Update: In an order dated February 11, Judge William Sylvester denied the city of Aurora’s request to lift a gag order in place since the early days of the theater shooting case. The city asked for permission “to speak publicly about the city’s response to the theater shootings, and to…
Last spring, we told you about the arrest of Andrew Simpson, who was thought to have visited a bar and been on a quest to buy pot when his car struck Masoud Bahramisasharif, a DU student walking his bike in a crosswalk. Now the boom has been lowered on Simpson…
Almost as shocking as the DUI arrest of Todd Helton, mainstay of the Colorado Rockies, was how blotto he looked in the mug shot he earned with his bust. But how does it stack up to the most memorable athletes’ mug shots of all time? Find out by eyeballing our…
Photos of 23-year-old Globeville resident Mayra Nunez and her kids — daughters Nivek, six, and Isabella, three, and son Eric, two — depict a happy young family. But from this point forward, they’ll likely trigger more sadness than joy in friends and loved ones. That’s because Denver police believe Nunez…
Last Friday, a presumably unarmed man entered the US Bank on 1801 Jackson Street in Golden, and angrily demanded an undisclosed sum of money from a teller, escaping on foot. More disturbing than this man’s crimes, however, is his complete misunderstanding of bandit chic…
After more than two years, the family, friends and loved ones of Alicia Martinez finally, finally, finally got to witness the conviction of Edward Romero in the 2010 murder of the sixteen year old — one of the most brutal slayings in recent memory. Details, photos of the principals, videos…
Juggalos — fans of the band Insane Clown Posse — have an image problem. They see themselves as peaceful, music-loving members of the extended ICP family, but plenty of cops and the like think they’re part of a potentially dangerous quasi-gang. Juggalo Nation is now countering this perception with Juggalos…
Justice can be expensive — but the cost of injustice is often even higher. Case in point: the horrifically botched investigation into the 1987 murder of Fort Collins’ Peggy Hettrick. Thus far, the case has cost authorities at least $10.5 million — the latest $500,000 as a result of a…
Because Frederick Allen is a diabetic, he uses insulin on a regular basis. But while the substance is a life-saver for him, it led to horror for a CU-Boulder student. Allen has now been convicted of giving her the drug without her consent and raping her while she was incapacitated…
The back-and-forth between Fox News and attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is getting heated. Holmes’s lawyers are attempting to subpoena a Fox reporter who quoted unnamed law enforcement sources as saying that Holmes mailed a notebook to his psychiatrist “full of details about how he was going…
What the hell’s going on in Weld County? The same week teacher Rhonda Eisenberg pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an underage student, and bearing his child, Greeley mom Lynne Freeman has been sentenced for the sexual assault of not one but two teens. Scene of the first incident that came…
The first month of 2013 started out strange when it comes to the crime beat — and that’s reflected in January’s most memorable mug shots, which include an alleged cop/neighborhood-elk killer, a guy accused of tasing his grandmother and more. Check out the complete collection below, and get the whole…
In July, we told you about Greeley high school teacher Rhonda Eisenberg’s arrest for sexual assault after allegedly bearing the child of an underage student in her care. Now, Eisenberg has pleaded guilty in the case. Details and the original arrest affidavit below…
A judge has postponed until April 1 a hearing at which attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes hope to question a reporter about who, if anyone, “leaked” her information about a notebook Holmes sent to a psychiatrist. Originally scheduled for February 4, Holmes’s attorneys asked to delay the…
Update: A surprising twist in the story of a once-missing Johnstown teen who said she’d been kidnapped and held against her will. David Calderon, the 38-year-old man busted in connection with the case, is not being charged with a crime at this time — although he’s not entirely off the…
In sharing preliminary 2012 crime states, the Aurora Police Department faces an interesting dilemma — how to process the July 20 massacre at the Aurora Century 16, which led to a dozen deaths and scores of injuries. APD data shows major crimes in the community went up slightly if the…
In cover stories like “Welcome to Arapahell,” Alan Prendergast has written about Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers’ frequent use of the “big bitch,” aka habitual criminal charges that can double or triple an offender’s sentence. Chambers is now gone, replaced by Dave Young, but she landed a big-bitch trophy…
How do you help young children cope with a terrible tragedy? A first-grade teacher in Aurora has come up with a way. Every day after recess, the kids in Megan Anderson’s class at Peoria Elementary sit on the classroom’s alphabet rug and talk about the kind things they’ve done that…
Dustin Canup, twenty, and Sareena Morrison, eighteen, can’t be accused of trying to victimize a sympathetic person. After all, the target of their alleged crime was a pedophile thought to have arranged a creepy tryst with a six-year-old girl. But that doesn’t mean the pair are off the hook; they’re…
Attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes have asked a judge to delay a hearing at which they hope to question Fox News reporter Jana Winter about her sources. Back in July, Winter reported that Holmes sent a notebook “full of details about how he was going to kill…
The 1996 killing of six-year-old beauty-pageant regular JonBenet Ramsey is arguably Colorado’s most famous unsolved murder case — one that continues to fascinate a significant percentage of the public more than a decade and a half later. For proof (something in short supply when it comes to the incident), look…
Last week, Denver Police officer Robert Motyka was shot amid a police chase in which one suspect was killed and four others were arrested. Now, the Denver DA’s Office has released one of this quartet but charged the other three — Chuck Montoya, Jude Montoya and Michael Valdez — with…
