Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett is one of the most open and accessible elected officials in the state — but in the matter of newly released true bills accusing John and Patsy Ramsey of culpability in the 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey, their daughter, he’s keeping mum, with his only…
We’d like nothing better than for our Mile High Murder archive to be starved of content — but that’s definitely not the case this week. We’ve already posted about the killing of John Goggin, for which Floyd Sandoval has been arrested, and the death of Vincente Penaloza and the ongoing…
When he was arrested earlier this week, Eugene Martinez was listed as Colorado’s most wanted sex offender — and he’s not the only person accused of such crimes to be rounded up lately. Indeed, nineteen of the top 100 most wanted sex offenders in the state have either been busted…
A number of high-profile crime reports have emanated from the CU-Boulder campus over the past couple of months. By comparison, the main Colorado State University complex in Fort Collins has been relatively quiet. No more. Late last night, a woman reported being sexually assaulted at knifepoint on a CSU athletic…
Police responding to a call from a concerned mom about her possibly suicidal son wind up shooting him four times — yet the student is facing a criminal charge? That’s the scenario in the case of Jordan Koehn, a 24-year-old CSU graduate student who pointed a gun at his own…
Way back in 2009, we posted about the risk of explosion when making butane hash oil indoors. But some people continue to do so, with sometimes disastrous results. Example: an explosion and fire at a residence in the small town of Carr, Colorado that reportedly lifted the roof off the…
Update: Earlier this month, we reported about a light-rail attack caught on camera near 30th and Downing — the third assault at such a station in the past few months. See our previous coverage below. The latest: Leopoldo Maes, 23, is the fifth and presumably final person to be arrested…
UPDATE: A jury sentenced Floyd Sandoval to life in prison for the murder of John Goggin in October 2014. At trial, prosecutors elaborated on Sandoval’s motives, saying that he shot Goggin during a pot deal gone wrong. Sandoval’s codefendent, Jose Palacio, is set to go on trial later this month…
Vincente Penaloza’s name appeared in the New York Times yesterday — but only because he died a violent death. He’s briefly mentioned in a gun report among dozens of people nationwide killed by firearms over the weekend. But Penaloza is not merely a stat. He’s a man whose life was…
What would happen if law enforcers stopped hundreds of cars over the course of a couple days? How many criminals and how much contraband might they find? A Colorado State Patrol-described “large-scale law-enforcement operation” just conducted in Mesa County provides an idea: over a hundred citations, a handful of fugitives…
Update: Earlier this month, we told you about the escape of convicted sex offender Eugene Martinez from Denver police headquarters; he’d been handcuffed to a bench but managed to slip his bonds. See our previous coverage below. Now, Martinez has been taken into custody once again, but not before allegedly…
It was eleven years ago today — October 18, 2002 — that inmate Edward Montour Jr. attacked Eric Autobee, a 23-year-old correctional officer, in the kitchen of the Limon prison, fatally bludgeoning him with a heavy ladle. To mark that grim anniversary, the victim’s parents have made a startling plea…
Update: Earlier this week, Zachary Cooper was arrested in regard to a homicide near the intersection of 28th and Adams near City Park; see our previous coverage below. Now, we’ve obtained the arrest affidavit in the case, and the narrative is shocking. According to the document, also shared here, Cooper…
Although we frequently hear warnings about the dangers of striking or shaking a baby, we seldom see footage of parents actually doing it. The case of Greeley residents Reba Doyle and Scott Liles is an exception to this rule. Footage has surfaced showing Doyle slapping her one year old and…
The original reports about sex-assault accusations against Fort Collins’ Bojan Vuckovic were horrific: The victim in the case is said to have vomited so much blood that she required a significant transfusion at a hospital. Yet while Vuckovic was ultimately convicted on a minor count, he was acquitted of rape…
These days, there are more devices than ever with which to distract ourselves. But taking advantage of them while driving can have fatal consequences. That appears to be what happened in the case of Martin Braden, a tow-truck operator who was cleaning up an accident alongside a Colorado State Patrol…
Christopher Lucki’s moniker definitely doesn’t apply to his current problems with the law. Not only has he been accused of a bias-motivated crime, but the victim of his alleged actions is an official charged with fighting discrimination. And to make matters even worse from his perspective, a Denver Post reporter…
Most of us have had the experience of dealing with neighbors whose partying is too loud. Typical responses include asking them to lower the volume a notch or two, calling the cops or putting in earplugs and grumbling yourself to sleep. But according to the Colorado Springs Police Department, that’s…
In August, we told you about the tragic death of Sandra Roskilly, allegedly at the hands of Daniel Abeyta, who was later shot by Denver Police Department Sergeant Jerry Heimbigner. Now, the Denver District Attorney’s Office has announced that no charges will be filed against Heimbigner. The decision letter that…
Yesterday, we noted that a stabbing on the 16th Street Mall over the weekend is the sort of crime hated by civic groups, since it gives the impression that one of Denver’s top tourist attractions isn’t safe. The same can be said of an incident involving a Jefferson County couple…
The high security mandated for all medical marijuana centers has foiled plenty of morons who incorrectly thought they were about to make a big score. A case in point was a May 2012 MMC break-in that netted the thieves a broken scale and $8 from the karma jar. A would-be…
As we noted in a June post, the 16th Street Mall is the Mile High City’s number one tourist attraction according to Visit Denver. As such, keeping it safe and inviting for folks from across the country and the globe is one of the city’s top goals. But these efforts…
