Should the trial of Aurora theater shooter James Holmes be held in Arapahoe County, where the crime occurred? No, say Holmes’s attorneys. In a motion made public this week (and on view below), they request a change of venue, arguing that the citizens of Arapahoe County have a “unique and…
Charles Wingate was once a Colorado Springs city councilman, as well as a prominent, respected member of the community. Now, however, Wingate must rebuild his life and his reputation from the ground up. He’s been sentenced for misdemeanor child abuse after his naked, autistic thirteen-year-old son was found living in…
In the immediate wake of a tragedy, donations often pour in. That was certainly the case with the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, after which people from all over the country donated millions of dollars for the victims. But that money has since been disbursed — and not every victim benefited…
Ashleigh Padilla is incredibly photogenic, as the gorgeous portraits on her Facebook page attest. But perhaps her best known image is a mug shot snapped after her arrest for allegedly funding a shopping spree with a customer’s debit card. Padilla’s pic is only one of the memorable images from the…
Three months ago yesterday, RaeLyn Gonzales, fifty, and her eighteen-month-old grandson, Fabian Gonzales, were brutally stabbed to death in Adams County. Since then, no arrests have been made and precious little information has been released about the investigation. But the Gonzales family has no intention of letting the deaths of…
Yesterday saw whipsaw reversals in the case of Meghan McKeon, a Steamboat Springs mom whose three-year-old son, Austin Davis, died under highly suspicious circumstances. First, McKeon was cleared of three misdemeanor accusations against her, to the horror of at least one court observer. But the dismissal was swiftly followed by…
Few of the police impersonators we’ve written about over the years have been as frightening and violent as the one described by the Aurora Police Department. Example? The man in question allegedly yanked the woman by the hair while trying to take control of her car. And he would have…
How easily can vulnerable teen girls be forced into the world of prostitution? An arrest affidavit in the case of a thirteen-year-old dubbed “Bunny” tells the tale in disturbing detail. The latest chapter? Five people, including alleged ringleader Socrates “Chrome” Packer, have now pleaded guilty to crimes that include human…
Update: Yesterday, we told you about the arrest of 41-year-old Timothy Baca for allegedly killing his mother and then wounding two police officers as they tried to take him into custody; see our previous coverage below. Now, more details are emerging about the crime itself, with Baca quoted in a…
Those critical of marijuana legalization in general and the annual 4/20 rally at Denver’s Civic Center Park in particular may be tempted to use the cold-case bust of Joseph Baca as an example of weed’s evil. After all, Baca is accused of sexually assaulting a fourteen-year-old at a post-smoke-out party…
From the beginning, Timothy Baca, 41, was the prime suspect in the apparent murder of his mother, 65-year-old Bernice Medina. And police only had to use the most basic detective skills in order to track him down. Yet taking him into custody wasn’t easy, since he had a knife in…
After a fatal shooting Wednesday night on West Avondale Drive, the Denver police have arrested one suspect, 29-year-old Timothy Wakefield. Witnesses told police that Wakefield was arguing with the still-unidentified victim before the shooting, which took place a little after 8 p.m. March 26 at 3233 West Avondale Drive. According…
Gabrial Adams, a 38-year-old inmate serving life without parole for his role in a headline-grabbing double-murder committed when he was a teenager, was found dead in his cell on March 9. Although autopsy results have not yet been released and the Colorado Department of Corrections is offering little information about…
The suspects linked to a huge Colorado Springs burglary ring apparently felt that accidentally being hit by a car was as big a threat as getting caught snatching and grabbing, since at least one crew member is said to have worn a reflective safety vest near crime scenes. Unfortunately for…
Last month, we told you about a suit filed by the Boulder District Attorney’s Office against Silverio Nuanez, a 74-year-old accused of allowing his residence to be transformed into a meth flop house. This action seems to have had little effect thus far. Police raided the home again yesterday, arresting…
Customers at a Qdoba in Lone Tree got a lot more for their money than a fast-casual burrito last night. That’s because one employee of restaurant, located in one of the many Park Meadows shopping areas (not far from a Barnes & Noble and a Mattress King) stabbed a co-worker…
In a motion that quotes liberally from Twitter, defense attorneys for Aurora theater shooting gunman James Holmes asked the court this week to order Colorado Judicial Branch public information officer Rob McCallum to comply with a gag order in the case. Their main complaint? That McCallum uses Twitter to disseminate…
Meth suspects, like every other arrestee in these United States, is innocent until proven guilty, and that’s the way it should be. But most of us have noticed that in booking photos, those accused of such crimes tend to look, well, rough. That’s certainly the case for the fourteen people…
A second mental evaluation of Aurora theater shooting gunman James Holmes will be postponed until objections raised by Holmes’s attorneys have been resolved, Judge Carlos Samour ruled this week. Samour’s order (on view below) is in response to three motions filed by the defense on March 14 asking Samour to…
Was marijuana a contributing factor in the death of two-year-old Levi Welton earlier this year? Expect this to be among the arguments made against his parents, Julia and Chris Welton. More than two months after Levi died following a fire in the family’s Sterling home, his mother and father have…
Update: Yesterday, we told you about the arrest of Thomas Laperch after an arson call turned into a homicide investigation; see our previous coverage below. Now, the victim in the incident has been identified as William Burchett, a 54-year-old musician best known for his work with a local band called…
Last week, we updated you on the investigation into the murder of Nancy Pfister, a socialite whose body was discovered in a closet of her tony Aspen home; see our previous coverage below. Retired Denver-area doctor William Styler and his wife Nancy had previously been arrested in relation to the…
