Our monthly mug shot roundups always feature criminals accused of doing awful things — and that’s certainly the case this time around. But June was also chock full of weird, from the alleged hit-and-swim driver and the woman who reportedly ran over a child but went back for her hubcap…
Update: Matthew Weatherspoon is currently in protective custody, presumably because some of his fellow inmates would like to treat him as he treated a five-month-old bulldog puppy named Diamond, who he’s accused of repeatedly stabbing and slashing. That’s the kind of act plenty of folks would deem inexcusable. However, Weatherspoon…
David Lawless stands accused of planting anemic explosive devices at Colorado Mills on Saturday, around the same time a bunch of windows were broken at a nearby Best Buy — and Lawless is the suspect in that incident, too. As for his reasons, they’re not clear yet, as remains the…
Last October, Tim Albo was the victim of a hit-and-run accident that left him in a coma; companion Heather Kornman was also badly injured. And while the driver, Brandon Mondragon, was subsequently charged and convicted of the crime, his six-month sentence so frustrated Albo’s family that they’re fighting to change…
Englewood’s Charles Hay Elementary, at 3195 South Lafayette Street, is out of session for the summer. No wonder a neighbor was caught off-guard upon hearing a faint voice emanating from the building yesterday — and even more surprised by what the person in question was saying: “Help. Call 911.” What…
Luke Irvin Chrisco, busted for peeping at women from inside a porta-potty tank — an act he sees as being worshipful of nature’s goddesses — has certainly left his mark on the Internet. He’s posted loads of videos under his pseudonym, Skye Oryan, including clips of thigh massages and more…
There’s nothing like a good neighbor — and according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Ronald Eugene Miller is nothing like one. Or at least he wasn’t earlier this month, when he decided to get comfortable in a nearby house. Really comfortable…
Four people were arrested following the hit-and-run death of Rockstar Lounge valet Jose Medina — and last week, three of them, including Norma Vera-Nolasco, who was allegedly so drunk she didn’t realize she’d run over someone, pleaded guilty. Now, the holdout, Eliu Montes-Garcia, has entered a guilty plea, too…
Update: Luke Irvin Chrisco, the man who became internationally famous for hiding in the tank of a porta-potty at a yoga festival in order to scope women’s nether regions, cheerfully admits that peeping at females using toilets is practically a religion for him. And the details he’s provided thus far…
The case of Lisa Norton, who’s accused of trying to swim away from a fatal accident she allegedly caused, keeps getting more bizarre. Authorities now confirm that she was sentenced to probation for DUI last Thursday, just two days before the crash that killed Gabriel Nielsen — and cops, who…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the woman fatally stabbed at 1955 Arapahoe Street early Saturday morning as Annette Taylor, 49. And the Denver cops have also ID’d the man busted for the crime: Ronald Muniz, 63…
Prominent Boulder-area realtor Curtis Hilty was found guilty in April of two felonies — sexual assault on a helpless victim and sex assault-overcoming a victim’s will — for raping a twenty-year-old babysitter while she slept. Yet when he was sentenced yesterday, a judge gave him only thirty days in jail…
Why was a seventeen-year-old repeatedly punched in the stomach and head? She says her sin was wanting to stop hooking — and that allegedly angered Chester Gray, Frank Devoe and Ryann Pangle, who’ve been charged with crimes ranging from trafficking in children to second-degree kidnapping…
If the accusations against Brittany Gonzales are accurate, she’s got some highly questionable priorities. After hitting an eleven-year-old boy riding his bike, she allegedly stopped — but only to pick up her hubcap…
At 7 a.m. yesterday, the members of the Westminster Police Department arrived at 8290 Federal Boulevard on a welfare check, but nothing seemed amiss. The story is different when they were called back at 11:37 a.m. This time, they found a dead woman and Eric Eugene Lyerly, 52, who’s been…
Bond for alleged serial rapist Marc O’Leary was set at $5 million following his February arrest, indicating just how dangerous authorities considered him to be. And while he pleaded not guilty yesterday, arrest affidavits paint a horrifying picture of a man who felt entitled to rape anyone at any time…
In March, United Express pilot Aaron Jason Cope was indicted for flying drunk. He’s now been convicted of the charge, and court records on view below show how close he came to guiding a second plane while sozzled…
Boulder has just updated its online registered sex-offender list. Not every offender is pictured due to Colorado statutory provisions related to their sins. But the page does feature photos of 48 men (no women) reportedly living in Boulder area. The crimes for which they were convicted vary widely, from indecent…
Update: At a status hearing today, Boulder District Judge Lael Montgomery denied requests by Alex and J. Nold Midyette to participate in Molly Midyette’s fight for a new trial. That means Molly’s former husband and father-in-law won’t get to take the stand during a one-week hearing on the matter now…
Allegations of Denver police brutality, from Michael DeHerrera’s beating in LoDo to Alex Landau getting pummeled after allegedly making an illegal left turn, continue to make headlines. But how bad is Denver’s police misconduct problem? Here’s one point of comparison: While Denver has spent more than $10 million settling police…
In March 2010, we told you about a cold case that heated up with the arrest of Roderick Elias for the slaying of Kristen Swanson, age 22. She died way back in 1980 — so long ago that her job had been at a disco. More than a year later,…
Tyron Martinez is back in custody after slipping off his handcuffs and overpowering a deputy following a pre-trial conference in Conejos County in southern Colorado. Which means he’ll have to face a murder charge in the death of Norma Salazar — a crime whose elements include rat poison, cocaine, drunkenness…
