This morning, headlines are screaming about the New York City Police aiming a subpoena at Twitter in regard to tweets about launching an Aurora-theater-shooting-like attack on a Broadway theater. But little of the coverage I’ve seen has given a complete context of the alleged threat from the @obamamistress account, which…
Since James Holmes fired shots into a movie theater in Aurora, killing twelve people, politicians across the country have launched heated debates about gun control. Now, Representative Diana DeGette has entered the fray with proposed legislation that she says could help prevent this kind of tragedy in the future. The…
According to an indictment on view below, Alfonso Carrillo portrayed himself in Spanish language media and elsewhere as a savior for Latinos who wanted to own a home but were crippled by bad credit — and sure enough, he put a roof over plenty of people’s heads. Problem was, the…
Jim Kozlowski, a Boulder High School teacher and coach for the golf team, was scheduled to report for the new academic year this Thursday. But not now, and for a reason that’s flat-out bizarre. Kozlowski is accused of slyly but intentionally exposing his genitals while visiting two separate garage sales…
Thus far, Facebook hasn’t seen the creation of nearly as many pages saluting Wisconsin Sikh temple killer Wade Michael Page as was the case with James Holmes following the Aurora theater shooting. But one address exemplifies the fleeting attention span of those who live to shock online: It was previously…
Following his arrest for cultivating hundreds of marijuana plants, Edward Bogunovich, age 87, claimed that he was following the state’s medical marijuana law — an assertion about which the Denver District Attorney’s office clearly disagrees. Could he be right? Too soon to know. But just as interesting as that question…
Update: Earlier this morning, we posted about comic Jeffrey Ross making an Aurora theater shooting joke at a Comedy Central roast of onetime Denver resident Roseanne Barr; see our earlier coverage below. We noted that Ross hasn’t apologized for the gags, and he still hasn’t. But he’s now admitting he…
Back in December, we told you about an investigatory break in the 2003 murder of Heather DeWild, who vanished two days before her divorce to Daniel DeWild was to be finalized. Daniel, his twin brother David and David’s wife Roseanne were all charged with murder in the case . Now,…
On Sunday, a gunman opened fire on attendees at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, killing six people before dying at the hands of police. Yet the amount of coverage this horrific event has received thus far falls short of that devoted to the July 20 Aurora theater shooting nationally as…
As our posts about Aurora theater shooting jokes by comedians Dane Cook and Jeffrey Ross make clear, using the massacre to get laughs is dodgy business right now. But that hasn’t stopped the person or persons behind James Holmes Dies, a Twitter account with more than 39,000 followers…
A couple of weeks ago, we shared the terrible story of Ethan Hearty, a toddler who accidentally killed himself at his grandparents’ Utah home after finding a gun. Still no report of charges in that case, but accusations have been aimed at Iesha Paris and Darryl Hunter in a similar…
We’ve noted the proliferation of James Holmes Facebook tribute pages, which continue to spring up despite the shutdown of what had been the largest of them. The same thing’s happening when it comes to Tumblr blogs, yet these sites are getting more attention because of the memorable nickname by which…
Accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes has been a public figure for two weeks now, due to the worst possible reason — the murder of a dozen people, and injuries to scores more. Since then, there’s been a rising call for news organizations like this one to stop using his…
On April 1, 2011, nineteen-year-old Kenia Monge disappeared — and she remained missing until September, when Travis Forbes, who originally portrayed himself as a good Samaritan, led authorities to her body outside Keenesberg. Forbes pleaded guilty shortly thereafter — but it wasn’t until this week that his girlfriend, Kerry Humphrey,…
Since James Holmes fired shots into an Aurora movie theater — after purchasing four guns in two months and 6,000 rounds of ammunition off the Internet — heated gun control debates have emerged nationally and locally, with elected officials questioning whether stricter laws could have stopped this tragedy. Former Colorado…
The definition of “water sports” heard during the Olympics is very different from the one used by those with kinkier predilections. But participants in the latter know it’s good form to find a willing partner — and the woman on whom Timothy Paez allegedly urinated at a Boulder bar definitely…
Only weeks after the Aurora theater shooting, CU Denver philosophy professor Chad Kautzer has created a petition to stop concealed weapons from being allowed on state campuses. But the two ideas are not connected, he says: Kautzer has been contemplating the response since the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the…
Rollin Oliver, the 21-year-old accused of murdering Denver Police Officer Celena Hollis at City Park in June, was back in court this morning, where his defense attorney requested that the preliminary hearing in the case be postponed. His attorney explained that there’s a lot of evidence in the case and…
After the Aurora theater shooting, the Century 16, where a twelve people died and dozens more were hurt during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, closed, and there are very real doubts about whether it will ever re-open. Nonetheless, pages for the theater remain on all the major…
There have been plenty of theories about James Holmes’s actions in the Aurora theater shooting, including some that appear semi-plausible (e.g., reactions to antidepressants) and others that seem unmoored from reality (the assault was staged to promote a United Nations gun control measure). The possibility advanced by Father Dwight Longenecker?…
Yesterday, we noted that Dr. Lynne Fenton, the psychiatrist ID’d as treating accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, was the target of stories about previous disciplinary action more minor than headlines implied. Now, however, Fenton is getting press more positive for her but potentially injurious to the University of Colorado…
The heated gun control debates that have emerged in response to the Aurora theater shooting that left twelve dead have reached elected officials at all different levels of government — whether they want to talk about it or not. Since Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, arguably the most prominent Colorado member…
