Denver Crime Rises in 7 of 9 Categories, Homicide Up 72.4 Percent

The latest crime statistics available from the Denver Police Department don’t feature a lot of good news. The stats available at this writing cover January-November 2015 — figures we’ve compared to the same period the previous year. And the numbers are up in seven of nine categories, including all four offenses…

Two Women Carjacking Suspects Busted After SWAT Standoff

If you’re wondering what the hell has been going on on 84th Avenue between Interstate 25 and Confer Road this morning, the short answer is: plenty. Roads were closed and a SWAT team was dispatched after a police chase involving two female carjacking suspects. The standoff ended a short time…

Prison Officials Claim Success in Reducing Solitary Confinement

Colorado Department of Corrections officials say that a push to reduce the use of solitary confinement over the past few years has paid off handsomely — resulting in a dramatic reduction in the number of prisoners in lockdown, a drop in inmate suicides and assaults on staff, and complete elimination…

Jared Fogle Joins Crowded Field of Notorious Colorado Inmates

Fresh from pleading guilty to distributing child porn and having sex with underage hookers, former Subway pitchmeister Jared Fogle arrived in Colorado a few days ago to begin serving his fifteen-year federal prison sentence. Why Colorado? Because that’s what we do here. We’re the top turnkeys, the customary custodians of…

Top 40 Men’s Mug Shots of 2015

Earlier this week, we posted our top forty women’s mug shots of 2015. Now, it’s the men’s turn — and included among their number are a smattering of celebrities (one known for screeching, plus a former reality-TV star, an ex-Denver Nugget and the heir to the Denver Broncos) and individuals…

Top 40 Women’s Mug Shots of 2015

Our roundup of 2015’s most memorable booking photos features images that run the gamut of human emotions. Anger. Pain. Defiance. Sorrow. Cockiness. And plenty more. Today’s post spotlights women’s mug shots. A post devoted to men’s mug shots is forthcoming. Check out the forty pics that stuck in our mind…

Samba Dioum of #FreeSamba Movement Has Bail Reduced to $5,000

There were tears in the courtroom this afternoon when friends, family members and supporters of East High School student Elhadji Samba Dioum heard Denver County Court Judge Jonny C. Barajas announce that Dioum’s bail would be reduced from its original $100,000 to $5,000.  Dioum’s lawyer, Gary Lozow, said that his…