See One Year’s Worth of Drug, Gun and Money Seizures in Colorado Springs

This week, the Colorado Springs Police Department released its annual report for 2014. The 76-page document, included below in its entirety, features a huge cache of information. But some of the most intriguing material pertains to the activities of the department’s Metro Vice, Narcotics & Intelligence (MVNI) division — and particularly…

RiNo Supply Pot Shop Armed Robbery: Shots Fired, Four Suspects Wanted

Last week, in reporting about a stabbing outside a Glenwood Springs medical marijuana dispensary, we noted that the large number of security cameras required by law at such businesses offers plenty of investigative clues to police officers. As such, committing crimes inside or outside of pot shops is very risky —…

See Stabbing Captured by Cameras at Medical Marijuana Dispensary

A word to the wise criminal: If you’re going to break the law, don’t do it anywhere near a medical marijuana dispensary. Under state law, dispensaries are required to install surveillance cameras — lots of them. Commit a crime inside or in the immediate vicinity outside and there’s a very…

Broad Daylight Shooting Possibly Gang-Related, Teen Hit Multiple Times

Earlier this year, numerous gang-related shootings took place in Denver, as well as in Aurora, raising concerns about violence levels throughout the metro area. And if such worries had ebbed in recent months, an incident yesterday afternoon has rekindled them. A teenager was hit multiple times during broad-daylight shooting in Aurora…

Laurie Teter Found Dead After Physical Fight With Boyfriend

Last week, 37-year-old Laurie Teter was reported missing. She disappeared after a fight with her boyfriend. During the intervening days, a vigorous search was conducted for her in Morgan County, where she lived. But now, in a development that echoes the grisly discovery of Maria Astorga’s body, which was dumped…

Larissa Tiffany-Schiess’s BF Admits Cutting Her Throat, Setting House on Fire

Back in February, we told you about the murder of Larissa Tiffany-Schiess, whose body was found after firefighters responded to a blaze at her Fountain home. Investigators quickly determined that the flames hadn’t killed Tiffany-Schiess and began investigating the case as a homicide. Her former boyfriend, Thomas Turley, was subsequently arrested and…

Update: Charles Porter III Busted for Dwayne Banks’s Murder

At first, the Tuesday, September 1 killing of Dwayne Banks, 33, on Grape Street seemed like one of those crimes that wasn’t going to get the attention it deserved, despite the deadly nature of the crime. But the Denver Police Department subsequently made it a priority, pushing out information about…

Dan Williams Could Get Four-Plus Years in Jail for Killing Bear Cubs

While the recent murders of people such as Jorge Lopez-Ramirez, a teenager gunned down in late July, and Dwayne Banks, killed this week on Grape Street, received only modest press attention, stories involving bears have prompted blanket coverage, as the multi-station live broadcast of the #BearLivesMatter capture last week demonstrates…

Pistol-Whipper at Auraria Light Rail Station Shot With His Own Gun

Back in 2013, three high-profile acts of violence at light-rail stations took place within a few months of each other, raising concern about the safety of riding the trains, especially at night. Since then, the situation has seemed to improve. However, an incident that took place last night at the Auraria…

Audra Moquist and Bro Busted in Murder of Her Ex-BF, Evan Graham

In June 2013, Fairplay’s Evan Graham disappeared — and since then, his sister, Alani Morrison, held out hope that he’d be found alive and safe. Late last month, those hopes were dashed when his buried remains were found. Now, Audra Moquist, his former girlfriend, and her brother, Jarrod Moquist, have…