Update: At first blush, a bias-motivated crime allegation seemed like a real stretch in the case of CU student Thomas Frank Ross — and at second and third blush, too. But while the Boulder District Attorney’s Office has decided against leveling this charge against Ross, he’s not off the hook…
Until last year, John Diaz was a Denver police officer. He resigned in the middle of an excessive-force investigation aimed at him and a fellow cop — one in which his actions were ultimately found to be justified, more or less. But now, he’s back in the spotlight for a…
On February 23, 2010 at Deer Creek Middle School, a facility just a short drive from Columbine High School, Bruco Eastwood lifted a rifle and opened fire on students, seriously wounding two of them. But a jury has found him innocent of all charges other than possessing a weapon on…
Former cop and current state investigator Joe Sandoval is still a candidate for city council in Commerce City, according to the city clerk’s office. But if he stays in the race, he’ll have some uncomfortable questions to answer about being busted for driving under the influence — and the way…
Our September 2011 mug shot roundup features looks at horrific criminals — such as Travis Forbes, who confessed to murdering Kenia Monge — and the wackier kind, like the two guys who allegedly decided to reenact Weekend at Bernie’s with their dead pal. Check out the month’s roster below, and…
The phrase “international incident” understates the controversy that erupted in Pakistan this past January after Raymond Davis, subsequently revealed to be a CIA employee, killed two men in what he insisted was self-defense. Now, a story closer to home drags Davis back into the spotlight: He’s been charged with felony…
Nine years into a 145-year sentence for sexual abuse — a crime that his alleged victim insists never happened — Charles Farrar has now filed what may be his last, best hope for freedom. It’s a handwritten request for an appointed lawyer and a new hearing, based on claims of…
What’s better — being stuck in a hospital or going to jail? The choice was easy for a man in Littleton yesterday, who apparently wanted to be behind bars so badly he didn’t even get dressed before committing a crime that landed him back there…
Identity theft is great for collecting stuff. But what’s the best way to convert it to cash? Teresa Porter and her four helpers, who needed to cover daily living expenses and a meth habit, figured out an efficient formula involving jewelry stores and pawn shops…
Lazarus Pino was once a medical marijuana rebel fighting against a move to shut down his dispensary. Now, however, he’s accused of being a common (or maybe uncommon) goon. Along with members of his family, including his mom, Pino has been charged with beating, torturing and shooting at a man…
It’s no surprise that parking enforcement officers don’t like being called meter maids — especially the male ones. But Eric Madril’s feelings about this label apparently went beyond displeasure to revenge. He and a fellow officer, John Culhane, have been convicted of getting even with one person Madril ticketed by…
In August, prosecutors and defense attorneys crafted a deal to sentence the thirteen-year-old Burlington boy who killed parents Charles and Marilyn Long and wounded two siblings as a juvenile. Why? Questions were answered yesterday at a hearing finalizing the pact, at which the boy was portrayed as an emotionally immature…
Do medical marijuana dispensaries make neighborhoods safer? That’s the conclusion of a study by the RAND Corporation, which counters the widespread perception that MMJ businesses attract crime…
The Denver District Attorney’s Office has formally charged Muriel Keer with child abuse resulting in death after the drowning of her ten-month-old son. The statement of probable cause in the case, on view below, provides even more details about the horrific incident…
Grief doesn’t respect demographic boundaries, and the devastating impact of a homicide in the family can be found in all walks of life. On Monday, a coalition of victim groups gathered outside the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse downtown to remember lost loved ones and listen to a keynote speech by Denver Mayor…
Alexander Davison, twenty, represents a virtual case study of an indecent exposure addict — and he appears to have gotten hooked fast. He spent around two weeks showing off his junk to an estimated sixty or seventy women on a bike path near his home and then pleasuring himself afterward…
Jason Bomsta, 34, has been sentenced to 54 years in jail for last year’s brutal killing of forty-year-old Duane Maasch, whose body was found stuffed in a plastic toy bin. The reported reason for the slaying? A $100 drug debt…
Update: The latest legal journey of Travis Forbes, the man charged with killing Kenia Monge earlier this month, was blessedly brief. This afternoon, Forbes pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the case and will spend the rest of his life in jail without the possibility of parole…
Today, 37-year-old Stefanie Dickinson is expected to step down from her position as treasurer for the Ellicott District 22 Board of Education. Why? Might have something to do with her arrest for allegedly sexting a fourteen-year-old boy…
For a school photo, a certain Jefferson County eighth-grader wore a cheerleading shirt. But right now, neither she nor her family has anything to cheer about. The thirteen-year-old is currently in custody, accused of trying to kill the other six members of her family by burning down their home –…
Update by Michael Roberts: Muriel Keer, the 39-year-old mom (and alleged drug abuser) being investigated for child abuse resulting in death, was prostrate with grief after emergency personnel couldn’t revive her nine-month-old baby, found lifeless in a bathtub. But while the boy breathed his last, police say she was tapping…
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, joined by the Denver Police Department and other law-enforcement agencies, have apparently been working overtime. The U.S. Attorneys Office has revealed that sixteen people in the metro area have been arrested on various drug and/or gun charges in the past 72 hours…
