The FBI has just released a new report about active-shooter incidents between 2000 and 2013, and results are particularly dire. The bureau finds that the number of these tragedies escalated and became more deadly over this span. A total of 160 crimes fit the FBI’s active-shooter parameters, with seven of…
Twenty-year-old Sydney White is behind bars in Mesa County, accused in the death of Angel Lane Place, an eleven-month-old girl for whom she was acting as a foster mother. White told investigators she accidentally dropped Angel, then shook her so violently one of her two biological kids told her to…
There’s no doubt that private security guard Michael Arnold sexually assaulted a female prisoner shortly after she gave birth in 2012: He pleaded guilty to the crime and has been sentenced, albeit to no time in jail. However, a just-filed lawsuit maintains that blame for this horrible act goes beyond…
Anyone who’s ever doubted the concept of a careless moment changing a life forever should check out the story of Dale Stetina. Once among Colorado’s most elite cyclists, he was injured while avoiding a car near Boulder in August 2013. More than a year later, the person who caused the…
Will televising the trial of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes lead to more harassment of victims and witnesses than if the trial isn’t broadcast? That’s one of the main questions Judge Carlos Samour has to consider in deciding whether to allow a video camera and a still camera at…
Later today, a visitation will bring together the family, friends and loved ones of 24-year-old Danielle Griego prior to a funeral planned for Denver’s Holy Ghost Catholic Church tomorrow. Meanwhile, more details are emerging about her murder, allegedly at the hands of Elmo Johnson, 44, who was found beside her…
At 9:30 a.m. today in Denver County Court, youth soccer league president Andres Gaspar is scheduled to be formally charged with sexual assault on a child, among other charges — and this process should feel very familiar to him. Less than two weeks ago, on September 11, Gaspar was in…
There are definitely some advantages to being John Elway’s son. Example: If you land in trouble, as 25-year-old Jack Elway did in late May, the lawyer you get to use is Harvey Steinberg, who’s spent years helping Broncos players such as Perrish Cox skate in the face of serious charges…
How did registered sex offender Angel Alcaraz get hired as a maintenance man at multiple apartment buildings in the metro area — a gig that afforded him easy access to lots of potential victims? His employer reportedly admits to never having run a background check on him. And now he’s…
Fledgling broadcaster Jessica Ghawi was among twelve people who lost their lives in a July 20, 2012 attack by gunman James Holmes at the Aurora Century 16 theater. Another 58 people were injured. Now, Ghawi’s parents, Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, in conjunction with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence,…
Denver’s police department isn’t the only one in the area to be besmirched with criminal allegations against officers. Jarett Branson has now been fired from the Fort Collins force in the wake of claims that he used police resources to stalk a woman with whom he had no prior relationship…
Was a man shot to death because Heather Neville was upset over a septic-tank hookup? That’s the motive floated in reports that followed the arrest of the 59-year-old Neville on suspicion of first-degree murder. The bizarre details below. See also: Ryan Ronquillo Shooting Deemed Justified, But Family Says Police Murdered…
Colorado’s list of its 100 most wanted sex offenders has changed a lot lately: Of the most recent roster, sixteen have recently been busted. But that still leaves 84 sex offenders at large. Look below to count down all one hundred, including arrestees, complete with information about their alleged crimes…
The more information that emerges about a fatal accident that took place late on Wednesday night, the stranger this tragic story becomes. Commerce City police now believe two men were involved in a road-rage fight when a third vehicle struck and killed one of the combatants. Moreover, that driver, identified…
Clint Burtts is a murder victim of a most unusual sort. The attack that eventually took the 52-year-old’s life took place in September 2013, but he didn’t pass away until this past spring. Now, the Denver Police Department is asking for help in finally cracking the case, with investigators seeking…
On September 8, the friends, family and loved ones of fourteen-year-old Jillian Burgos held a candlelight vigil for the girl, who’d been missing since disappearing from her Hartford, Connecticut-area backyard on August 25. Two days later, investigators found her safe in Longmont and arrested 53-year-old Timothy Wind on suspicion of…
Update: Yesterday, we shared with you the strange story of Christina Furber, whose online portrait as a sufferer from hypermobility disorder contrasted sharply with reports that she’d fired shots at a police officer before being found dead; see our previous coverage below. Now, more details are emerging about the circumstances…
Enrique Vega, 22, is a budding entertainer whose Facebook page overflows with glamorous portraits and clips of him singing sensitive songs. But his possible music career just took a major hit due to an incident at his day job as a South High School security guard: He’s been arrested on…
The talk of the sports world this week is the indefinite suspension of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice after TMZ released video showing him brutally punching his then-fiancee/now-wife in the face; see the disturbing clip below. Yet when discussing this development, 104.3 The Fan hosts D-Mac and Alfred Williams…
Just past 8 a.m. yesterday morning, a 67-year-old man was found in a pool of his own blood near a Westminster intersection — and investigators believe he could be a victim of road rage. Continue for details and who to contact if you know who may be responsible for the…
Should the trial of Aurora theater shooting gunman James Holmes be televised? Television station KUSA has asked the judge’s permission to set up a single video camera in the courtroom during Holmes’s trial, which is scheduled to begin December 8. KUSA would share the footage with six other television stations…
It’s been a long, long road from the 1993 murder of four people at a Chuck E. Cheese in Aurora to Colorado’s lethal injection chamber, and convicted killer Nathan Dunlap isn’t there yet, thanks to the temporary reprieve from execution granted by Governor John Hickenlooper last year. That controversial move…
