This past weekend, a man was found dead in a recycling bin located in an alley near 22nd and Clarkson. He was subsequently identified as Charles Moore Hardy. Now, Denver Police have made an arrest in the case. Teresa Rosemarie Harris, 35, is being held on a murder one charge…
Police photographers are seldom feted at gallery showings — but there’s no doubt the images they capture are consistently memorable. And often disturbing. Last Wednesday, we shared a photo gallery of the top Mile High Murder mug shots of 2009. Today, check out the most arresting images from our Colorado…
In less than an hour, Thaddeus Gonzalez is due in a Denver courtroom in relation to three sex-crime charges: two counts of sexual assault on a child and sexual assault — ten year age difference. But the Denver District Attorney’s Office isn’t sure the individuals involved in these three incidents,…
Welcome to the New Depression, when local banks are being robbed at a rapid pace — because, as Willie Sutton once said, that’s where the money is. Two banks were lightened of their loads on Monday. Yesterday, a US Bank branch at 10190 Colfax Avenue in Aurora got the stick-up…
View Larger Map There have been a rash of bodies found in Denver alleys lately, including Robert Clarke, the victim of Mile High Murder No. 54, and Cheriece Knox, slain in Mile High Murder No. 55. The latest, found in a recycling bin in an alley near 22nd and Clarkson,…
View Larger Map Quick developments in Mile High Murder No. 57, involving a body found alongside railroad tracks near the 5000 block of Fillmore, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). The victim has been identified as 22-year-old Allisen…
It’s been a tough month so far for Bank of the West and TCF branches in the metro area. On December 2, masked gunmen held up a Bank of the West at 7995 East Hamden Avenue. Then, yesterday, a man did likewise at the BOTW outlet at 9150 Sheridan Boulevard…
In the battle over resentencing Edward Montour Jr., an inmate who faces possible execution for the 2002 murder of a corrections officer at the Limon prison, defense attorney David Lane has accused the death-penalty team of prosecutors in the office of Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers of wanting to…
View Larger MapWhat is it with bodies turning up in alleys lately? Robert Clarke, the victim of Mile High Murder No. 54 last month, was located in an alley near 3356 Blake Street, while Cheriece Knox, slain in Mile High Murder No. 55, was found in an alley between the…
View Larger Map Early Sunday morning, the Denver Police Department responded to a call near the 5000 block of Fillmore Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Near some railroad tracks, they found a dead body that apparently…
Amadeus Harlan lived life like the Bronco player he claimed he was — driving fast cars, wooing ladies left and right, even setting up a community sports company based around his gridiron glory. Too bad it was all a lie, as Westword described in the January 2008 feature “Pro and…
You’re probably going to make an assumption after reading this item — and you might be right. But let’s take this one step at a time. Quinten Abeyta, 32, lived with his father, Russell, 55, in Colorado Springs. He reportedly told local authorities that he returned home Monday to find…
Those masked gunmen who stuck up a Bank of the West branch last week? Looks like they’re at it again. The TCF Bank at 15350 East 6th Avenue in Aurora was robbed on December 9, and according to FBI spokesman Dave Joly, “the suspect information is the same” as it…
What’s among the qualities Timothy Layne Martinez allegedly likes in women? Unconsciousness. Martinez has been charged with nineteen counts of sexual assault against two women, with the incidents dating back to 2006. Why the delay? Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Pam Russell explains: “Two victims came forward,” Russell says…
Since we started our Mile High Murder series in May, we’ve written about 56 homicides in the immediate area around Denver. Unfortunately, many of these slayings remain unsolved at this writing — but arrests have been made in a sizable percentage of them, resulting in the release of photos capturing…
Reports about medical marijuana-related crime are on the rise. Note our interview with Lt. Jerry Schiager, commander of the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force, who cited “at least five armed robberies, seven burglaries and one kidnapping” related to marijuana in the Fort Collins area over the past year and a…
View Larger Map The Denver Corner’s Office has made victim identifications in three recent killings. The man slain in Mile High Murder No. 54 on November 18 has been identified as Robert Clarke, who’s also known as Stanley Ledbetter. The woman who died in Mile High Murder No. 55 on…
One reason so many parents skip out on child support after a divorce: Given how overburdened the system is, there’s seldom anyone in authority to make them keep the money train rolling. In an attempt to change that equation, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office just conducted what it’s calling Operation…
Look closely at this photo. Can you recognize the adorable little moppet who joined the Family Ties cast in the series’ waning days in a desperate effort to up the show’s cuteness factor? He’s still in there, but he’s hiding. Because he’s afraid. Yep, Brian Bonsall is all grown up…
Sexting: the latest teenage pastime designed to make adults lose their shit. But before you write off the response to the phenomenon as more middlebrow hysteria, grok the particulars of Geovany Alarcon, twenty, who earned a four-year prison jolt in Weld County Court today for giving sexting an even worse…
Last week, we reported on the bludgeoning death of inmate Ronald Ferguson, a convicted child molester, at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility outside of Canon City. A fifty-year-old habitual offender serving time for kidnapping and sexual assault on a child, Ferguson was struck repeatedly in the head with a metal…
Banks have had plenty of troubles during our ongoing economic crisis — but they’ve still got more money than the rest of us, which explains in part why there’s been such a rash of robberies of late. Just yesterday, we told you about the $83 Bandit, who’s allegedly removed booty…
