While the Aurora Police Department still hasn’t officially confirmed that eighteen-year-old Darius Murray was the person seriously wounded in an officer-involved shooting over the weekend, complaints from his family about so-called “inconsistencies” in the APD’s reports prompted the following statement from Police Chief Daniel J. Oates: “There is no question…
Representatives of the Aurora Police Department still haven’t identified the man seriously injured during an officer-involved shooting this past weekend — although they have confirmed that he didn’t shoot himself in the incident, as initially implied. Yesterday, however, the family of 18-year-old Darius Murray came forward to identify him as…
Monday, the Aurora Police Department reported that Corey Ray Albat, 21, was being held in connection with the murder of an unidentified man on the 500 block of Geneva Street. Today, the name of the victim is being released: Kyle Lathrop, 23. No additional information is available at this time…
Escaping from a halfway house isn’t the same as busting out of jail. After all, it can be done while walking instead of running. But it’s still a serious offense in the eyes of the law, which is why Alejandro Barron-Reyes, 34, was just sentenced to eighteen months for splitting…
View Larger Map A blog yesterday shared information about an officer-involved shooting near the intersection of E. 19th Avenue and Clinton Street in Aurora, captured in the street view above (click “View Larger Map” if you have any trouble seeing the image). Moments ago, the Aurora Police Department provided an…
There was more action involving the Aurora Police Department this weekend beyond the officer-involved shooting noted in this earlier blog. Corey Ray Albat, 21, who was being held in Hays, Kansas, on an unrelated warrant, has been arrested on a first-degree-murder charge related to a shooting that took place at…
View Larger Map Early Sunday morning, the Aurora Police Department offered information about an officer-involved shooting. Details remain fuzzy, although the Associated Press reports that the cops who fired will be put on paid administrative leave while investigators look into the matter. Click “Continue” to read the Aurora Police’s description,…
Allen Andrade will likely spend the rest of his life in jail. A judge today added 60 years to the life sentence he received for killing transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata last summer, piling on time for lesser crimes the 32-year-old committed in connection with the murder. Andrade was convicted…
“Three former Colorado Springs residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver this week on charges of conspiracy and fraud for selling about $1.6 million of oil and gas investments in projects they did not own, Acting U.S. Attorney David Gaouette and FBI Special Agent in Charge James…
“Police are releasing a composite sketch of a suspect who was involved in an armed robbery on Wednesday, May 6, on north Broadway,” states a just-issued Boulder Police Department press release. “This man and another suspect are believed to have been involved in two previous robberies in the same vicinity…
It’s been a good news-bad news week for Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers. As one of the state’s most zealous officials when it comes to pushing for the death penalty, as documented in “Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the State,” Alan Prendergast’s February 2008 feature, she was…
This afternoon, dozens of 16th Street Mall walkers had this experience: You’re walking along, sipping on a Frappucino and poking at your iPhone, trying to look busy and important enough so the panhandlers won’t bother you but unable to suppress a smile because of the gorgeous sun and the fact…
Bet you thought you’d seen the last of this face — or at least that you hoped you had… Christina Elizabeth Szele has been recognized as Westword’s Shmuck of the Week more often than anyone else. She first won this “honor” in June 2008, after an argument over a cigarette…
Hard to ignore a press release with this headline: “Brighton High School Senior Excluded From Prom Because Her Date ‘Smelled Like Medical Marijuana.'” According to the release, the incident in question involved Brighton High senior Sarah Heideman, who wasn’t allowed to go to prom because her date, Jason Schweinsberg, allegedly…
The Uptown District used to be known simply as North Capitol Hill before all the hip restaurants and new condos started popping up, bringing with them flocks of young, educated singles who love living in areas that are urban, but not, you know, urban-urban. Residents of the Emerson Uptown Lofts…
Editor’s note: Melanie Asmar is live blogging the Greeley trial of Allen Andrade, the man charged with murdering Angie Zapata, a transgender teen. Look for updates here — and click these links to catch up on Asmar’s coverage of the proceedings on April 16, April 17 and April 20, as…
Elsewhere: See a video from Denver’s 4/20 rally and read a dispatch from the Boulder version. When I left Denver’s 4/20 Rally in Civic Center Park yesterday, I was confused — and not for the reasons you would suspect. I spent five hours of a gorgeous Mile High day meandering…
Editor’s note: Melanie Asmar is live blogging the Greeley trial of Allen Andrade, the man charged with murdering Angie Zapata, a transgender teen. Look for updates here — and click these links to catch up on Asmar’s coverage of the proceedings on day one, April 16, and day two, April…
The most resonant information that’s come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It’s a list of school shootings…
The trial of Allen Andrade, who’s accused of killing transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata last summer, continues today at 8:30 a.m. So far, as noted in live blogs filed during the April 16 and April 17 proceedings, the fourteen jurors have heard opening statements from both sides, as well as…
Editor’s note: Melanie Asmar is live blogging the Greeley trial of Allen Andrade, the man charged with murdering Angie Zapata, a transgender teen. Look for updates here — and click this link to catch up on Asmar’s coverage of the proceedings on day one, April 16. To catch up with…
The last time Chad Laughlin saw his buddy Dylan Klebold, the two almost smashed into each other in the parking lot of Columbine High School. Laughlin was driving his Mistubishi Galant, headed off-campus with a friend for lunch. Klebold, wearing his black duster, was barreling into the lot in his…
