Update: More information has begun to filter out in relation to a murder that took place near the intersection of Bruce Randolph Avenue and York Street. The Denver coroner’s office has identified the victim of this crime as Paul Cortez. Look below to see the release revealing this information:…
This week’s cover story, “The Damage Done,” details the Denver-based Justice Initiative for Drug Endangered Families, a unique approach to drug treatment that employs cops in their off hours to mentor addicts they usually lock away. The feature focuses on sisters Audrey and Katie and their recovery through the program,…
When it came to taking advantage of his employees, Opas Sinprasong, who owned several Boulder-area Siamese Plate restaurants, appears to have been an expert. Sinprasong pleaded guilty to harboring illegal aliens and failing to pay taxes — offenses likely to result in prison time, a $766,000 fine and deportation to…
Update: From the beginning, John Marks Jr. was the top suspect in the death of his common-law wife, Kathy Adams, better known as Psychic Kay, whose body was found near an Estes Park ravine. But now, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office has formalized the search for Marks, issuing an arrest…
Update: The admission by Denver’s coroner that the body of sixteen-year-old Alicia Martinez, identified yesterday following the arrest of Edward Timothy Romero for investigation of murder, showed signs of “some disfigurement,” understandably horrified her friends and family. Now, we have an idea about what this term means: Martinez had to…
Update: Last week, we told you about the creepy case of a man accused of posing as a doctor from “Immigration” in order to gain entry to a home and molest an elementary-school-age child. The suspect remains at large — but the Aurora Police Department hopes a new, computer-generated illustration…
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office accuses nineteen-year-old Dallas Cardenas of being a pimp — but that’s not all. As shown in a wide-ranging indictment on view below, Cardenas also faces charges of trafficking in adults and children, since one of the two women he’s said to have forced into sex-for-pay…
Nadine Montoya has been sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 32 years for murdering a 49-year-old Aurora woman in a hit-and-run at a Denver Burger King last May. Montoya, 27, was convicted last month. A jury found her guilty of crushing Lilian Verdonkschot with her Cadillac DeVille after…
On the State of Kansas’s website, 73-year-old Brooks Kellogg is celebrated as a success story for building an entertainment center in Hays. But there’s a good chance this salute won’t be long for the Internet. That’s because the FBI arrested him earlier this week at Denver International Airport on a…
Update:Brandon Mondragon has been formally charged in the hit-and-run incident that badly injured Tim Albo and Heather Kornman. In addition, an arrest warrant has been released revealing that Mondragon had a passenger at the time of the crash, which took place after the two of them left a prominent local…
Update:According to the Denver Police Department, a welfare request from Liz Tomocik’s employer led officers to a murder-suicide at 777 N. Washington Street, with Tomocik subsequently determined to have killed Gerald Cler and then shot herself. Now we know the identity of that employer. Tomocik worked at the office of…
Oh, the irony. Shortly after we learned Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz will plead guilty today to federal marijuana counts in exchange for a five-year stipulated sentence, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced that it’s charged three men — Aris Minter, Donjure Walker and Raymond Ramirez — with stealing pot in…
Creepster alert: Colorado Springs Police are on the lookout for a man who allegedly stalked a woman at an area King Soopers, then put his arm around her neck and fondled her breasts and behind until she convinced him to stop with a well-placed elbow. That kinda thing may be…
According to the Broomfield Police Department, two female clients of massage therapist Shouchun Han experienced the opposite of a happy ending at his hands. Their claims of inappropriate touching during rubdowns have led to an investigation of possible unlawful sexual contact and sexual assault charges. Page down to get details…
Here at the Criminal Affairs Desk, we get letters from inmates. Boy, do we get letters. But one recent missive from a Colorado prisoner offers some of the best advice we’ve ever heard for negotiating a long stretch in the state prison system. Such as: Don’t ask, don’t snitch. Keep…
Denver cop Hector Paez allegedly made a woman he’d arrested an unpleasant offer: perform a sex act on him or go to jail. She presumably chose the former — and as a result, he’s experiencing the latter. He’s been booked on a series of charges, including sexual assault. Page down…
Update: The victim of a Friday homicide at Aurora’s Crestwood Suites has been identified as Michael Pinkus, 51. He owned a residence that was burglarized on East Baltic Circle — the crime that led police to discovery his body. Also ID’d is a man accused of taking part in the…
At 8:30 a.m., Lacy Lee will go on trial for smoking marijuana at a pro-cannabis event — unless, that is, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper grants a request expressed in a letter on view below from attorney Rob Corry, who represents Lee, and asks the city attorney to drop the case…
Last week, we told you about the vacating of a murder conviction for David Bueno, a prisoner found guilty of killing a fellow con in 2004. In the piece, attorney David Lane accused the 18th Judicial District DA’s office, led by Carol Chambers, of hiding evidence in the case, described…
In May, we shared our collection of the 30 most memorable mug shots of 2010 up until then. But there have been a lot of riveting images released since then — including candids of Osama hunter Gary Faulkner, Western Slope district attorney Myrl Serra and Jacob Joseph Medina, seen here,…
You know times are tough when stealing heavy storm grates for their scrap value seems like a reasonable way to make money. But that’s what the folks at the Denver Police Department think Richard Goodface and Duane Brown have been doing. They’ve both been booked on investigation of felony theft…
In January, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office announced that Joseph Trujillo faced a first-degree murder charge in the death of his five-month old, who died alone while he was out drinking. A week later, the charge against Trujillo was lessened to child abuse resulting in death, to which he pleaded…
