Uruguay’s Luis Suarez is better known in these parts for being a biter than a star soccer player — and we have a feeling a thus-far-unnamed suspect currently jailed in Aurora can identify with him. He’s believed to be responsible for a burglary and a robbery (at least), but he’s…
Jim Denny has 7,500 square feet of hemp plants and a problem: His homeowners association has found that his plants are a violation of the HOA rules and has ordered him to “replace” them by the end of next week. The reason? The HOA board says that Denny failed to…
We’ve documented plenty of shocking acts in our Colorado Crimes archive over the years, including a brutal cold-case sex assault arrest from earlier this year that could earn Eddie Simon a life sentence. But few of the allegations we’ve shared over the years have been as disturbing as the ones…
On Monday, we reported about layoffs at Denver Post owner Digital First Media, as well as the firm’s refusal to discuss them — a strategy that grew heavy-handed when a DFM attorney sent media blogger Jim Romenesko a legal threat for posting a graphic from an internal document listing those…
This is Alena Rust with, we think, Edwin Coriano. But this casual pose stands in contrast to their booking photos, snapped after they were arrested on charges related to the sexual trafficking of a woman against her will. Rust’s pic is included in the following roundup of June 2014’s most…
UPDATE: Music fans who couldn’t quite afford Caribou Ranch’s multi-million-dollar price tag got a chance to bid on memorabilia from the legendary studio at an auction at the Denver Design Center. Items went for prices ranging from the hundreds to the hundreds of thousands; a Steinway piano featured on”Don’t Let…
Back in May, our Melanie Asmar told you about Chipotle’s request that customers not bring guns to restaurants in the chain after members of the group Open Carry Texas posed for pics with semi-automatic rifles at one eatery. We have a feeling these dudes would be welcome at Shooters Grill…
Back in May, we told you about Operation Grow4Vets, an organization dedicated to providing free cannabis to veterans who may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, founder Roger Martin’s brainchild has gotten its biggest boost yet: a CBS profile on view below. And he hopes the exposure will help…
The general election is November 4, and initiatives on such hot topics as fracking and genetically modified food are vying for a place on the ballot. But a proposal focusing on the hottest topic of all — gun control — won’t be on the ticket. Late last week Safe Campus…
Denver blog posts never forget the tanning butter. At our Show & Tell blog, Isa Jones shares some cool photos from the Inkmonstr Pool Party. Colorado Pols on Mark Udall’s decision to publicly flaunt ties to President Obama. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery introduces the MHR Hall of Fame…
Press releases don’t typically stir passions. But cannabis activist Wanda James was incensed after receiving a missive from Mayor Michael Hancock (see it below) in which he thanked the Denver City Council for passing his $3.35 million marijuana budget proposal but offered no kudos to the pot industry that generated…
In a recent Comment of the Day post, one reader declared that 65 percent of Coloradans are wack jobs. This declaration inspired plenty of folks to interpret the math in their own way. Here’s one memorable example…
As our recent gallery of the fifteen best face-and-neck-tattoo mug shots proves, alleged criminals and above-the-shoulders ink make a memorable combination. But can tats also be used to create a false identity? Cody JC Dutton, a serial escape artist who’s a wanted man in Colorado, gave this gambit a try…
Today marks six months since recreational marijuana sales began in Colorado, still the only state where such purchases can be made. (The first licensed retail shops in Washington are expected to open on July 7.) By the January 1 launch, eighteen stores had been licensed in Denver, and since then,…
Last month, we told you about Jeanna Hoch, who went public after Facebook suspended her account due to the presence of breastfeeding photos — images the site explicitly allows. Hoch’s page was reinstated after the media circulated her story. But she was temporarily blocked from posting new content again amid…
Over the past couple of weeks, information has emerged about a bizarre series of events in Summit County. At the center of them is Tyrus Vanmatre, a twenty-year-old from Littleton who’s gone from being a hockey standout and aspiring actor/model to an arrestee for allegedly attacking a teenager with a…
The Clinton Global Initiative, which took place in Denver last week, received a showy national platform yesterday via an extended Meet the Press segment featuring former President Bill Clinton. Among the questions posed by host/interviewer David Gregory was one about medical marijuana, and Clinton’s expressed support for state’s rights strikes…
Our recent posts about police officers charged with crimes have inspired plenty of comments critical of cops. This one is, too — but it cautions folks not to assume that all of the boys and girls in blue are corrupt…
Denver blog posts love all fifty states equally. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the view of one reader, who thinks Coloradans who hate on Texans give our state a bad reputation. Coyoto Gulch on how “local entities can also derail projects more readily now than in the…
The inaugural Weedstock, a three-day conference at the Westin Hotel-Tabor Center, examined the investment opportunities that have opened up in the cannabis world. The event featured numerous securities-and-exchanges experts offering tips for prospective investors — and many, many prospective investors looking for information and leads. At one breakout session, analyst…
Aside from being unusually cute, two-year-old June Jessee could be any of the smiley toddlers at the South Pearl Street Farmers Market today. It’s so hot our cheeks are red, but June sleeps easily in her stroller, cool in her pink and green jumper, head heavy to one side as…
Prostitution stings remain controversial in part because many observers see such acts as victimless crimes — except when a sex worker is the victim. That was allegedly the case for a 28-year-old woman, who says she was brought from Missouri to Colorado and forced to prostitute herself — offenses for…
