Last week, we told you about an appeal by Billy Jene Wilson in the killing of Gina Gruenwald — a disturbing case we first told you about in 2011. Wilson wanted his murder conviction overturned because he felt prosecutors hadn’t proven that he’d sexually assaulted Gruenwald; he said she’d lowered her…
Jacob Vanderpauye, also known as Atta Addo Vanderpauye, is a popular drum instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, as well as an active musician on the local and international music scene. But now he’s been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a former student. A police report quotes him as…
Brian and Jacquie Lehner loved riding together on their Harley. That’s exactly what they were doing this past weekend when they were struck by a car and killed. Athina Munoz, 27, was subsequently booked on a variety of charges in relation to the crash. Now, a report suggests that she was texting…
A little over a month after a shooting associated with a Craigslist ad, police are tying gun play in Lakewood to the online sales site. One man was hospitalized as a result of the incident; at this writing, his condition was unknown, although his injuries are described as not life-threatening…
There have been an absolutely astounding number of officer-involved shootings in these parts over recent months. One estimate counted eleven police shootings on Colorado’s Front Range between Halloween and December 18. And since then, we’ve reported about the Denver Police Department shooting of Ramone Lonergan, and two incidents earlier this…
Over the past several days, we’ve shared posts in which we’ve listed the ten Denver neighborhoods with the biggest increases in violent crime and property crime in 2015, according to Denver Police Department statistics. This item combines those two numbers to come up with the neighborhoods with the largest total…
The mysterious death of a young woman in West Valley City, Utah quickly turned into a homicide investigation — and now, the key to finding justice in the case may have been found in Denver. Yesterday afternoon, a person of interest in the death of a young woman subsequently identified…
Earlier this week, we shared a post in which we listed the ten Denver neighborhoods with the biggest increases in violent crime during 2015, according to Denver Police Department statistics. Included among them was one in which the total offenses quintupled over the previous year. The rises in property crime…
A confrontation over the serving of an eviction notice yesterday in Park County led to a shootout in which the home’s resident, Martin Wirth, and a deputy, Corporal Nate Carrigan, were killed and two others were injured. Now, additional information has surfaced about Wirth, who was an outspoken activist affiliated…
Yesterday, President Barack Obama announced his latest plan to close the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba. It includes the transfer of the sixty suspected terrorists being housed there to facilities in the U.S., including Colorado. Politicians from both sides of the aisle in Colorado have objected to the notion, including…
On the afternoon of Sunday, February 21, Blackhawk resident Greg Zolnick was enjoying cycling not far from Boulder when his world changed. Zolnick was struck by a car, and days later, he reportedly remains in critical condition. Now, the Colorado State Patrol has reached out to the public in the hope…
During an attack in March 2015, the perpetrator cut an unborn baby from the victim’s womb.
Back in 2011, we told you about the arrest of Billy Jene Wilson for the murder of Gina Gruenwald seven years earlier. DNA evidence from a bite mark had put authorities on Wilson’s trail, and he was eventually convicted of the crime — but he appealed based on at least…
River North is among Denver’s trendiest and fastest-growing neighborhoods. But yesterday, RiNo’s peaceful hustle and bustle was disrupted by a grisly turn of events. Police discovered the body of a dead woman. They subsequently launched a homicide investigation — and a suspect is currently in custody. Here’s the first tweet…
Last month, we reported that crime in Denver was up in seven of nine categories based on Denver Police Department stats, with an increase of 72.4 percent in homicides. Now, 9News has broken down more DPD numbers and discovered that crime rose in every Denver neighborhood during 2015. The stats separate offenses into…
“Shots fired. Bleeding everywhere. I’m going to hurt you or kill you.” These are some of the first words spoken by Denver Police Department Officer Rachel Eid in a two-part DPD video entitled Graveyard Shift, which went online last September. But her words in the clip are eerily prescient given…
Jason Mesaros was suspected of taking part in an armed robbery that netted two pounds of marijuana and between ten and fifteen pounds worth of trim. But he won’t go on trial for his crimes. He was killed after being riddled by bullets — ten in all — following a…
On Saturday, the University of Denver and Colorado College played a historic outdoor hockey game at Coors Field. And while DU came out on top, 4-1, the school was victimized by disrespect to its unofficial mascot, Denver Boone, who was escorted out of the stadium, and the apparent theft of…
Millions upon millions of people have bought and sold items on Craigslist without a problem. But that doesn’t mean horror stories involving the service are unknown. The most prominent example locally is Dynel Lane’s alleged attack on Michelle Wilkins; Lane is accused of cutting the child from Wilkins’s womb after…
On November 22, 2015, Miguel Martinez was armed, dangerous and wanted in regard to an active warrant (for escape and drugs, which he was on at the time) that made explicit mention of his “violent tendencies.” He was also mentally ill, as Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey acknowledges in his…
At this writing, there has been no announcement that Mesa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Derek Geer has died. However, it’s only a matter of time. An all-too-short amount of time. Geer was shot multiple times on Monday, February 8, allegedly by a thus-far-unidentified seventeen-year-old who’s currently in custody. The deputy…
When major television folks descend on the fly-over states to rehash some notorious tragedy, they’re generally better at playing the heartstrings than pushing for answers. That was certainly the case when Barbara Walters sat down with John Ramsey a few months ago, to bat around a few whiffle-ball questions about the 1996…
