According to an arrest affidavit on view below, Thomas White considered himself to be a rapper. But instead of making rap his career, he will soon start serving one for, among other things, prostituting an underage teen. And if things break a certain way, his sentence could be nearly half-a-century…
Meth was apparently all in the family for Darin Ninneman, whose mom, Lorri, is said to have regularly shared the substance with him and his brothers. In the end, however, Darin brutally stabbed Lorri to death, then fled the scene reluctantly — because he wanted to take his iPad with…
On Halloween, the Denver Police Department’s warnings about trick-or-treaters possibly being slipped marijuana edibles reached its peak with the graphic seen here — one that essentially suggests, against all available evidence, that pot candy could kill children. But if DPD reps hoped the #CheatTheReaper hashtag would become a thing, they…
Election day is tomorrow, and if there’s anything Republican and Democratic activists can agree upon, it’s the importance of voter turnout. And according to the WalletHub website, folks in this fair state are among the most politically engaged in the country. Continue to count down the site’s political-engagement top ten,…
We had been hoping that this morning we’d have evidence to contradict the assumption that Broncos QB Peyton Manning plays badly in cold weather and struggles against Tom Brady and the Patriots in New England. But no: Denver laid an egg big-time yesterday afternoon, losing to the Pats 43-21 in…
Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron’s new working paper suggests that pot legalization in Colorado has neither hurt nor helped the state as much as predicted. That’s the sort of finding sure to generate conversation, and that was certainly the case when it came to our post on the topic. Here’s the…
Denver blog posts don’t discriminate on the basis of size. Our Cafe Society blog counts down the ten best tiny restaurants in Denver. Colorado Pols asks: Did Democrats or Republicans guess wrong on Spanish-language TV? Colorado Peak Politics: Republican ballots are outnumbering Dem ones — by a lot. See also:…
Welcome to Halloween weekend, a time of fun, frivolity and, for some, getting hammered and then trying to drive home. In an attempt to prevent the latter from prompting tragedy, law-enforcement agencies all over the state are focusing on DUI enforcement — and we’ve got information about what dozens of…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the two women murdered in an apartment at the French Quarter complex late Wednesday night as Amanda Anders, nineteen, and Nancy Worrell, 22. They died of multiple gunshot wounds. In addition (update), the Denver Police Department has released the mug shot of the…
Our Adam Roy recently told you about Casey Nocket, who he described as “a graffiti artist…suspected of leaving her mark on one of the state’s most-visited slices of wilderness, Rocky Mountain National Park.” Now, Nocket is thought to have done likewise on another beautiful part of our state: Colorado National…
A popular trope in horror movies involves a family that finds out a just-purchased house is haunted — and then can’t get anyone to buy it. In the real world, such properties wind up on the market, too…hopefully with less dreadful consequences for purchasers than those in, say, The Conjuring…
This past January, we shared our first collection of Tom Brady hate memes just before the Broncos met the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, which Denver won. This Sunday in New England, the Brady-Peyton Manning rivalry will be renewed again — and lo and behold, we found a brand…
A Denver Blogs post about the Illegal Pete’s name controversy raging in Fort Collins found loads o’ readers sharing their thoughts. Here’s how one person from FoCo responded to a question about whether he found the name to be offensive. See also: Are You Offended by the Name of Illegal…
Denver blog posts go door to door. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies points you toward eight great local shops for last-minute Halloween costumes and accessories. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery tracks Peyton Manning-Tom Brady match-ups through the years. Denver Frank posts about the Knockout, a beer shotgun…
The two women shot to death at the French Quarter apartments weren’t the only homicide victims in the metro area this week. Also slain was Robert Goldsberry, a sixty-year-old who was gunned down in the parking lot of a South Parker Road Walmart. The man being held for the crime…
Last October, Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov was arrested for allegedly abusing Evgeniya Vavrinyuk, his girlfriend, only to have the case dismissed a couple of months later. Now, Vavrinyuk has filed a civil suit against Varlamov, claiming years of horrific abuse in Russia and beyond leading up to the Denver…
When Rachel Maddow teased her appearance in Denver this week, she cited a governor’s race that was “off the hook,” yet she made little mention of the contest in the actual Tuesday night broadcast from the Viewhouse Ballpark. Last night, however, we found out what this allusion meant via a…
Seeking Arrangement is devoted to pairing self-proclaimed sugar daddies (and a few sugar mommies) with students and other young people willing to trade companionship for financial support. It’s a controversial service in some quarters, but also a popular one in Colorado. Earlier this year, Seeking Arrangement revealed that CU-Boulder was…
There have been other DIA-bound passengers busted for unwanted sexual advances on flight attendants over the years. But the accusations contained in an affidavit aimed at Vadym Pecherskyi, a 42-year-old from Kiev, Ukraine, hit new heights of creepiness, with one alleged victim saying she felt he would have raped her…
Our post about a Denver Police Department campaign focusing on trick-or-treaters and the possibility they might be given pot edibles for Halloween sparked fresh accusations of fear-mongering. But this reader suggests that something like this could actually happen — although not for the reasons hyped by the DPD. See also:…
Denver blog posts rock on. Our Backbeat blog raises a clenched fist for Denver’s nine best rock bars. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa Cheek and John Tomasic on Colorado Democrats’ ground game. Denver Egotist salutes the skull-tastic teaser by Denver’s Adam Schmisek for Starz’s Black Sails. See also: Are You Offended…
As any comic-book fan knows, superheroes that seem dead can later come back to life — and something similar has happened with a superhero-centric lawsuit filed by Colorado-based Stan Lee Media, Incorporated (SLMI). The complaint seemingly died last year, but an appeal revived it, leading to a hearing held in…
