Immigration critics who contend that the U.S.-Mexican border is far too porous will likely gravitate to the case of Pedro Garcia-Gonzales, nineteen. Since 2007, Garcia-Gonzales has allegedly been going back and forth between Colorado and Mexico, eluding authorities after him for suspicion of attempted murder. But his luck ran out…
A Walmart employee definitely deserves a raise today (and every day — but that’s another story). Last week, he allegedly tried to stop three men with a load of stolen merch who triggered a garden-center alarm at a Jefferson County store. For his trouble, he was hit in the head…
Denver Manager of Safety Ron Perea’s resignation does not take effect until August 31, 2010, which leaves plenty of time for local law enforcement personnel to stage a beat-police support rally! While citizens were sickened to watch the video of Denver police beating a man in Lower Downtown, and appalled…
On Monday, we shared videos of rioting in Old Town Fort Collins and noted that local police were studying such footage in an attempt to identify participants in the free-for-all. Now, the Fort Collins Police have named seven people (only one a CSU student) they’ve accused of riot-related crimes to…
Earlier today, we told you about a gun found in a kindergartener’s backpack in Lakewood. And it hadn’t been brought to school for show and tell. Now, more details: The person who allegedly left the gun in this spot is James Chavez, 27. The gun was loaded — and the…
With kids all over the metro area returning to classes this week, and parents trying to re-establish morning routines, mix-ups over what to bring to school are to be expected. But a gun accidentally left in a kindergartener’s backpack? Is that really a believable “oops!” — like picking the wrong…
Curtis Thomas, reportedly a deputy fire marshal with North Metro Fire Station 64 in Broomfield, really, really didn’t want to be arrested on outstanding warrants for domestic violence and harassment. According to the Broomfield Police Department, he pulled out a knife and held it to his own throat. Cops responded…
Update: The manhunt for Douglas Alward, the convicted kidnapper and attempted murderer who walked away from the correctional facility in Sterling on Sunday night is over. FBI spokesman Dave Joly confirms that Alward was apprehended in Yuma earlier today and Department of Corrections spokeswoman Katherine Sanguinetti provides more information…
The police-brutality controversy spurred by the attack on Michael DeHerrera — which spawned yesterday’s press event decrying violence against LGBTQ community members (to see photos, click here) — has increased pressure on Denver Chief of Police Gerry Whitman. He defends himself and his force in today’s Denver Post. But is…
A couple of weeks back, when allegations arose about Benjamin Janicki allegedly licking and tickling the vagina of children at a Park Hill day-care center where he worked, his mug shot wasn’t released due to a continuing investigation — and that remained the case when an additional child-abuse charge against…
Yesterday, we told you about the arrest of Matt Weber in a fatal stabbing at Broomfield’s Night Owl Lounge. The victim has now been identified as Matias Mondragon, 31, of Taos, New Mexico, whose family suspects that he may have been targeted because he was a homosexual. And indeed, the…
Last month, we told you about the horrific death of 22-year-old Air Force vet Brittney Brashers, allegedly slain by Robert Walters following a topless photo shoot. Walters is also accused of faking a car crash to cover up his crime. Now, a new charge has been leveled against him: attempting…
A 48-year-old violent inmate somehow walked away from the Sterling Correctional Facility last night, putting area law enforcement on high alert. The last time Douglas J. Alward busted out of a Colorado prison, nearly twenty years ago, he kidnapped a citizen and shot at a police officer before being recaptured…
Matt Joe Weber has been in trouble before; back in 2007, he reportedly was busted on charges of felony vehicular eluding and DUI. But that’s nothing compared to what’s facing him now. Weber was arrested yesterday in relation to the fatal stabbing of a man early that morning at Broomfield’s…
Yesterday’s announcement from the Denver Police Department was short and very sweet to anyone who’s been following the fallout from the DPD’s handling of the Michael DeHerrera case: “Denver Police to Re-Open Investigation.”…
The Denver Police Department has made LoDo safe from the Let Out crowds, as Alan Prendergast’s cover story this week details. The big question now: Who’ll keep the Let Out crowds safe from the Denver police?…
In March, we told you about the search for and capture of Jacob Joseph Medina, sexually violent predator. Well, here we go again. Medina was supposed to register with the Denver Police Department on August 4, but didn’t — so a warrant has been issued for his arrest. And as…
This week, Richard Straw, 56, received a 28-year sentence for second-degree assault and theft from a sixty-year-old woman identified as an at-risk adult due to multiple sclerosis. But the length and breadth of Straw’s crimes can’t be fully understood without a look at an arrest-warrant document — a parade of…
Back in April, newly introduced iPads were in high demand — so much so that Brandon Smith allegedly tore off the finger of customer Bill Jordan trying to steal one of the gadgets at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center. Smith’s actions made international news due to the crime’s novelty, but…
Another chapter begins today in the long and tawdry tale of Operation Fortune Cookie, the largest weed bust in Colorado history that imploded in allegations of crooked cops, paid-off politicians and bureaucratic cover-ups. Dan Tang, prominent Thornton restaurateur and the drug ring’s suspected kingpin, heads to prison for eighteen months…
Early Sunday morning in Colorado Springs, between ten and fifteen men jumped out of four cars (including two gold Cadillacs), invaded a home and stabbed the occupant, a 44-year-old man. It’s a scenario that screams “gang violence” — and while the Colorado Springs Police Department isn’t confirming that yet, officers…
Richard Stieb reportedly has a long criminal history, with a felony conviction for burglary among his accomplishments. But according to a Nexis search, none of his alleged crimes generated a single media blip — until now, after he was charged with doing something sure to earn the ire of law…
