Things can change mighty quickly in a homicide investigation. On Friday, representatives of the Aurora Police Department announced they were seeking Shayne Miller, 35, in connection with a homicide that took place in a motel on the 9200 block of East Colfax the previous day. But the APD didn’t initially…
As smoke continues to gather over medical-marijuana operations in Colorado, local law-enforcement agencies continue to find weed-growing operations in remote locations — and Pike National Forest appears to be a favorite. Pot worth an estimated $2.5 million was seized during a Sugarloaf Mountain raid in July; click here to view…
Yesterday, representatives from the Aurora Police Department found a still unidentified dead man in a motel on the 9200 block of East Colfax whose upper body showed such signs of trauma that they immediately began investigating the case as a homicide. Now, the APD is looking for Shayne Miller, 35,…
In recent days, metro salons have been under assault, and not just from people upset that that the Chinese symbol they paid to have drawn on their nails looks like unidentifiable smegma. First, the Aurora Police Department reported nine break-ins, mostly at salons, over a seven-hour period. Then the Arapahoe…
View Larger Map A grisly find this morning at a motel on the 9200 block of East Colfax, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Aurora Police Department reps found a dead man whose upper body showed such clear…
It sounds like a tidy piece of inspirational fiction: A coke-snorting, booze-guzzling dropout squanders every opportunity in life, turns to armed robbery, burglary and sleazy telemarketing scams, spends much of his adult life behind bars as a self-proclaimed “worthless piece of shit” — then discovers the secrets of better living…
Earlier today, we told you about burglars wanted for nine attempted or actual robberies committed in Aurora over a seven-hour period between Sunday night and Monday morning, most of them targeting nail and hair salons. Now, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office reveals that another gaggle of businesses was hit around…
You’ve got to respect anyone who uses his time wisely — unless he’s robbing your store. The Aurora Police Department is on the lookout for a thief or thieves who tried and sometimes succeeded at breaking into nine businesses over a seven-hour stretch, from 9 p.m. Sunday, September 6, to…
Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall, a multiple Shmuck of the Week champ, acts as if no one knows the trouble he’s seen (or stirred). Now, however, the team has a pass-catcher with whom Marshall can definitely relate: tight end Richard Quinn, a second-round draft pick from North Carolina, who was busted…
Our Friday blog “Tasers: They’re Not Just for Summer Comedies Anymore” shared a carefully written release from the Aurora Police Department concerning the tasing of a man who’d led cops on a foot chase after they’d visited an apartment in search of Markus Alec Gabel, the subject of a felony…
View Larger Map Yesterday, we told you about what the Denver Police Department understated as a “suspicious death” near the intersection of 8th Avenue and Navajo Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Specifically, a woman’s body was…
One of the big-laugh-getting scenes in The Hangover, a movie that’s raked in more than $270 million thus far, features a kid using a taser to shoot Zach Galifianakis in the face — or, as Rob Riggle, playing a cop, puts it, “IN THE FACE!” But if the folks at…
Boulder isn’t free of serious law-breaking: As evidence, we submit the repulsive case of David McCoy, an amateur doctor and psychologist whose “trust-building exercises” allegedly involve medical examinations of certain areas generally kept private. But it’s reassuring that the Boulder Police Department is able to devote so much manpower to…
We’re about to start your day on a disturbing note. Apologies in advance. This is the way the Boulder Police Department tells the story: So… there’s this guy, David McCoy, who says he operates a media business called (ahem) Zeus Pegasus International, and he needs somebody to run camera for…
Editor’s note: A few comments have been removed from this thread, in accordance with Westword’s policy against identifying the victims or alleged victims of sexual crimes. Denver hair stylist Ty Tomlinson, owner of Blanc salon in the Golden Triangle, was arrested Monday on charges of sexual assault and domestic violence…
View Larger Map Deaths identified as suspicious by law-enforcement officials don’t always prove to be so after further investigation. But I’m going to edge out onto a limb and say this description will prove to be accurate as applied to an investigation centered on the intersection of 8th Avenue and…
View Larger MapOn Sunday night, Rick Bobian, 37, was shot dead near the intersection of 66th Avenue and Julian Street in Adams County, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Local authorities are currently looking for Levelle Patricia Valdez,…
Michael A. Kincade, dubbed the Shaggy Bandit, must not take that whole you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent thing very seriously. Shortly after he and an accomplice, the nickname-challenged Christopher Lee Richardson, were captured last week, Kincade gave a jailhouse interview to 9News. And the criminal complaint written out against him by the U.S. Attorney’s…
The strange case of Maurice Schwenkler has entered a new phase now that the Denver District Attorney’s Office has formally charged the far-left trangender activist also known as Ariel Attack with criminal mischief in the smashing of eleven windows at Colorado’s Democratic Party Headquarters. But the political fallout continues, with…
The saga of Ferris the stolen dachshund has a happy ending — for everyone except the trio who swiped him. Thanks to the Boulder Police Department’s energetic efforts to locate the parties who spirited the pooch away from the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, a good Samaritan who’d been asked…
Last week, we passed along the Aurora Police Department’s invitation to roll over on Daniel Evaristo-Hernandez-Ramos, an accused child molester. No luck finding the suspect thus far, but the APD has located a much better photo, seen here. As for the reasons why you may want to consider dropping a…
In an August 20 blog, our own Joel Warner told us about the Shaggy Bandit, a scofflaw wanted for numerous bank heists. Shaggy’s memorable name came courtesy of the FBI’s Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, whose members understand that reporters tends to pay more attention to thieves with catchy…
