Crime & Police

A motion calls for charges against a pilot accused of exposing himself at a Denver airport hotel be dismissed.

A Westword journalist’s wife narrowly avoided being caught in the crossfire of a police shooting in which her car appears to have been struck by a ricocheting bullet.

The eighth officer-involved shooting in Colorado over the past seven days took place this morning near Swedish hospital, with one man injured and another arrested.

A man wearing body armor was killed by Aurora police officers during an exchange of gunfire at a private residence early on January 15.

A woman may lose custody of her three-year-old daughter by a man accused of murder in part because she believes he’s innocent.

A woman abused by a former assistant football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder responds to what she sees as efforts to blame and shame her.

Butler is expected to plead not guilty.

In the federal prison where snitches where often targeted for death, a master criminal became King Rat — and turned his life around.

The seventeen-year-old subject of an Amber Alert was found safe and her alleged abductor is in custody.

A seventeen-year-old from Sheridan has been named in an Amber Alert involving a suspect thought to be armed and dangerous.

The brother of murdered child JonBenet Ramsey has settled a lawsuit against CBS over a program suggesting that he’d committed the crime.

Elisha A. Pankey is being held for the investigation of child abuse resulting in death.

Andrew Pashley will serve two years of supervised probation and cannot hunt, fish and trap animals in Colorado.

Chase Bishop was sentenced to 24 months of supervised probation, which he is allowed to complete out of state.

A new study about the impact of imprisonment on both inmates and their families offers startling insights into the situation in Colorado.

Reform advocates offer their argument against Colorado spending $40 million for prison expansion.

A wrongful death lawsuit against a Denver police officer with a controversial tattoo should have a trial date within weeks.

After a drug bust in May targeting members of Denver’s “Burner” and festival community, Aspen Walkingstick faced multiple felonies. A jury delivered its verdict on Tuesday, December 18.

Pam Fine talks about the challenges in speaking out against a wrist slap for her abuser, former CU Buffs assistant coach Joe Tumpkin.

An arrest has been made in the September 28 murder of a security guard on one of the hottest blocks in Lower Downtown Denver.

After a drug bust in May targeting members of Denver’s Burning Man community, a defendant’s trial starts today in which her attorney will argue her case reflects a broader assault on alternative living and an over-zealous expression of the Drug War.

A man ordered to spend ninety days in jail for chalking a sidewalk is astonished that the police officer who arrested him earned the same-length sentence for an on-duty sex crime.