We’ve been reporting about the murder of Shane Richardson, which took place early on May 2 in an apartment over Rosenberg’s Bagels & Deli. After Richardson was killed, a fire was set in the apartment that forced Rosenberg’s to close, and more than three weeks later, it still hasn’t reopened…
Bryson Fischer didn’t spend much time on Facebook. But on May 15, he penned two posts in which he shared his pain and bared his soul, particularly in relation to drug use, which he said had ruined his life. One week later, he was dead — killed by police officers…
In March, 2015, we told you about a sex-filled lawsuit against Terry Maketa, formerly the El Paso County sheriff. Among other things, the suit accused Maketa and Undersheriff Paula Presley, one of three employees with whom he was said to have had affairs, of practicing sexual favoritism and running a…
It was among the most shocking crimes of 2015 — the murder of Patricia Richmond, a Routt County resident who was strangled to death, then sexually assaulted at a residence not far from Steamboat Springs. The person who committed this horrific deed was Cole Pollard, a distant cousin of Richmond’s fiance,…
Last month, prosecutors failed to persuade a jury that Tom Fallis had murdered his wife, Ashley Fallis, who he said had taken her own life. Robert Perez made the same assertion about his wife, Dennielle Leichtle, after her brutal death in August 2014. However, a jury has now found Perez guilty…
At noon today, Wednesday, May 25, on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is holding an event in honor of National Missing Children’s Day. The gathering, which will feature a proclamation by Governor John Hickenlooper, is intended to focus attention on missing children…
Would you rat out a family member accused of a terrible crime? For Tiffanie and Tina Daigle — the mother and grandmother, respectively, of Ignacio Daigle, who’s accused of killing young mom Jessica Holman in a crash involving a stolen vehicle back in March — the answer was “no.” Now,…
Yesterday, a judge in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania determined that there is enough evidence for actor/comedian Bill Cosby to be put on trial for alleged sex crimes against onetime Temple University women’s basketball official Andrea Constand. But while this drama is playing out across the country, Cosby’s current legal troubles can…
Nearly a week after a man was gunned down outside a metro-area motel, Kenneth Bastidos, the main suspect in the case, remains on the loose. And he’s considered to be armed and dangerous. According to Fox31, the slaying took place at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, May 4, in the…
Yesterday, we told you about three overnight homicides in Aurora — including a double murder at the Sunrise Apartments on 13th Avenue. Thus far, the victims of the killing haven’t been identified. But the Aurora Police Department has made an arrest. Ken Kaminga, 35, has been booked on suspicion of…
We’ve been keeping you updated on a home invasion in Golden in which suspects allegedly broke into the wrong house in search of $10,000 worth of drugs and cash. During the incident, homeowner/middle-school teacher Jesse Swift was stabbed as was one suspect, Caleb Williams. The latest: Julia Johnson, thought to be the so-called…
As we’ve reported, the number of officer-involved shootings in the metro area has been on the rise, particularly in Aurora, where three OIS incidents have taken place in May. Even so, it came as a shock to Boulder residents when such a shooting took place in that idyllic community, too…
In recent days, we’ve been reporting about the proliferation of officer-involved shootings in Aurora — three in May thus far. But there’s been plenty of bloodshed in Aurora that’s not directly tied to cops gunning down suspects. Overnight, three people died in the community as a result of two shootings…
Chelsea Yasser was a 21-year-old mom from Arizona who recently visited Colorado. During the trip, Yasser was murdered. And now, police have released a new video they hope will lead them to her killer. Yasser was a devoted Facebooker. She had at least five pages, with the galleries in most…
The tragic death of Colorado State Trooper Jaimie Jursevics while conducting an Interstate 25 traffic stop on Sunday evening, November 15, has touched the hearts of many people here and beyond, as is clear from the outpouring of support for her baby daughter seen on a GoFundMe page set up in her…
“Only in Boulder” is a popular phrase in these parts — and the story of Jon Barbour certainly qualifies. Barbour has been charged with attempted murder for shooting a neighbor in the buttocks, reportedly over a fight about feeding squirrels that he sees as a way to connect with his…
Earlier this week, we posted about three Aurora police officer-involved shootings in May, including an incident on Sunday, May 15, during which a suspect was critically injured. The person shot has now been identified as nineteen-year-old Natnael Gebretsadik, and in a press conference on view below, Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz…
We recently told you about a home invasion in Golden involving three males allegedly in search of drugs and cash who are said to have entered the wrong house — a mistake that resulted in the stabbing of the male resident and one suspect. We now know much more about…
MARCH 12, 2009 LYNNWOOD, WASHINGTON No one came to court with her that day, except her public defender. She was eighteen years old, charged with a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail. Rarely do misdemeanors draw notice. Her case was one of 4,859 filed in 2008…
Since 2013, we’ve been covering the murder of Martel Thomas, a veteran who was buried with full military honors. There’s no suspense about who took Thomas’s life: In 2015, Ken Mackey was convicted of the crime, which involved a cocaine deal gone wrong, gunplay and a battle with a samurai…
Pueblo’s Ken Ramos didn’t quite become a Major League Baseball star — but he was good enough to spend ten years in the pros and earn his way into the Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame. Now, however, the 48-year-old is dead in what the Pueblo coroner has determined was a…
We’ve been reporting about the disturbingly high number of officer-involved shootings in Colorado of late. Between Halloween and mid-December 2015, for example, eleven officer-involved shootings took place along the Front Range — and the pace of such incidents has remained troubling in 2016. Recall that late last month, we told you…
