Some of those designated Westword’s Shmuck of the Week earn this honor for kinda silly reasons — like, for instance, the condom website that implied Coloradans have small dicks. Not so Steven Clay Romero, named after he was formally accused of animal cruelty. The indictment against him — to read…
A recent police blotter item from YourHub notes that a vehicle booted for outstanding parking tickets in northwest Denver was “mysteriously gone” when an enforcement officer returned to the area. Call out the hounds, Sherlock. How will this baffling feat of legerdemain ever be solved? Fact is, there’s nothing mysterious…
Auraria campus police are looking for a woman whose 9mm pistol accidentally fired in a woman’s bathroom stall in classroom building this morning. No one was hurt, police say, and crews have already patched up where the bullet penetrated the drywall…
At this point, Aurora Police Department reps haven’t released the identity of the man found stabbed to death at a home near the Saddle Creek Golf Course. But they’ve revealed the name of a suspect arrested for investigation of homicide — Trevor Stewart, 22 — and confirm that he’s a…
Most snatch-and-grab crimes don’t get nearly as much attention as the one Brandon Smith is accused of committing at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center earlier this month. But he made national news because his alleged attempt to steal a trendy new iPad resulted in part of victim Bill Jordan’s pinky…
Last week, Westword’s Melanie Asmar reported that lawyers for Willie Clark, who was convicted last month of killing former Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, had asked for a new trial based on alleged irregularities. Among the charges contained in motion (read it by clicking here): Jurors discussed whether Clark was…
So if you weren’t disturbed enough by the story of Linda Trabucco, a 44-year-old former teacher sentenced for an inappropriate relationship with a student beginning when he was in ninth grade, there’s this: The Aurora Police Department is on the lookout for a man who allegedly tried to snatch a…
Unexpectedly spicy release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office about Linda Trabucco, 44, a former teacher who was sentenced today to sex offender probation of five years to live and five years in community corrections for a three-year relationship with a student that began when he was in ninth…
Cameron Boll, a nineteen-year old CU student, was allegedly drunk last week when he used concrete to smash the top of a Boulder Police car. But at this point, Boulder Police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley doesn’t know whether to attribute his later behavior — which included calling paramedics “Communists” and “Nazis”…
When dad’s away, the kid will play — even if the kid’s 22 years old. That’s the assertion of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office in regard to Brian John Neafus. Early last Thursday, the ACSO was called to investigate a burglary at the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority administration building;…
Last week, we told you about reports again linking suspects in a series of racial attacks to the thus-far-unsolved murder of Andrew Gelston Graham. Among those mentioned as being part of a group that allegedly trailed Graham: Allen Ford, who has yet to be charged in the case — and…
Adams County District Attorney Don Quick has determined that police actions were justified in an old-fashioned cops-versus-robbers gunfight in Westminster last November. And the details in Quick’s decision letter are made for Hollywood. That’s appropriate considering people interviewed as part of the investigation noted that Christian Benshoof, 35, and Ashley…
Lawyers for Willie Clark, who was convicted last month of killing Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams in 2007, are asking for a new trial. Among other violations, they say jurors discussed whether Clark was guilty before the trial was over. Juror #34, a nineteen-year-old self-employed male, told defense investigator Greta Lindecrantz…
Last week in Commerce City, cops investigating a home invasion found a marijuana grow and prepackaged weed ready for sale at dispensaries, along with cocaine and heroin. “There’s an increase in drug dealers trying to legitimize their trade by selling to dispensaries, and they’re hiding behind that,” North Metro Drug…
Last week, we told you about a search for Marco Antonio DeLeon, identified by the Aurora Police Department as a person of interest in the shooting of a woman subsequently identified as Dakota Fresh, nineteen. Unfortunately, Fresh died of her wounds — and DeLeon, who was captured after the APD’s…
You know what people everywhere love to read? Wacky crime stories. And sometimes, a wacky crime from Colorado catches the world’s eye. Like the threesome from hell that shook up Niwot. Or the guy who robbed a 7-Eleven in Colorado Springs with a Klingon bat’leth. Or the sad (and kinda…
Our cover story this week recounts the tale of Alan Sudduth, a juvenile who was sentenced to seventy years in prison in 1996 for the murder of a cab driver — even though a recent hearing showed that the prosecution’s case was full of holes, earning Sudduth a new trial…
The sale of beer to an underage buyer doesn’t usually make headlines. But in the case of Van Thien Pham, they’re understandable. Back in 2007, according to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Pham sold liquor to an underage teen who subsequently got into a crash — one that took…
Update, 3 p.m.: Channel 31 has posted video of the suspect. Check it out below the original item, which was published at 11:37 a.m. Last week may have marked the first-ever iPad theft in the state of Colorado! Hooray! Of course, the person whose new gadget was snatched from the…
A 22-year-old convicted car thief, left a quadraplegic by police gunfire and now costing the state prison system $200,000 a year for his care, was recently granted an unusual “special medical needs” parole — only to see it revoked after law enforcement officials learned of the arrangement and complained that…
An unusual announcement moments ago from the Denver District Attorney’s Office and the Denver Police Department: A murder charge has been filed even though the body of the victim has yet to be located. Hae C. Park, 64, has been missing since March 27, when he was supposed to meet…
Some siblings show their feelings for each other by hugging, kissing and sweet words. Others use knives. An incident involving the latter took place around 10 p.m. last night at the 30th and Downing light rail station. “Two sisters got into an argument on the train,” says Denver Police Department…
