At around 6:09 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, according to the Denver Sheriff Department, a 26-year-old woman being held on a $1,400 bond for aggravated motor-vehicle theft committed suicide in Denver County Jail. She hanged herself with a bed sheet, the DSD reveals. Incidents like these are happening all too…
In March 2015, a slew of gang-related shootings shook the community, ushering in fears of additional bloodshed as the weather warmed. No telling yet if a violent incident last night could be a similar sign of terrible things to come. But early indications suggest that the Park Hill double shooting,…
Last September, we told you about Laurie Teter, whose body was discovered on the side of the road in a remote area after she’d been reported missing. At the time of our post, her death was being investigated as a homicide. More than six months later, an indictment has been…
In recent weeks, we’ve shared two reports about shootings related to marijuana robberies. The first involved Jason Mesaros, who was shot ten times by police following a heist at a home grow that involved gun play and an attack on the residence’s owner. The second pertained to Athina Munoz, just busted…
The United States government is paying $175,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a severely mentally ill inmate who committed suicide in 2013 while in solitary confinement at the federal supermax in Florence. Although the settlement contains no admission of fault, one of the attorneys in the…
We all know the old saying about how a picture is worth a thousand words. But the juxtaposition of photos, and the back story related to them, can speak in even greater volumes. An example: Compare this image of Jason Mesaros having fun at the beach to his booking photo…
A seventeen-year-old currently living in Grand Junction is being held in a detention center there on a $1 million bond for the 2012 murder of Riverton, Utah’s Anne Kasprzak. She was fifteen at the time of her death, while her alleged killer was fourteen — but there’s already speculation about…
Claude Wilkerson is in plenty of trouble with the law. On Sunday, the resident of Gateway, on Colorado’s Western Slope, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault, kidnapping, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and more. If he’s found guilty of these crimes, Wilkerson will face a hefty sentence…
In January, we noted that Aurora theater killer James Holmes had been transferred from San Carlos Correctional Facility in Pueblo, where he’d been housed since a transfer from the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City. At the time, officials said the move was being made for security reasons — and they…
In addition to making two arrests in a triple murder (with a detective taking part in the second winding up wounded, possibly by friendly fire), members of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office have busted Joshua Bohl in relation to another death: the apparent slaying of young mom Jayme Hosier at…
Dan Cress is a Western State Colorado University Professor and an active musician best known for his work with the band Iola. But now, he’s in the public eye for reasons far different than scholarship or fine guitar work. He’s scheduled to make his first court appearance this morning after…
Last week, we told you about an appeal by Billy Jene Wilson in the killing of Gina Gruenwald — a disturbing case we first told you about in 2011. Wilson wanted his murder conviction overturned because he felt prosecutors hadn’t proven that he’d sexually assaulted Gruenwald; he said she’d lowered her…
Jacob Vanderpauye, also known as Atta Addo Vanderpauye, is a popular drum instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, as well as an active musician on the local and international music scene. But now he’s been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a former student. A police report quotes him as…
Brian and Jacquie Lehner loved riding together on their Harley. That’s exactly what they were doing this past weekend when they were struck by a car and killed. Athina Munoz, 27, was subsequently booked on a variety of charges in relation to the crash. Now, a report suggests that she was texting…
A little over a month after a shooting associated with a Craigslist ad, police are tying gun play in Lakewood to the online sales site. One man was hospitalized as a result of the incident; at this writing, his condition was unknown, although his injuries are described as not life-threatening…
There have been an absolutely astounding number of officer-involved shootings in these parts over recent months. One estimate counted eleven police shootings on Colorado’s Front Range between Halloween and December 18. And since then, we’ve reported about the Denver Police Department shooting of Ramone Lonergan, and two incidents earlier this…
Over the past several days, we’ve shared posts in which we’ve listed the ten Denver neighborhoods with the biggest increases in violent crime and property crime in 2015, according to Denver Police Department statistics. This item combines those two numbers to come up with the neighborhoods with the largest total…
The mysterious death of a young woman in West Valley City, Utah quickly turned into a homicide investigation — and now, the key to finding justice in the case may have been found in Denver. Yesterday afternoon, a person of interest in the death of a young woman subsequently identified…
Earlier this week, we shared a post in which we listed the ten Denver neighborhoods with the biggest increases in violent crime during 2015, according to Denver Police Department statistics. Included among them was one in which the total offenses quintupled over the previous year. The rises in property crime…
A confrontation over the serving of an eviction notice yesterday in Park County led to a shootout in which the home’s resident, Martin Wirth, and a deputy, Corporal Nate Carrigan, were killed and two others were injured. Now, additional information has surfaced about Wirth, who was an outspoken activist affiliated…
Yesterday, President Barack Obama announced his latest plan to close the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba. It includes the transfer of the sixty suspected terrorists being housed there to facilities in the U.S., including Colorado. Politicians from both sides of the aisle in Colorado have objected to the notion, including…
On the afternoon of Sunday, February 21, Blackhawk resident Greg Zolnick was enjoying cycling not far from Boulder when his world changed. Zolnick was struck by a car, and days later, he reportedly remains in critical condition. Now, the Colorado State Patrol has reached out to the public in the hope…
