A new fund to help the victims of the Aurora theater shooting has begun accepting donations. It’s called the National Compassion Fund/Aurora, and organizers say one hundred percent of the money that’s donated will go directly to the victims. The opening of the fund coincides with the trial of the shooter,…
This week, we’ve been posting about an April 11 homicide on the 1600 block of Bruce Randolph Avenue — an incident that cost the life of Abdul Muhammad, 61. In a tragic coincidence, Muhammad is the second person with his name to be slain in Denver since January. That month, 22-year-old Abdul…
The trial of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is scheduled to begin with opening statements on Monday, April 27, in Arapahoe County District Court. It’s been more than two and a half years since Holmes is alleged to have opened fire at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora…
“Bitch, you fuck around, you fuck around, you fuck around, get smoked.” These are among the lyrics of a song by Donte Beasley, an aspiring rapper — and now an arrestee in a late-night robbery at a Brighton motel. In the incident, a man was allegedly lured to the location…
At this writing, Denver police have surrounded PT’s Showclub, at 1601 West Evans Avenue, with the cops confirming that they’re involved in a “barricade situation.” Commuters began noticing police activity earlier this morning, thanks to traffic closures and scads of law-enforcement vehicles in view — at least eleven, according to…
The scenic, tourist-oriented town of Salida doesn’t see many murder trials. This may be one reason that a prison homicide case getting underway there today has generated so much unease and unusual security measures — to the extent of anticipated road closures near the courthouse and concerns raised by the…
The number of cops fire their weapon has raised concerns in plenty of Colorado cities during recent years, including Denver. The issue is a matter of debate in plenty of smaller communities, too. Take Canon City, which has seen four officer-involved shootings over the past sixteen months, ending in the death of…
The controversy over the police shooting of Jessie Hernandez, a seventeen-year-old who was killed while behind the wheel of a stolen car, prompted Denver’s Independent Monitor to question a Denver Police Department policy allowing officers to shoot into moving vehicles. At this writing, the old rules remain in place. However,…
Potential jurors in the James Holmes case were asked about mental illness, the death penalty and if they’d already formed an opinion about whether Holmes is guilty of murdering twelve people and injuring seventy more by opening fire in an Aurora movie theater. They were also asked several biographical questions…
Last week, Skinner Middle Schools was placed on lockdown after reports that three students were in possession of weapons. Now, the trio — a fourteen-year-old and two twelve-year-olds (one of whom was only eleven at the time of the incident) — has been formally charged as juveniles with felonies and…
It’s been more than six months since we last shared the updated list of Colorado’s most wanted sex offenders — a roster that got a big shakeup after Calvin Nagy, who’d held down the number-one spot, was arrested in Mexico. As you might expect, there have been additional changes since…
Bobbi Ann Finley made headlines across the globe five years ago as the so-called “Military Mistress” — a woman who married a grand total of fifteen men in the armed services, in an apparent effort to empty their bank accounts. These days, Finley is out of jail, but she’s wanted in…
Last December, we told you the story of Ian Santamaria, who killed himself in his car after being pulled over by deputies. The events that ended with the death of Loveland’s Christopher Bush has similar elements, but there was a key difference. In Santamaria’s case, police opened fire after a weapon…
Back in February, questioning of jurors in the trial of James Holmes, the shooter in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, got underway. Just over two months later, 24 jurors — twelve who’ll serve as the jury, plus twelve alternatives — have been selected. The nineteen women and five men, whose identities…
Any lawyer worth his or her credentials will tell clients thinking about skipping out on court dates that doing so will only make things worse. Given that, it makes a certain kind of sense that Boulder attorney Emily Cohen is a wanted woman at this writing, after failing to appear…
The bloodshed continues near Martin Luther King Boulevard. Last month, one of three gang-related homicides on the same weekend took place near Pontiac and MLK Boulevard. Saturday night brought another killing, this one on Franklin between Martin Luther King Boulevard and Bruce Randolph. At this writing, no arrests have been made…
In December 2013, we told you about the arrest of Kenneth Mackey for homicide in an incident that left two men dead. The location? An area that recently gained attention for being arguably Aurora’s most dangerous block. Turns out the crime also had a link to the police shooting of Sharod…
Gunsmoke Guns owner Rich Wyatt was once a high-profile reality-TV star who rubbed shoulders with presidents and celebrities. Now, just over two years after his Discovery Channel program American Guns was cancelled, Wyatt has been arrested on theft charges following at least the second IRS raid on his Wheat Ridge-based business…
In January, seventeen-year-old Jessie Hernandez was killed by police while she was behind the wheel of a stolen car. Are those upset by this act displaying their anger by stealing more cars? That’s the assertion of the Westminster Police Department, whose spokesman says evidence exists to suggest that a big bump in…
Last November, we told you about the arrest of Tom Fallis, a former police officer who was accused of killing his wife, Ashley Fallis, then making the crime seem as if it had actually been a suicide following an argument about marijuana smoking. Now, Ashley’s parents, Joel Raguindin and Jenna…
Reasonable people can disagree about the marijuana laws in Texas, which are among the toughest in the nation. But something positive for a Denver woman came out of Ojeda’s pot conviction in the state. An Ojeda DNA sample matched one from a rape and shooting that took place in 1997,…
Yesterday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, announced that the results of Project Wildfire. The operation, managed by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, is said to have 976 gang members and others allegedly tied to them. The bustees represented 239 different gangs in 282 cities, ICE maintains. In Colorado, thirteen…
