According to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, Joe Thompson reacted a woman leaving his car in the midst of an argument in an extreme way. By running over her. Indeed, the woman is said to have wound up underneath the vehicle after the incident, in which Thompson, 32, faces a…
We recently posted about a new American Automobile Association study that concluded Colorado’s marijuana driving standard, which establishes intoxication at 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood, is not based on science. This came as no surprise to many of our readers. Cannabis advocates have long argued that the…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Mark Antonation offers a photo tour of the new Illegal Pete’s on Colfax, which has transformed an old IHOP. Colorado Pols feasts on what it calls “Jon Keyser’s Epic On-Camera Meltdown.” Denver Egotist spotlights a Donald Trump display with a secret…
Going out for a night on the town but pretty sure you’re going to be partaking in cannabis? Loopr to the rescue. The “mobile cannabis lounge” is a marijuana-friendly concept bus ride, similar to The Hopper, that’s like a shiny new Uber for stoners. Loopr revved up this week, with rides from 4 p.m. to…
We’re not in the habit of advising people how not to become a Schmuck of the Week. That would be bad for business. Still, it’s just common sense to avoid drawing attention to yourself while committing a crime. Apparently, though, common sense is one thing Denver’s Nicholas Broviak lacks. So, too,…
A former Trinidad district attorney has abruptly dropped out of the race to replace Frank Ruybalid, the embattled top prosecutor in Las Animas and Huerfano counties, saying that the office is so badly underfunded by state and county officials that “the safety of the citizens of this district is at…
Earlier this week, we reported on what may have been the first Colorado drowning death of the year — a 23-year-old Fort Morgan resident who lost his life while kayaking in the South Platte River. Thus far, he doesn’t appear to have been identified. Then came word about the drowning…
Earlier this week, we told you about the search for Kenneth Bastidos, a suspect in a May 4 murder outside an Adams County motel. At this writing, there have been no reports about Bastidos’s capture. But a second man, Jose Ocampo, has been formally charged with first-degree murder after deliberation,…
Two of the topics that rile up Westword readers the most are the cost of rent in Denver and marijuana legalization in Colorado. In “Rent vs. Home Right Now in Denver,” a post shared in the “Rants and Raves” section of Denver Craigslist, they come together in memorable fashion. The anonymous author talks…
In recent weeks, the Denver Broncos cheerleaders finalized their 2016-2017 squad. But the members aren’t just waiting around for the season to begin. Instead, the group headed to Cancún, Mexico to pose for shots that will appear in the 2017 swimsuit calendar. The Broncos have released a preview video of the shoot…
The parents of mass murderers often refrain from speaking publicly about their homicidal children for long periods of time. Note that Sue Klebold, son of Columbine killer Dylan Klebold, waited for nearly seventeen years after the 1999 attack to sit for TV conversations in conjunction with a book, A Mother’s…
South Broadway and north Denver attract all the attention with their concentration of pot shops, but the herbal haven along a certain stretch of Evans Avenue is nothing to scoff at, either. The area has eight or nine dispensaries — including Cross Genetics, Sacred Seed and Sante — sprinkled on…
Alan Prendergast’s post about a satirical public notice announcing that “your presence is not valued” in developing Denver continues to generate online conversation. No surprise, since buildings are going up at a rapid pace in many Denver neighborhoods, be they trendy or transitioning. The designs of these structures, and the way…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Mark Antonation writes about a Rosenberg’s Bagels and Deli pop-up at the RiNo Yacht Club on Sunday in the wake of a fire in its building that may have been set to scorch evidence in the murder of Shane Richardson, found in…
“If we build it, they will come,” said Downtown Denver Partnership CEO Tami Door at the 2016 State of Downtown briefing at the Hyatt Regency on May 10. “And they are coming.” And coming, and coming, turning Denver’s downtown into one of the most successful in the country – and…
Fourth Judicial District Chief Judge Gilbert Martinez has found that Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear is incompetent to stand trial for a clinic attack that killed three people and injured twelve others in November 2015. Instead, he’ll be interred at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo for reasons that are…
Earlier this month, we told you about a provision hidden within the so-called Sunset bill that, in practical terms, would let marijuana tourists purchase four times as much cannabis during a single purchase than is currently allowable under Colorado law. That legislation, known as House Bill 16-1261, has now passed both houses…
In 2015, the Denver Police Department began spreading the word about sexually violent predators in the city via YouTube. As we noted in our original post and an update in January, the use of social media to inform the community about SVPs — something required under Colorado law — has…
In January, we told you about the killing of Christa Benton by her boyfriend, David Fallon, who subsequently took his own life. We also highlighted Facebook posts Benton shared shortly before her death. They alluded to a physical fight, with one reading, “That a-hole tried to break my neck.” Now,…
The amount dispensaries charge for an ounce of cannabis in Colorado varies radically from place to place. As evidence, check out the latest Colorado numbers from PriceofWeed.com, which uses a crowd-sourcing approach to gathering its data. The priciest figures for high quality marijuana are more than twice as hefty as…
Students and staff at a Kansas military school are in shock right now. Jake Whitting, an eighteen-year-old graduate of St. John’s Military Academy in Salinas who was his class’ valedictorian, died in a Conifer-area crash alongside cadets John Yoder, and Akinwumi “AJ” Ricketts. A third cadet, Marshall Otter, survived but…
In today’s high-tech world, the idea of a police blotter — a roundup of law-enforcement actions that includes calls both minor and major — seems positively quaint. But these chronicles frequently contain tales that underscore humanity’s essential weirdness. Take an item in the Colorado Springs Police Blotter in which a man was…
