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A Facebook photo of Dr. Venus K. Moshrefi, aka Nahid Moshrefi.

Bill Comes Due for Cancer-Faking Fraud Nahid "Dr. Venus" Moshrefi

By Westword Staff

Aug 7, 2017

Nahid Moshrefi, also known as Dr. Venus K. Moshrefi, describes herself as a specialist in natural healing therapies. But she's characterized by prosecutors with the First Judicial District DA's office as a fraud who faked cancer in order to bilk an elderly man out of $69,000, and a jury agreed.

Choking Your Kid for Wearing Short Shorts Is an Awful Idea, Derek Kinch

By Westword Staff

Aug 4, 2017

If the allegations against Weld County Sheriff's Deputy Derek Kinch are true, and his family says they are, he's more than earned Schmuck of the Week honors. After all, Kinch has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse and assault after he's said to have reacted to the length of his daughter's shorts by pinning her to a wall and choking her.

Ruth and Jordan Dry during happier times.

Jordan Dry's Lawyer Told Him "Not to Say Sh*t Like This on the Phone." Here's Why.

By Westword Staff

Jul 28, 2017

Jordan Dry, who was already in jail on drugs and weapons allegations, has now been accused of witness tampering for saying exactly what his lawyer told him not to over a monitored jail phone before claiming, "I don’t want to get any kind of tampering charges or anything."

Chad Johnson and Mervin Cabe: not exactly identical twins.

Sorry, Mervin Cabe: Even White People Can Tell You're Not Chad Johnson

By Westword Staff

Jul 21, 2017

One of the many stinging jokes in season one of the excellent Netflix series Dear White People involves college journalist Lionel Higgins, played by DeRon Horton, discovering that he can use a fake ID with a photo that looks nothing like him because Caucasians can't tell black men apart. But Mervin Cabe wasn't so lucky. He was recently busted in Aspen, one of the whitest places on the planet even when there's no snow on the ground, after unsuccessfully impersonating former NFL player Chad Johnson, whom he doesn't resemble in the slightest.

Jacob Magee, Biggest Broncos Game Douchebag, Is Now Sex Offender for Life

By Westword Staff

Jul 17, 2017

Today, Jacob Magee was sentenced after pleading guilty to one invasion-of-privacy-for-sexual gratification count for taking an upskirt photo of a woman at a Broncos game. His punishment: eight years of sex-offender supervised probation and thirty days in county jail. He's also required to register as a sex offender for life. Continue for our previous coverage.

For his caption for this Facebook photo, Jeremiah Casper announced, "I just started Botox therapy."

Why Jeremiah Casper Was Arrested For Having a Party in the Bathroom

By Westword Staff

Jun 30, 2017

Aspen's Jeremiah Casper was arrested after allegedly stealing liquor and meat from a high-end hotel, apparently because he needed it for what one witness described as a party in a bathroom.

From the cover of Sleeping with the Enemy (Chosen Wars Book 5), by Jana Leigh, a pen named used by Jana Koretko.

How Jana Koretko Allegedly Screwed Fifteen Erotica Authors at the Same Time

By Westword Staff

Jun 23, 2017

Jana Koretko, an author and publisher of erotic books, has been arrested on accusations that she systematically ripped off a slew of fellow writers for more than $125,000 in total. The result is an alleged criminal gang-bang that no one enjoyed in the end.

One of these things is not like the other.

Chad Douthit: Dumbest Spider-Man Impression Ever

By Westword Staff

Jun 9, 2017

Apparently inspired by Spider-Man: Homecoming, which is scheduled to swing into theaters nationwide on July 7, Colorado Springs' Chad Douthit busted out his best Spidey impression, shortly before being busted himself on allegations that included throwing a TV antenna at a police car. And it didn't go well.

Police say Michael Webber wasn't satisfied with just removing his jacket.

Meet Michael Webber, Naked, Snake-Seeing, Powdered-Nose Sex Offender

By Westword Staff

Jun 2, 2017

Michael Quin Webber was recently busted on suspicion of indecent exposure after being found walking the streets of Aspen completely naked. He allegedly had white powder caked under his nose at the time of his arrest, and he told the officer who fitted him for cuffs that he'd been seeing snakes. The cops soon discovered that he's a registered sex offender.

Man Behind Back-Alley Testicle Removal Surgery Charged With Assault

By Westword Staff

May 26, 2017

James Pennington is the kind of person who would probably jump off a bridge if a friend told him to. Earlier this month, Pennington removed the testicles of a transgender woman in a Denver apartment at her behest. Pennington isn't a licensed doctor in Colorado, according to 9NEWS. He's a...

Teammates Hunter Donnelly, Braylin Scott Try to Out-Douchebag Each Other

By Westword Staff

May 19, 2017

Hunter Donnelly, a now former member of the Colorado State Rams, has been both an accused perpetrator of crime and a victim of one in recent weeks. He was dismissed from school after an arrest for allegedly violating a protection order involving a former girlfriend. But he also had thousands in bling stolen from him, reportedly by a teammate, Braylin Scott, who, according to law enforcers, tried to sell the stuff on Craigslist.

Was Eric Jarrin So Stoned He Forgot He Was in a State Where Pot's Illegal?

By Westword Staff

May 12, 2017

After some but not all of Eric Jarrin's marijuana was stolen, the Colorado resident reported what had happened. But because the crime took place in Wyoming, which has some of the strongest anti-cannabis laws in the country, the police officers who responded didn't bother going after the thief. Instead, they promptly arrested Jarrin and fellow Colorado pal Christopher Rathe, whose actions raise an important question: Were the pair too stoned to remember they were in a state where pot is illegal?

Meet Antron Fogler, Most Disgusting Door-to-Door Salesman of All Time

By Westword Staff

Apr 28, 2017

Antron Fogler, 51, has a long, long, long criminal history filled with plenty of creepiness. And if the accusations pressed against him by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office are accurate, he's added a repulsive new act. He's been arrested on allegations that he pawed at least two women, and masturbated in front of one, while posing as a door-to-door salesman.

Tayson Hildalgo accepted delivery of this new TV — but he didn't do a lot of delivering personally.

Ex-Mail Carrier Tayson Hidalgo Went Postal in His Own Special Way

By Westword Staff

Apr 21, 2017

Former Sterling mail carrier Tayson Hidalgo, 23, has been sentenced for going postal in his own special way. The only violence he did was to some of the approximately 26,000 items he didn't bring to people to whom they were addressed.

Stephen Shedd during his days as a lieutenant commander for the U.S. Navy.

Meet Stephen Shedd, Prostitute-Loving Navy Exec in Fat Leonard Scandal

By Westword Staff

Apr 7, 2017

The U.S. Navy is currently embroiled in one of the biggest scandals to rock the service in recent memory, with the main targets of a recently unsealed grand jury indictment being nine officers, including Stephen Shedd, a former commander from Colorado Springs. The group, whose self-generated nicknames included "The Cool Kids," "The Band of Brothers," "The Brotherhood," "The Wolfpack," the "Familia" and "The Lion King's Harem," allegedly provided confidential shipping schedules and the like to Malaysian defense contractor Leonard Francis, aka "Fat Leonard," in exchange for bribes such as party time with prostitutes.

Fake Ex-Teen James Hogue Gets Big Sentence for Latest Oddball Crime

By Westword Staff

Mar 21, 2017

James Hogue, a onetime teen impersonator recently named the sixth most famous con man of all-time, has been sentenced to six years in prison for the latest oddball acts in a criminal career full of them, involving an illegal shack built on the grounds of an Aspen ski area.

Give Sarah Valeriano Enough Vanilla Extract and She'll Punch You in the Face

By Westword Staff

Mar 17, 2017

Sarah Valeriano was arrested for punching a paramedic in the face while under the influence. And the items that were reportedly influencing her included eight ounces of vanilla extract and a Fat Tire beer.

A Facebook photo of Becky Ann Lee. Additional images below.

Douchey Way Boulder Psychic Becky Ann Lee Swindled Heiress Out of $232K

By Westword Staff

Mar 10, 2017

Boulder's Becky Ann Lee is a self-proclaimed psychic. But she apparently wasn't able to foresee what would happen to her after she bilked a heiress to the LaCoste clothing fortune out of more than $232,000.

On Facebook, Grayeson Hawkins-Fishman strikes a couple of poses.

Cocaine, Laptop Smash and Douchebag Grayeson Hawkins-Fishman

By Westword Staff

Mar 3, 2017

Grayeson Hawkins-Fishman, 21, has been arrested twice in Colorado during the past year or so, but on neither occasion did he appear to believe it was his fault. After being busted for smashing his ex-girlfriend's laptop, he portrayed the incident as a simple oops, and he blamed "stupid" pals for his recent cuffing over a fight and his subsequent acknowledgment that he was in possession of cocaine.

Meagan Osgood as seen in her LinkedIn portrait and her booking photo.

Meagan Osgood's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Uber-Stealing Day

By Westword Staff

Feb 24, 2017

"A rather bizarre incident from over the weekend," Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith wrote in a Facebook post about the arrest of Broomfield's Meagan Osgood. And that's as succinct a description as any about what went down. Osgood is accused of getting into a drunken fight, stealing an Uber driver's car and being so obstinate to law enforcers that they eventually had to pepperball her.

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