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…
Update: Noel Alexander Bertrand, a marine from Portland, Oregon, has now been formally charged with sexual assault in the shocking attack on a woman after midnight in a nearly deserted Denver International Airport concourse last week. Meanwhile, new security footage and information from a police report sheds new light on…
The story of Shannon Johnson, accused of letting her infant son drown while she played a Facebook game, has been reported in such far-flung locations as Australia and China because her act was such a crime of the times. And she’ll have lots of opportunities to mull it over: She’s…
The alleged conspiracy that led to the Keene Ranch murders of Amara Wells and Robert Rafferty Jr. has just grown larger. Already arrested were Christopher Wells, Amara’s ex, plus a trio of his co-workers from a Colorado Springs car dealership. Now, Krystal Kurcz and Megan Cassidy have been busted on…
Update: In our last post about the murder of Gerald Schwartzman, 73, on view below, we pointed out that we didn’t know much about the victim other than the most basic information. We now have a much better-rounded view thanks to a heartfelt statement released by his family — and…
Update: Earlier, we noted that William Lornes, 24, was being held for car theft but wondered if accusations related to a Cherry Creek Shopping Center kidnapping were on the way. Instead, such charges have been preceded by a first-degree murder beef linked to the homicide of Gerald Schwartzman, 73, whose…
