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Crime

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Denver TV personality’s alleged sexual misconduct captured on nanny-cam video
Courts & Lawsuits

Denver TV personality’s alleged sexual misconduct captured on nanny-cam video

By Michael RobertsJuly 31, 2026

Romero was best known as a sportscaster for 9News and Altitude TV.

Crime lab scientist
Police & Law Enforcement

Colorado’s rape kit backlog is improving, but falling months behind schedule

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 28, 2026

The average turnaround for sexual assault tests is 185 days — 74 days longer than projected.

Dirt bike riders perform tricks and spew smoke on 16th Street in downtown Denver on March 8, 2026.
Opinion | Reader Response

Reader: I support dirt bikes more than the oblivious drivers on the roads

By Thomas MitchellJuly 25, 2026

“They’re less likely to kill me!”

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Courts & Lawsuits

Former anti-violence activist receives max sentence in ‘revenge’ murder

By Sage KelleyJuly 24, 2026

Lumumba Sayers Sr. was sentenced to 48 years in prison for second-degree murder.

Andrew Fraieli
Police & Law Enforcement

Colorado newsletter pulls police misconduct from the records vault

By Brendan Joel KelleyJuly 23, 2026

Blue Surveillance is essentially a one-man operation, but it may be the state’s most public accounting of law enforcement misconduct.

Books

James Ellroy’s latest novel names names, but not in the way you might expect

By Teague BohlenJuly 22, 2026

“The aggregate horror of world communism makes Hitler’s 13-year run as the führer of Germany look like child’s play.”

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Dirt bike riders perform tricks and spew smoke on 16th Street in downtown Denver on March 8, 2026.
Transportation

Denver to consider crackdown on riding dirt bikes, e-motos on roads

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 21, 2026

City leaders are exploring fines, confiscations and even penalties for parents to get off-highway vehicles off the streets.

Two drivers get out of their vehicles to fight on Interstate 70 during a road rage incident on June 10, 2026.
Opinion | Reader Response

Reader: Blame road rage on high elevation and Subarus!

By Thomas MitchellJuly 19, 2026

“Driving in the Denver metro area is a Gladiator sport.”

illustration of a home dangling on a fish hook as bait
Business

Colorado home addresses are being used to register thousands of fake businesses

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 14, 2026

The mysterious entity tied to the scheme is masked by a string of state business filings and possibly fake names.

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Two drivers get out of their vehicles to fight on Interstate 70 during a road rage incident on June 10, 2026.
Transportation

Colorado is among the worst states for road rage, and reports keep climbing

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 14, 2026

“We aren’t going to ‘ticket’ our way out of this.”

an ICE agent in a bullet-proof vest walks away
Police & Law Enforcement

Boulder District Attorneys Office fights with ICE over “dramatic” homicide post

By Sage KelleyJuly 2, 2026

“Despite ICE’s dramatic claim, no one was actually shot.”

A veo pedal e-bike parked in denver
Transportation

13-year-old Denver boy killed in Veo e-bike crash

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 1, 2026

The fatal collision happened six days after Veo launched in the city.

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Tina Peters poses with President Trump in the Oval Office
Politics & Government

Colorado parolee Tina Peters appears in D.C. for White House victory lap

By Brendan Joel KelleyJuly 1, 2026

There are travel restrictions to her parole, but expect to see plenty more appearances out of state.

Colorado mortuary owners charged with 125 counts of abuse of a corpse
Police & Law Enforcement

Colorado mortuary owners charged with 125 counts of abuse of a corpse

By Hannah MetzgerJune 25, 2026

Buckets of human tissue and decomposing bodies up to 15 years old were stashed behind a hidden door in Davis Mortuary, investigators say.

Jeffco Public Schools
Courts & Lawsuits

Another ex-Jeffco Public Schools worker arrested on sex abuse charges

By Sage KelleyJune 24, 2026

There have been nine similar investigations into people working for the district since 2023.

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Predator Poachers Longmont
Police & Law Enforcement

Longmont police arrest suspect after child predator hunters video

By Sage KelleyJune 22, 2026

Police arrested a man after a viral “sting” video earlier this month.

Predator Poachers Longmont
Police & Law Enforcement

To catch a conflict: Longmont police condemn child predator hunters

By Sage KelleyJune 11, 2026

A viral “predator catching” group filmed a private investigation in Longmont on June 9.

Police & Law Enforcement

The coldest case: Mystery remains 35 years after the Father’s Day bank massacre

By Hannah MetzgerJune 10, 2026

“Sometimes a guilty man does walk free.”

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Adams County Courthouse
Police & Law Enforcement

Double whammy: Adams County man gets extra years after calling in bomb threat to avoid sentencing

By Sage KelleyJune 4, 2026

An Adams County man tried to escape prison by calling in a bomb threat

The 17th & Larimer office buildings in downtown Denver
Police & Law Enforcement

Why are over 12,000 different businesses all using the same downtown Denver address?

By Thomas MitchellMay 29, 2026

From Denver to Cripple Creek, Colorado businesses and homeowners have discovered their addresses are registered for thousands of different entities.

gravestones in Denver cemetery
Police & Law Enforcement

Famous criminals buried in Colorado

By Hannah MetzgerMay 24, 2026

From a cannibal to a mass murderer, here’s where you can pay your (dis)respects to some of the state’s most detestable dead.

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A man works inside of a lab at the Denver Crime Laboratory.
Police & Law Enforcement

Disgraced Colorado crime analyst’s case review is six months delayed. No one will say why

By Hannah MetzgerMay 22, 2026

The crime lab was expected to release results in November, after re-examining over 1,300 Denver sexual assault cases handled by the CBI.

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