Former Broomfield High School wrestling coach Travis Masse’s defense against accusations of sexually assaulting a student — he claimed that he sent thousands of explicit texts but didn’t act on them — failed to convince a jury. He’s been found guilty and faces a mandatory life sentence, albeit one that…
It took Keenu Tiyme five agonizing days to end the life of his ex-wife Kauri, as one exit plan after another — pills, suffocation, strangulation, wrist-cutting, even attempts to buy a gun or jump off the bridge spanning the Royal Gorge — failed miserably. It took a Denver jury just…
Trevor Morris and Ashley Bradford don’t look much like ninjas in their booking photos. But they’re accused of using machetes to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Gunbarrel earlier this year — and after reportedly waiving a preliminary hearing, they’re slated to enter pleas next month…
Don’t invite Orlando Bustamante-Bello to your next snowball fight — because if charges against him related to a February incident are true, he might not stick to snowballs. Bustamante-Bello, 22, is accused of first-degree assault for allegedly clobbering a snowball tosser in the face with a liquor bottle…
April provided a bumper crop of mug shots. Not only do we have looks at unusual characters like Diaper Fetish Guy, Accused Tax-Cutting Tax Evader and Alleged Semi-Pro Basketball Player/Perv — click on their names to learn about their stories — but also the Denver Police Department’s roster of the…
Update: Denver City Council approved settling Landau’s lawsuit for $795,000 during their meeting tonight. In a statement, Mayor Guillermo (Bill) Vidal noted, “This settlement sends our clear message to Mr. Landau and the community that we take these types of allegations seriously, and that we are committed to a process…
Late on Saturday, the Lakewood Police Department received an emergency call from a woman at 868 S. Reed Court. She said her husband had a gun — and unfortunately, he appears to have used it. When cops arrived, they heard a shot. They immediately called SWAT and evacuated the building…
Chatfield High and other southwest Jeffco schools were locked down on April 20 after Earl Moore’s alleged attempt to bomb Southwest Plaza, on April 21 after a bomb scare at Stony Creek Elementary that turned out to be nothing — and again today. Why?…
Update: It didn’t take long for a jury to decide the fate of Kervin Rogers in not one, not two, but three separate murders over a one-month period in late 2009. Two hours after deliberation began, they returned with a trio of guilty verdicts…
When homicide detectives questioned him in 2008, shortly after the discovery of his ex-wife’s battered and slashed corpse in a hotel room, Keenu Tiyme had trouble recalling his phone number and address. This afternoon, a Denver jury will be asked to decide where he’ll reside in the future — in…
No doubt there are many fine youth pastors and church volunteers in Colorado Springs — ones who aren’t creepy molesters looking for a chance to diddle underage victims. But Charles Jenkins is the third person with such a job on his résumé to be either arrested or convicted for sexual…
Last October, 73-year-old Brooks Kellogg, a businessman with roots in Colorado, Kansas and Illinois, was arrested at Denver International Airport after allegedly meeting with what he thought was a hit man to arrange the murder of Stephen Bunyard, who’d won big bucks in one lawsuit against Kellogg and had launched…
Can a suicide attempt be a parole violation? Yes, if the person hoping to kill himself has been ordered to stay away from drugs and he tries to overdose. That’s the accusation against Eric Kinder, 43, whose alleged death wish follows a conviction over a police standoff prompted by a…
At a preliminary hearing yesterday, defense attorneys argued that Kevin McGregor shot University of New Hampshire football player Todd Walker last month in what amounts to a tragic accident. But prosecutors say McGregor killed Walker in a botched robbery attempt — and then immediately afterward bought tacos and cigars…
Update: At 2 p.m. this afternoon, Earl Albert Moore is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Denver to be advised of the charges against him in relation to an attempted bombing at Southwest Plaza mall on the twelfth anniversary of the shootings at nearby Columbine High School. However,…
Update: The search for Melvin “Catfish” Nelson, wanted for shooting 72-year-old Charlene Clay three times in the face (somehow, she survived), ended at a motel at I-25 and 38th. That’s where Nelson’s body was found. He apparently killed himself…
Barring a last-minute deal, attorneys will be picking a jury Monday morning in Denver District Court to decide the fate of Keenu Tiyme — more than two-and-a-half years after the body piercer was arrested and charged with the gruesome death of his ex-wife, 39-year-old tattoo artist Kauri Tiyme, in what…
Jesse Hodgson, a former firefighter for Mountain View Fire Rescue in Longmont, will have to register as a sex offender. The 37-year-old has pleaded guilty to instructing his 11-year-old stepdaughter to wear an adult diaper as punishment. Authorities say he also asked her to watch him urinate in his own…
There are two versions of Christian Laswell’s story, his lawyer said in court this morning. In one version, the 29-year-old seen here is a pimp of several women, including a seventeen-year-old girl and his sister, nineteen-year-old Theresa Laswell. In another version offered by his lawyer, he’s a college student who…
As the Crystal fire in Larimer County was finally winding down last week, authorities announced their suspicion that it was human-caused — and now they think they’ve got the human who did it: Thomas Howie, 36. Meanwhile, Douglas County officials believe a fifteen-year old started numerous blazes in the Pinery…
When it comes to pimping, the Denver District Attorney’s Office believes Theresa and Christian Laswell kept it in the family. Last month, Christian was charged with child prostitution and more in regard to allegedly whoring out a seventeen-year-old. Now, Theresa, his sister and supposed “bottom bitch,” is faced with pretty…
Update: Marcelo Ochoa-Sanchez has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Karen Escobar — and no wonder. According to police, Ochoa-Sanchez stabbed Escobar in the street in clear view of numerous witnesses — then went back to his apartment, grabbed another knife and returned with the…
