Small man tries to steal big-screen TV, failure ensues

Swiping televisions used to be easier when they didn’t all used to be so friggin’ huge — especially if you’re as relatively small of stature as a suspected robber who was in the midst of trying to manhandle a 46-inch set in Boulder when the home’s owner confronted him earlier…

Steven Clay Romero indicted for dragging Buddy the Dog to death

Some individuals accused of crimes wind up generating a significant amount of sympathy — but that’s unlikely to happen for Steven Clay Romero — because of what he’s accused of doing to a dog named Buddy. Late yesterday, a grand jury indicted Romero on one charge of animal cruelty. According…

Kristen Parker: Sentencing options for the hep C inflicter

Last Friday U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn threw out a plea bargain deal for former Rose Medical Center employee Kristen Parker, who admitted infecting surgical patients with hepatitis C through needles contaminated by her own drug use. No real surprise here: Blackburn is even more of a control freak than…

Shootout at T&R Liquors perforates three

View Larger Map Getting your drink on proved risky last night at T&R Liquors in Aurora, pictured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). According to the Aurora Police Department, an argument outside the store led to multiple gunshots that hit multiple…

Toddler killer gets just sixteen years in plea deal

Plea bargains are a necessary evil given how overtaxed our judicial system is these days. But it’s still frustrating when someone who seems to deserve a long, long sentence gets a lighter one simply because he made a deal saving the state the time and expense of putting him on…

Band-Aid Bandit sticking it to Aurora

The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force is rightly championed for the clever names it assigns to wanted men and women, including the Hopping Hooded Bandits, the $83 Bandit, the Shaggy Bandit and, of course, Bonnie and Clyde. Now, the Aurora Police Department has gotten into the act, putting out…

Latest beheading victim: a horse (made of fiberglass)

What is it with beheadings all of a sudden? Last week, we told you about a Boulder break-in during which a woman’s betta fish was decapitated. And now, a Longmont couple reveals that the head of their beloved fiberglass horse has been separated from its body. According to the Longmont…