Yesterday, the Justice Department formally accused Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz of “possession with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense 224 marijuana plants” — greenery the Drug Enforcement Administration discovered in his house thanks to a story on 9News, as DEA special agent Jeffrey Sweetin acknowledged in a Westword interview. Since…
Last August, we told you about an indictment against Donald Hertz, a Washington man who made threats against Boulder’s Dr. Warren Hern, the last practitioner in the U.S. still doing late-term abortions. It looked as if Hertz would plead guilty to the charges against him — but yesterday, he unexpectedly…
Back in November, Andrew Gelston Graham was found dead on a lawn near his suburban home, and in the immediate aftermath of the crime, clues were scarce. Even videos taken of Graham and other passengers as they disembarked from the light rail shortly before he was attacked didn’t immediately lead…
Plenty of people apparently witnessed the murder of Nathan Bozonier, 16, early Monday morning. But how many of them have contracted a case of voluntary laryngitis remains a matter of debate. Bozonier was run down by a vehicle before being beaten by a group of people who were then confronted…
Two people are dead as a result of a thoroughly unromantic incident that took place on Valentine’s Day in Glendale — Narima Dzhulfayeva, who was allegedly murdered by Roberto Silva, and Silva himself, who subsequently killed himself while at the Arapahoe County Detention Facility by jumping off a second-floor walkway…
It’s no surprise that Said Ali Mohamud was arrested by Boulder cops for driving drunk last week. He’s reportedly had numerous alcohol-related infractions since 2008. More unexpected was his ability to circumvent the alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet he wore by stuffing some plastic between this doodad and his skin, thereby preventing…
View Larger Map Last week, we told you about a triple stabbing early on Super Bowl Sunday that left two men injured and one dead at 675 S. Raleigh Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). The Denver…
An argument at El Jalisciense II Mexican Restaurant early Saturday morning resulted in the death of one man and the arrest of another for investigation of first degree murder. The Lakewood Police Department describes Joel Vargas-Ramirez, 28, as a “habitual traffic offender.” According to an LPD release, he fled the…
Yet another memorably monikered scofflaw is allegedly off the streets. First it was Timothy McGlothin, thought to be one of the Hoppin Hooded Bandits, whose arrest was announced yesterday. And now it’s Richard Charles MacNeill, who Aurora Police think is the so-called Band-Aid Bandit, who’s allegedly been sticking it to…
When we posted a mug-shot roster of Denver sex offenders who’d failed to register earlier today, we had no idea we’d be establishing a theme. But this blog was followed by items about two sex offenders in Boulder — one who molested a woman while she was in bed alongside…
On December 30, a woman was found dead in her home at 14192 W. 4th Avenue in Jefferson County, an area captured in the graphic on view below (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). The victim was subsequently identified as Alisha Brown, 30. More than…
There’s something obviously disgusting about a woman rallying her friends and family around an illness she invented, raising money for treating cancer when it’s nothing but crazy that infects her body. But what’s even more punch-yourself-in-the-face mind-boggling about the crime committed by Tausha Marsh, who this week pleaded guilty to…
Remember Gino Rael? He’s the convicted sex offender accused of trying to recruit underage girls in letters written from jail — and while he insisted in court that he was actually targeting women of legal age, a judge pointed out that descriptions such as “I like skateboards, robots, fighting pirates”…
Early yesterday morning in Boulder, a college-age woman living in an apartment on the 1800 block of 22nd Street awakened to find a man’s hands in her underwear — and although her boyfriend was sleeping beside her, the hands weren’t his. According to Boulder Police Department spokesman Sarah Huntley, the…
The Denver Police Department’s sex-offender registration unit has released an updated roster of sex offenders who’ve failed to register. And it’s not short. There are well over 100 individuals on the list: some who look scary as hell, others who appear relatively benign (and are therefore arguably scarier). Page through…
That didn’t take long. Yesterday, we told you about the search for Timothy McGlothin, who authorities (and members of a grand jury) believe was part of bank-robbery group dubbed the Hoppin Hooded Bandits, for the way they leapt over counters to collect their loot. Well, McGlothin was subsequently grabbed at…
Last night, Westminster cops went shopping at Costco — and wound up with a discount deal for a couple of carjacking suspects found hiding on the roof of an out building in the box store’s parking lot. The drama started with a 911 call about two people who drew iron…
It’s a classic movie scenario that’s popped up in American Pie, Mean Girls and plenty of other teen flicks: Mom and dad take a vacation, leaving their kids at home — where they throw a giant party that gets out of hand. Hilarious, right? Unless you’re Pete Hautzinger, Grand Junction’s…
Back in April, we told you about Tausha Marsh, a Fort Collins woman accused of faking cancer in order to collect thousands of dollars in donations. At that time, many of those writing on her Facebook wall defended her. Typical is this note, left on April 12: “Happy Birthday to…
The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, profiled in this Westword feature, has had plenty of bank robberies to investigate of late. But at least three of the most memorable jobs, committed on December 2, December 9 and December 15, may have been the work of the same criminals, dubbed…
Tonight’s episode of the Discovery Channel program I (Almost) Got Away With It, airing locally at 8 p.m., has a distinctly Denver flavor. The show tells the tale of local-boy-made-bad Gonzolo Martinez, who was sentenced to almost half a century in prison for a shooting at a party only to…
The drunken passenger accused of interfering with a Las Vegas-bound flight that had to land at DIA was indicted in a Denver court today. Gregory Thomas Burns, a 33-year-old resident of New York who is now grounded in California, told investigators “his drinking alcoholic beverages to an excess caused him…
