Kelsy Newell-Skinner is only 21 years old, but she’s already given birth to five children by two different fathers. Now, however, she’s been arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse resulting in severe injury — a charge that will certainly be altered following the death last night of her youngest…
Actor Kelsey Grammer visited Colorado earlier this week, but he wasn’t in the state where he once maintained a ski home for pleasure. Quite the opposite, in fact. He appeared via video conference from Denver at a Buena Vista parole hearing for Freddie Glenn, a man convicted of killing Grammer’s…
Why did Daniel Monkert allegedly steal a trash truck and lead authorities on a strange low-speed chase? The reasons aren’t spelled out on his Facebook page, but his posts over the past few days are notably odd — including a single word shared during the wee hours of this morning,…
Jaywalking, punishable in Denver by a simple fine, led the police to arrest 46-year-old Gregory Carter last week for a much bigger crime: sexual assault. The police stopped Carter for jaywalking and then realized he was wanted for the 2012 sexual assault of a 23-year-old woman. DNA linked him to…
The psychiatrist tasked with evaluating Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes to determine if he was insane at the time of the crime will be allowed to videotape the examination, according to a recent ruling by Judge Carlos Samour (on view below). See also: What happens when accused killers plead…
Had we not already designated police-car swiper Dustin Guinn as our latest Schmuck of the Week earlier today, John David Martinez would seemingly have qualified. After all, he’s accused of robbing a bank while wearing a shirt with his name on it. But a closer look at the police report…
Details remain sketchy regarding two deaths yesterday afternoon in Fort Collins. But preliminary information suggests that Gene Kapperman, 73, killed his grandson, 26-year-old Brandon Kapperman, before shooting himself to death. No information about the subtext of this tragedy has surfaced at this writing. But Brandon’s final Facebook post before his…
Steve Jackson is singularly qualified to recap at least part of a crazy Jefferson County crime spree involving a couple busted on charges including robbery, vehicle theft, burglary and attempted murder. A former Westword staff writer (here’s his author page), Jackson is a crime-book author of national renown — and…
The trial of Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes is now scheduled to begin on December 8. Judge Carlos Samour set that date at a hearing today over objections from Holmes’s attorneys, who argued that it wouldn’t give them enough time to analyze a second sanity evaluation of Holmes that’s…
Last week, we shared part one of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s most wanted fugitives list for its Denver office — a roster from Colorado and several neighboring states that includes 51 men and women wanted for narco-crimes typically involving heroin, meth, cocaine and marijuana. As you’ll notice, the vast…
Aurora theater shooting gunman James Holmes has been videotaped 24 hours a day, seven days a week since he was detained, according to a letter from the psychiatrist appointed to perform Holmes’s second sanity evaluation (on view below). Holmes was arrested on July 20, 2012 in the parking lot of…
The Denver Police Department hasn’t exactly issued a gusher of information about a weekend homicide near the intersection of West 14th Avenue and Knox Court. But reports suggest that the victim is a woman in her thirties who had been involved in what one neighbor characterizes as a Fatal Attraction-style…
When Kristen Kozik, who owns the Copper Kettle Brewing Company with her husband, first heard about the horrific shooting at the Aurora Century 16 theater on July 20, 2012, she never imagined she’d know someone involved. It wasn’t until the authorities released a list of the twelve people killed that…
Does Ryan Nuanez, who allegedly crashed into an optical store and critically injured the owner, demonstrate the dangers of driving under the influence of marijuana repeatedly raised by pot critics following Amendment 64’s passage? Or was he impaired by a completely different substance, or a combination of several? We don’t…
Nathan Finneman is an adventurer who loves to fly — and he doesn’t shy away from the spotlight, having been featured in stories by at least two TV stations in recent years. Now, however, he’s getting the kind of attention he undoubtedly would have preferred to avoid. He’s been charged…
The Rainbow Family portrays itself as a benign group populated by people who resemble throwbacks to the hippie era. But is it actually a dangerous amalgam of humanity stocked with criminals, petty and otherwise? The latter description reflects the view of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office following the arrest of…
Maria Alvarado-Gomez, 32, was arrested after allegedly putting rat poison in smoothies she then gave to her young daughters; she also ingested some of the substance in an attempt to end her life. A resident of Carbondale, Alvarado-Gomez is said to suffer from mental-health issues, calling into question what charges…
Court records and testimony prompted by a wave of inmate homicides at the Sterling Correctional Facility claim that SCF officers have repeatedly placed at-risk prisoners, particularly sex offenders, in life-threatening situations — and that some staff have even celled deadly enemies together to “teach a lesson,” fully expecting one inmate…
We’re learning more about the early Sunday stabbing death of Nicholas Potts just outside of Grand Junction — a horrific crime witnessed by neighbors awakened by the desperate victim. Lee McDonald has been arrested in the case, and according to a just-released arrest affidavit, the motivation appears to jealousy taken…
The Denver Police Department has released little information thus far about a double stabbing that took place around the stroke of midnight in central Denver. Here’s what we know thus far about this still-developing story. See also: Fifty homicides in year five of Mile High Murder: See where they happened…
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration maintains lists of the most wanted fugitives at each of its major offices, including the Denver branch, which covers Colorado as well as several neighboring states. The current roster features 51 people — most of them men, with a majority originally hailing from Mexico and…
When accused sexual assaulter Michael Miller was released on bond yesterday, the judge in his case ordered him not to access the Internet. However, the dating profile that allegedly connected him to at least one victim remains online at this writing, offering a stark contrast with the behavior described in…
