We’re almost ready to unveil our top mug shots of 2010, after sharing galleries of women, tattoos, bad hair and accused teachers and caretakers. But as one last tease, check out booking photos of the famous and infamous that appeared here this year. Some you’ll immediately recognize. Others — like…
A short time ago, 9News reports, Betsy Long, who was accused of causing a July crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, leaving the scene of an accident and DUI. Regarding the last charge, Long registered…
Update: Shaun Harper, who allegedly robbed a bank in Golden on Saturday only to be nabbed after suspected loot literally fell out of his pocket in front of police, has been released from an area hospital; he had unspecified medical issues that were reportedly unrelated to his arrest. He’s been…
Today’s most memorable mug shots of 2010 feature (following posts on women, tattoos and bad hair) focuses on teachers and caretakers who’ve been accused of doing some mighty unpleasant things. Look below to see our top six — and click on their names to read our original posts…
As if we haven’t received enough bad news about the Denver Broncos lately, here’s a lousy development of an entirely different (and much more serious) kind: Cornerback Perrish Cox has been arrested in Lone Tree on a sexual assault charge dating back to an incident in October. At this point,…
Update: The Aurora Police Department has released the name of the man arrested in the Monday shooting of Aurora Central student Karina Vargas. He’s Luis Guzman-Rincon, nineteen, who’s likely in this country illegally. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has put a hold on Guzman-Rincon, a bit of info sure to stir…
Less than two years after Teresa Lynn was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of her mother-in-law and the blinding of her husband, her treatment team at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo was already pushing for her to have more privileges, including trips off…
The still-bad economy has inspired a number of small-time metal thieves — like Richard Goodface and Duane Brown, who allegedly swiped Denver storm grates in October. But according to the Colorado Springs Police Department, they’re pikers in comparison with several suspects accused of swiping copper and aluminum from air conditioners…
We’re continuing to build to our collection of 2010’s top mug shots, supplementing our top women’s and face-and-neck-tattoo pics. Today, we bring you bad-hair photos — ones we doubt you’ll be clipping to share with your stylist. Page through our twelve favorites below, and click on their names to read…
Six years ago, Peter Spitz’s wife, Teresa, shot him three times in his face while he slept, then killed his mother. Spitz woke up blind. The attack and its aftermath are the subject of this week’s cover story, “Blindsided.” It’s a domestic tragedy of such horrific proportions that outsiders wonder…
It’s official: Darold Hinojos has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Joey Fuller. The arrest affidavit, on view below, alleges that Fuller was killed simply for stepping out of his apartment and inquiring about a commotion caused by Hinojos’s search for his girlfriend…
As we all know, Criminal University doesn’t require an IQ test or entrance exam, and that’s lucky for Mark Scott Albaugh — because he never would have been admitted otherwise. The alleged offense by Albaugh, a registered sex offender, displays a lack of smarts, not to mention general repulsiveness, that’s…
Confessed Ponzi schemer Sean Mueller, whose victims include John Elway, first came to the police’s attention in April, when he threatened to commit suicide by jumping off a parking garage. At his sentencing hearing yesterday. Mueller said he still thinks about taking his life daily, but that didn’t win him…
Update: On Friday, the Lakewood Police Department confirmed that Jarrett Berlin, shot and killed by a SWAT team after a standoff at the Bentley Apartments, was unarmed at the time of his death. Now, Tara Salazar, the woman who was allegedly in the car he used to get away from…
We’re building to our list of 2010’s top mug shots by highlighting photos from specific categories. For instance, we recently shared the top 20 women’s mug shots of 2010. And today, we’re admiring arrestees whose booking photos feature some sweet ink — including Jacob Joseph Medina, seen here, who has…
By definition, a youth pastor has access to lotsa young folks. And Joshua Amoroso, 21, who served in this capacity at Colorado Springs’ Gateway Church, is accused of violating the trust required by someone in that position in the worst possible way — with a fourteen-year-old girl. As detailed by…
Lately, the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force hasn’t been bestowing nicknames upon all of the bank robbers it’s seeking — a pity given how much we enjoyed putting out the alert for the likes of the Bad Hatter Bandit, the Hoppin Hooded Bandit and more. So we’re grateful the…
Don’t know if Arizona’s Ever Eleazar Murrieta-Nieblas tried to convince authorities that the marijuana in his possession was for medical purposes — but it would have been a tough argument, since there was 276 pounds of it. The sheer heft likely helped convince a jury to convict him of two…
With 2010 winding down, it’s time to look back on the year in photography — of the mug-shot variety. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing posts filled with memorable images building up to our top shots of the year. But ladies first. Page through below to see twenty…
Fort Morgan is typically a quiet community — but not for a while last night. Patrick Rice, allegedly under the influence of “medication,” led police on a chase, then held off the cops for an hour before shooting himself in the chest, presumably with a rifle — which doesn’t sound…
Azimdzhon Mazhidov is accused of getting rich with a little help from his friends. He’s among sixteen defendants from Russia and Tajikistan charged with stealing more than $300,000 from assorted banks. But they didn’t use guns. Instead, according to an indictment on view below, they allegedly collected cash one bad…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the man stabbed to death on the 1800 block of Grove Street as Joey Fuller, a 26-year-old white male. Look below to see the release that ID’d Fuller, as well as our previous coverage of this brutal crime, for which Darold Hinojos has…
