Juggalos — fans of the band Insane Clown Posse — frequently complain about getting a bad rap. As we’ve previously noted, they see themselves as peaceful, music-loving members of the extended ICP family, even though plenty of cops and the like think they’re part of a potentially dangerous quasi-gang. But…
The stories told by the most memorable mug shots from May are often worth a lot more than 1,000 words. The majority of the tales are sad and disturbing — none more so than the one involving Ben Edwards and Shyanne Sexton, a fugitive and his teenage niece, who are…
The gallery that accompanies substitute teacher Matthew Lonie’s Facebook page, which remains online at this writing, includes a handful of photos in which he’s the only person in the frame. However, the majority of shots, including his current profile photo, feature children — sometimes alone, often posing with him. These…
May 27, 2014 My favorite picture from the weekend. Such a gorgeous man when he smiles! Christopher Winters…
Of late, we’ve reported about numerous suicide-by-cop scenarios, many of which have ended in the suspect either killing himself or being fatally shot by officers. That didn’t happen in the case of Richard Martinez, who called 911 on late Saturday, May 30, and told the operation, “I’m going to kill…
In our report earlier today about a deadly police shooting at a Northglenn house with three children inside, we cited the case of Kyle Moore, 21, a suspected Greeley-area identity thief who crashed at the conclusion of a police chase that followed an officer firing a shot at him near…
What counties in Colorado have the most violent crime? The folks at FindTheBest.com explored that question using FBI data from 2013, the most recent year available. As you can see, many of the places that made the list aren’t heavily populated. But several others are among the most populous counties in…
Police actions that may endanger members of the public have been much in the news lately. Take the recent apprehension of Kyle Moore, a suspected identity thief at whom a Greeley police officer fired a shot near a public park — an action that was followed by Moore striking a vehicle with…
Last August, we told you about the shocking allegations against Kelsy Newell-Skinner, 21, who claimed to have awakened after heavy drinking to find her two-month-old baby badly beaten. The child, Natalee Hurst-Skinner, later died from her injuries. Afterward, Natalee’s father told a local TV station that Denver Human Services hadn’t…
In March 2014, we told you about the arrest of George Allen IV, aka “Slim Ryder,” in connection with the murder of Kurt Levias, 21, outside a hip-hop show at the Bluebird Theater ten years earlier. More than a year later, Allen has been sentenced in the slaying, and an…
Before he opened fire in a sold-out Aurora movie theater, James Holmes planned the massacre in a notebook. Photocopies of the pages of that notebook were released today as part of his ongoing trial. On one page, Holmes wrote that a movie theater would be a better venue for mass…
At this hour, officers with the Lakewood Police Department, including members of the SWAT team, are sweeping the Denver West Inn. They’re reportedly searching for a suspect in a May 15 incident originally called a “suspicious death.” The cops subsequently confirmed that the case was being investigated as a homicide. However,…
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t describe a fire started at the Colorado Muslim Society as a hate crime — at least not yet. But the folks at the society certainly do, even though the woman seen in surveillance footage around the time the flames came to life wears what…
With suspected gang-related shootings spiking in Denver and Aurora, officials are doing all they can to prevent the Summer of 2015 from turning into Summer of Violence II. Or Summer of Violence III…or Summer of Violence IV. But an incident that took place on the tail end of Memorial Day Weekend, traditionally…
Everybody knows that crime doesn’t pay — at least, not in any of the 129 episodes of Dragnet available on Netflix. But one notorious state inmate has figured out how to make the risky business of breaking out of prison pay off. According to the terms of a hush-hush settlement…
At this writing, photos of seventeen-year-old Grand Junction resident David Gaines have yet to surface. However, the other images shared her offer an indication of the damage he left behind before being shot and killed by police in Grand Junction yesterday. The situation allegedly began with a fight between Gaines…
A couple in North Carolina has been arrested in Colorado Springs for the death of her eighteen-month-old baby, Violet Sky Cortez. The night before, the mother, twenty-year-old Vanessa Sanchez, had reportedly attended a support group for parents who’d lost a child — and when she was taken into custody, she and…
If the arrest of eighteen-year-old Brittany Lynn Storms for allegedly entering a home illegally while “out of it on drugs” sounds familiar, it should. Earlier this month, we noted that Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett had decided not to criminally charge a homeowner who fatally shot Roberto Zamroa, a nineteen-year-old…
Daycare facilities have a number of methods to get their charges to fall asleep during nap time: lowering the blinds, playing soothing music and more. But police believe Dedrie Womack, 44, took things a step too far — by giving as many as 35 children a sleep aid. Details below…
Is gang violence flaring up in Aurora? On Monday, we told you about three shootings over the weekend, two of them in Aurora, and noted speculation that the incidents could be gang-related. Now, three suspects are in custody in regard to a shooting that followed a fight on an RTD…
A new report on the use of solitary confinement in America’s prisons and jails, highly critical of the practice and challenging many common myths about who’s in lockdown and why, looks closely at recent reform efforts in the Colorado prison system and concludes that many inmates can be removed from…
Unfortunately, weekend shootings that may be gang-related are becoming more commonplace in the Denver metro area of late. After the previous weekend, we told you about a shooting in Park Hill that looked like it might have a gang connection. The Denver Police Department has not announced any arrests in…
