Last October, Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov was arrested for allegedly abusing Evgeniya Vavrinyuk, his girlfriend, only to have the case dismissed a couple of months later. Now, Vavrinyuk has filed a civil suit against Varlamov, claiming years of horrific abuse in Russia and beyond leading up to the Denver…
There have been other DIA-bound passengers busted for unwanted sexual advances on flight attendants over the years. But the accusations contained in an affidavit aimed at Vadym Pecherskyi, a 42-year-old from Kiev, Ukraine, hit new heights of creepiness, with one alleged victim saying she felt he would have raped her…
Yesterday, during a preliminary hearing, a deputy took the stand in Arapahoe County Court to posit the theory that Naomi Almodovor burned down a Centennial apartment complex as payback against a former girlfriend who had subsequently gotten into a relationship with a man. And the arrest affidavit in the case…
Last week, attorneys representing accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes requested yet another delay in jury selection, which had been set for December 8 — and prosecutors didn’t object. That put Judge Carlos Samour, who’s overseeing the case, in a difficult position. But while he’s now agreed to push back…
Update: Gregory Lewis’s crime spree ended after his capture in New York State. He’s now been formally charged in Colorado with a slew of very serious charges: attempted first-degree murder, three counts of sexual assault, two counts of first-degree assault and aggravated robbery. Continue for our previous coverage. See also:…
Update: Earlier this month, we told you about a series of attacks on Fort Collins women that local police believe were committed by the same man; see our previous coverage below. Now, two more assaults have taken place involving a suspect fitting the same description, bringing the latest estimate for…
Earlier this week, we reported about a motion filed by the defense team representing accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes asking for the current December 8 trial start date to be pushed back. Prosecutors have now responded, and they raise no objections to the request, making it likely that the…
Update: Rocky Mountain National Park may not have been the only site in Colorado tagged by accused vandal Casey Nocket. The National Park Service announced in a memo on October 29 that it was investigating Nocket for allegedly defacing Colorado National Monument, as well as RMNP and seven other national…
Remember Luke Chrisco, the guy who was arrested back in 2011 for hiding inside the tank of a porta-potty in order to scope the underside of users at a Boulder-area yoga festival? Well, he’s back with another memorable gambit. Even as he faces a possible return to a cell for…
Accidents happen in school science labs — but they hardly ever result in criminal accusations. Daniel Powell is an exception to this rule. He’s been charged with multiple assault beefs for a methanol explosion that injured four students, including one who spent weeks in the hospital for burns that initially…
Timothy Heckler has made his mark on the Denver Police Department — and more. Heckler’s bust for alleged tagging while wearing a Tigger costume — just in time for Halloween! — has inspired a new DPD Facebook feature entitled “What in the Wednesday.” But his own Facebook posts are stranger…
Update: Roderick Penny, who was the only person indicted in the Rollin 60s sweep described below, had been at large when our original post was published. He has now turned himself in to police. See our previous coverage below. Original post: Yesterday morning, members of the Aurora Police Department and…
The trial of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes has already been postponed twice — and now, Holmes’s defense team is hoping to convince the judge in the case to push it back a third time. The reason, according to a document filed yesterday and on view below, is the…
Following Keith Rohracker’s conviction for neglecting his elderly mother on an epic scale, a judge told him he would receive one year less than the maximum sentence — but only because his mom didn’t die. It was touch-and-go for a while. When Rohracker was finally taken to medical professionals to…
Last year, we reported about the tragic murder of Reysean Abram, a thirteen-year-old who was reportedly shotgunned to death while riding a bike. Now, two men — Lonnie White, who was seventeen at the time of the killing but was tried as an adult, and Marquise Lewis, now 21 –…
Update:Last week, we told you about the search for Clifton Ray Williams, who walked out of his trial for allegedly kidnapping a woman at taser point for sexual purposes; see our previous coverage below. Williams was convicted by a jury in absentia — and then, over the weekend, he reportedly…
This weekend marks a grim anniversary in the Autobee household. It was twelve years ago — October 18, 2002 — that Eric Autobee, a 23-year-old correctional officer, was murdered in the kitchen of the Limon Correctional Facility. His killer, Edward Montour, was a mentally ill inmate who was off his…
Update incorporated into original text and on view below: Kaylana Fief’s Facebook page is filled with photos highlighting two passions: her adorable daughter and cute critters of the sort she studies as an animal behavior student. But the way she allegedly combined the two has gotten Fief in trouble with…
Update: Prosecutors in the James Holmes case say it’s “unprecedented,” “insulting” and “unnecessary” for the judge to tell victims of the Aurora theater shooting to control their emotions while testifying at the trial of James Holmes, the accused gunman. Holmes’s defense attorneys filed a motion last week asking Judge Carlos…
Did Lakeside police officers who tased an alleged Walmart shoplifter said to be around sixty years of age go too far? That’s a question raised by a video of the incident that circulated on social media before finding its way into mainstream media coverage. Continue to see that video and…
Update: Denver police are still looking for a suspect who critically injured a man in a shooting near 14th and Krameria early yesterday morning; see our previous coverage below. But even without an arrest, the case has already generated a strange twist. The incident was witnessed, in a manner of…
Determined to demonstrate just how far he believed Arapahoe County prosecutors had strayed over the line in the effort to obtain the death penalty against his client, defense attorney Jim Castle resorted to a visual aid. During a hearing late Friday, he presented District Judge Gerald Rafferty with a wheeled…
