Accusations of animal cruelty tend to inflame passions — and that’s certainly true in the case of Anthony Ortolani and his German Shepherd, Missy. Ortolani reportedly left an injured Missy on a mountain but now wants the dog back — a prospect that’s inspired Facebook criticism and a petition trying…
Brittany Cortez will always remember her wedding day in part because of the scars she’ll bear from it. In an incredibly shocking incident, Joel Nevarez, a longtime friend with a history of mental issues, allegedly sicced his pit-bull mix on her at the reception and personally attacking her using a…
In the wake of the Aurora theater shooting, comics like Dane Cook and Jeffrey Ross were ripped for making jokes about the tragedy. Now, a New York professor has been suspended for treading into this same territory due in large part to a member of his audience: Weston Cowden, who…
Since James Holmes purchased an AR-15 assault rifle and shot twelve people dead in an Aurora movie theater, we’ve asked different local officials if they think stricter gun control laws could help prevent this kind of tragedy in the future. Recently, Denver mayor Michael Hancock told us that he would…
James Holmes’s own “confidential defense expert” has a right to be present during evidence testing if the testing will destroy the evidence but not otherwise, a judge ruled today. Holmes, 24, is charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder in the July 20 Aurora theater…
Tyler Withrow is reportedly a budding stand-up comic and author of two e-books, including one whose title begins, What Unhinged Tyler Withrow. Now, however, that question has a decidedly unfunny application, given that Withrow has been arrested for the murders of two women in Yuma County…
A hearing to argue whether a doctor-patient privilege exists between accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes and Dr. Lynne Fenton, the University of Colorado psychiatrist he was seeing, has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon, prosecutors asked that it be delayed until next Thursday, August 23, because they say…
Jasim Mohammed Hassin Ramadon is one of five Iraqi men charged in a rape so horrific that a Colorado Springs Police spokeswoman can barely describe the details without getting emotional. And yet last fall, Ramadon was featured in a TV report on view below in which he was hailed as…
If Greeley police are correct, Justin Robert West set up a camera in the family changing room at a local fun center in search of a pervy sexual jolt. But the image he allegedly took of himself setting up the device probably didn’t give him much of a thrill –…
Update: Yesterday, we told you about the DUI arrest of Crocs co-founder George Boedecker Jr., who allegedly claimed that a “batshit crazy” Taylor Swift had actually been behind the wheel of his car; look below to read the extraordinary tale and the police report from which it springs. After the…
As we’ve reported, Judge William Sylvester ordered that the majority of documents in the James Holmes shooting case remain sealed. But those he’s letting the public see include the argument by some of the country’s major media organizations about why they should be allowed more access, including comparisons to the…
In June, Durango’s Sydney Spies, whose protests after her yearbook photo was deemed too sexy landed her on the Today show, made it clear she was ready for her close-up: She’s featured in a Syfy Channel movie slated to air soon. But it’s highly unlikely she expected the next photo…
Late last week, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced that 33-year-old Corey Haveman had entered an animal cruelty guilty plea after one of his two Irish Setters died from the affects of neglect and starvation; get details from the affidavit and see photos below. However, Haveman skipped the actual sentencing…
A total of 34 motions were made public yesterday in the case of James Holmes, accused of the Aurora theater shooting. Much of the court file remains sealed, but Arapahoe County District Court Judge William Sylvester also released the register of actions, a chronological list of all actions in the…
Part of the court record in the case of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes will be unsealed, a judge ruled today. Arapahoe County District Court Judge William Sylvester will allow some motions and the register of actions, a chronological list of actions in a case, to be made public…
Rebecca Gershten and Becca Beall Oschner know the importance of rape kits. In 2005, both women were victimized by serial rapist Brent Brents. Their rape kits helped lead to his capture. “Thankfully, our rape kits were processed in record time, which provided the proof necessary to arrest him,” Gershten said…
Eric Swanson is still headed to prison for an attack on another concertgoer at the 2010 Mayhem Festival. But the length of his sentence won’t be anything like the mountain of time — up to 64 years — he had been facing in the case. Acknowledging that his codefendant had…
Between the shooting of Denver police officer Celena Hollis and the death of twelve people at the Aurora theater massacre, it’s been a particularly violent summer locally — a fact that underscored an annual peace march over the weekend. Denver officials and community groups banded together Saturday morning to denounce…
The office of Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has just announced a 59-count indictment against The Silver Lizard, a Denver medical marijuana dispensary reviewed in March by our MMJ critic, William Breathes. Among the claims: The center was selling marijuana for non-medical purposes to thirteen states and Washington, D.C…
During a Thursday court hearing, attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes said their client is mentally ill. But a different Holmes emerges in his 2010 application to a neuroscience program — a brilliant yet quirky individual dubbed “The Llama” because of an odd photo he submitted…
Last month, in the aftermath of the incredibly destructive Waldo Canyon fire, the Colorado Springs Police Department reported 37 home burglaries and 28 car break-ins that victimized evacuees. Shocking figures, yes. But now, the CSPD is revealing that its final total is even higher — and to date, only two…
Yesterday’s court hearing for James Holmes, at which his attorneys repeatedly said their client is mentally ill, wasn’t the only court proceeding involving the accused Aurora theater shooter. As seen in a document on view below, his landlord is also going through the formal process of evicting him…for reasons that…
