-far-unnamed individual. He first came to an…
Lauren Mann, who grew up in the small, Western Colorado town of Paonia, is making news across the planet for the worst possible reason. She was found dead in her apartment in Vienna, where she was working as an au pair, and police are investigating the case as a homicide…
Last month, we told you about accusations against Rocky Allen, a surgical technician whose alleged theft of the painkiller fentanyl led to fears that as many as 3,000 patients of Swedish Medical Center could have been infected by hepatitis B and C or HIV. Now, another medical professional — Kim Burgans,…
Jessica Lyn Reese was the loving mom of two adorable kids, Hannah and Bennie Jo. Now, her loved ones are raising funds to care for the children. Why? Reese, 29, was stabbed to death in an Aurora condominium — and Charles Bowman Anthony, who was at the residence at the time…
“You never know how in one instance life may change course.” A family member reportedly Facebooked this line shortly after twenty-year-old Jahvell Forrest was arrested for allegedly shooting an Aurora police officer during a November 2014 traffic stop. But while the bust certainly altered Forrest’s trajectory in a permanent way…
The current Facebook profile pic for eighteen-year-old Niraj Gautam features him flipping off the camera in the front seat behind the superimposed phrase “Frontseat Freestyles.” Under most circumstances, the image would be unobjectionable. But its timing is unfortunate given the allegations Gautam is facing. He’s been formally charged with vehicular…
On Monday in Trinidad, Ralph Candelario is scheduled to go on trial for the murder of his wife, Pam, more than two years ago in the small town of Walsenburg — and Dateline NBC is among the news operations planning to cover it. Why? Because given the current vogue in true-crime,…
“Thank God for stupid teenage girls and social media.” So said Mason Deal after a jury convicted Steven Paula of punching him out in a road rage incident that we featured in a Schmuck of the Week post in 2014 — and for a very good reason. Turns out the…
How can an obscure prisoner get famous? By attacking a more famous one. That happened for Mark “Slim” Daniels, who assaulted James Holmes in a Colorado prison, then wrote our Alan Prendergast a letter apologizing for not being able to send the Aurora theater shooter to “Satan’s lake of fire.” And…
As we reported last week, the United States government recently agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Robert Knott, a severely mentally ill inmate who committed suicide in 2013 while in solitary confinement at the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum (ADX), the federal supermax in Florence…
Sex-crime charges against police officers are rare, but not unknown. In 2010, for instance, Denver Police Department Officer Hector Paez was accused of forcing a woman to perform a sex act to avoid going to jail. And in 2014, DPD Detective Michael Ryan was cited for receiving oral sex from…
Tom Flanagan was an avid outdoorsman who loved cycling in Colorado. But a fatal encounter with twenty-year-old Zachary Strnad, a suspected drunk driver, ended his life far too soon. Strnad was arrested on suspicion of numerous charges, including felony homicide. Meanwhile, a fundraising campaign is underway to assist Flanagan’s wife…
The citations against Jesse and Corinna Tamburo offer something to both sides of the marijuana debate. The two were served and released on the misdemeanor charge of child abuse/neglect for allegedly allowing a two-year-child to eat a marijuana edible — the kind of story likely to be seized upon by…
Jessica Holman was a much-loved young mother of a ten-year-old boy. But her life was cut short when she was struck and killed by a stolen truck allegedly driven by Isaac Daigle, age nineteen. Days after the crash, Daigle was arrested. Meanwhile, those who hold Holman close in their hearts…
There is no statute of limitations on murder. This law-enforcement truism is exemplified by the Jefferson County cold cases page. More than thirty homicides are listed, some of them dating back well over half-a-century. But the cases remain open, and that’s as it should be. The victims may be gone,…
Even though St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t officially take place until Thursday, most celebrations in Denver took place over the weekend, including the city’s annual parade, which reportedly attracted as many as 500,000 people on Saturday. But Sunday night at a traditional place for St. Patrick’s Day fun — the Irish Rover…
Last summer, we dubbed Hayden May’s stick-up of a dispensary in Aspen “the dopiest pot shop robbery ever” in part because everyone in the shop reportedly knew who he was — which likely explains why he apologized for his actions during the heist. But there’s nothing funny about the amount of…
