This past Friday, a rave was scheduled at the Phil Long Event Center in Colorado Springs — and the local police force was ready. The cops were stationed nearby when the doors opened, and before the party wound down at 4 a.m., nineteen people had been arrested for a potpourri…
Yesterday, we told you about an officer-involved shooting on Bayou Gulch Road in Douglas County that left a deputy slightly wounded and a suspect in critical condition. The latter has now been identified as Richard Anderson, 51. He’s likely to face charges of attempted first degree murder of a peace…
Update below: Thus far, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is sharing only the barest details about a Saturday afternoon shooting on Bayou Gulch Road, other than the fact that both a deputy (originally called about trouble at the Stagecoach in Franktown) and the suspect were shot in an exchange of…
Just because Broomfield is a short drive from Boulder doesn’t mean the community is medical marijuana-friendly. Far from it. Police officers in the community have busted one marijuana grow after another after another — with Johnny Jones being the latest person to be arrested on suspicion of illegal cultivation…
The case against Monique Lynch and Hanif Sims, who were returned to Colorado from Nevada after contractors discovered the body of Sims’s nine-year-old daughter, Genesis, in the basement of a Monument home where they once lived, was already shocking. But a just-released document only ups the ante. It seems that…
Late last night, shots rang out on the 1900 block of North Clinton Street in Aurora, and a sixteen-year-old just identified as Edward Darel Hickey was struck — and didn’t survive. At this point, the Aurora Police Department is sharing only the bare-bones details. Check them out below, along with…
Yesterday, actor Charlie Sheen came to Aspen to learn his punishment for pleading guilty to misdemeanor third-degree assault against wife Brooke Mueller on Christmas Day — and it’s pretty damn sweet. He’s being allowed to serve his sentence at Promises of Malibu, a rehab center so gorgeous that other Aspen…
Jailers in Boulder and Colorado Springs have cracked down on inmate mail, banning personal letters and limiting prisoners to postcards that staff can monitor and intercept if the communication is objectionable. County officials say the practice saves money and makes their operations more secure. But it’s also a pretty good…
Expect another boost to the Aspen economy, as the celebrity press parachutes into town to see Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen’s court appearance there this afternoon. At this writing, rumor has it that a plea deal is near, as is a possible run-in with spotlight-loving attorney Gloria…
It was clear from the get-go that the shooting of Daniel Deleon at a South Williams Street home had all the earmarks of a Make My Day case, à la the incident in which Filberto Alderete was cleared in the killing of the death of Jesus Sifuentes Jr. And now…
Rose Westendorf was number seven in the Denver homicide roster for 2010’s first half — but suspect James Sprague, Westendorf’s former boyfriend, had evaded capture to date. Has Sprague also avoided death? Maybe not…
Meet our video star of the week: Ignacio Rael, convicted of beating his ex-girlfriend to death in 2008. Rael didn’t want to attend his own sentencing, so Montezuma County Judge Douglas Walker ordered him forcibly brought to court, leading to a video of sheriff’s officers zapping him with a Taser,…
A week ago today, Michael Tesman was arrested in what a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office release described as a second-degree kidnapping. Authorities reportedly coordinated the bust with help from Tesman’s alleged victim — his ex-wife, whose text messages about her location were relayed through her son to her mother, and…
Earlier this month, we shared the U.S. Marshals Service list of Colorado’s 100 Most wanted sex offenders. Unfortunately, there are plenty more where they came from. In fact, Boulder County has its own top fifteen. Page through below to see mug shots and information about the frequently creepy looking men…
In June, I wrote about Darrell Havens, the paralyzed car thief whose medical parole was canceled after Arvada police chief Don Wick complained. A month later, the situation appears no closer to a resolution…
Heads up, producers of The Daily Show. Last night, Channel 31 reported a story about the theft of 150 garden gnomes that’s ready-made for your particular brand of satire. Only flaw? The Fox 31 crew isn’t as good at keeping a straight face as are Jon Stewart and company…
Zona’s Tamales, 713 E. 26th Avenue, has won two Best of Denver awards, including a 2002 nod for Best Pig’s Ears — a “novel sandwich” in which the ears are “cooked until tender (except for that crunchy cartilage) and slathered with mustard and onions.” Our staff found the results criminally…
Jordan Sankel is a doctor with South Denver Anesthesiologists, and the background spelled out in Sankel’s bio is impressive. He’s a graduate of the New York University School of Medicine, did residencies at the University of Vermont and a hospital in Santa Barbara, and is a board-certified member of five…
The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force has apparently been so busy naming the likes of the JV Bandit and the Formerly Known as the Perennial Bandit Bandit that it has yet to select a moniker for the trio that knocked over a Chambers Road 1stBank on Tuesday. Should they…
Ice cream men: Their sweet treats draw children in droves — and Adolfo Luna-Hernandez, 37, allegedly took advantage of this situation. According to the Lakewood Police Department, Luna-Hernandez was arrested after complaints that he improperly touched a five-year-old girl who’d been attracted by his push cart of goodies. He was…
Talk about a grim discovery. Westminster police reportedly found the mummified remains of a newborn infant, with a portion of its umbilical cord still attached, in a suitcase at the home of Melinda Hudson, 25. Hudson is said to have previously denied that she was pregnant. But this was no…
We recently told you about alleged arsonist Walter Bond, who authorities believe was responsible for burning down Glendale’s Sheepskin Factory and two businesses in Salt Lake City, including a restaurant that served foie gras. Turns out Bond’s a hero to the animal liberation movement, and to members of a straight-edge…
