What began as a welfare check at a residence on Java Court has now become a homicide inquiry. Thus far, however, the Denver Police Department is keeping the vast majority of details hush-hush. See also: Rapist Tony Dotson Guilty in Murder-For-Hire Bid Against Victim…and Sister Is Still Missing…
Over the past eight years or so, Tony Dotson has been in the public eye for vastly different reasons: first as the heartsick sibling whose sister had vanished without a trace, then as a man accused and later convicted of acquaintance rape, and now as the newly convicted perpetrator of…
Last year, we told you about the charging of Harold Henthorn in the death of his second wife, Dr. Toni Henthorn, who perished after a fall in Rocky Mountain National Park, as well as dark suspicions that the supposed mishap that killed his first wife, Lynn Henthorn, had actually been…
No matter how carefully adults secure their meds, a motivated teen can often get to them. An example, according to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, is a thirteen-year-old who has now been busted twice for giving away powerful pills, including Oxycodone, at Western Slope schools after reportedly finding the combination…
If the allegations pressed by the Denver District Attorney’s Office are accurate, Yesenia Cardoza wasn’t just endangering the motoring public when she hit the road while more than twice the legal limit for intoxication. She was also risking the life of her own two-year-old daughter, who was in the car…
In January 2013, we published a post whose headline began with the words “Lance Armstrong Is a Liar.” But in regard to an Aspen car crash that’s turned into the latest public embarrassment for the multiple-time Tour de France victor and belatedly admitted cheater, he’s not the person who told…
Sometimes, serious crimes immediately attract a great deal of attention. On other occasions, they largely slip through the cracks. That’s what happened with the weekend discovery of 36-year-old Angela Howard’s bullet-riddled body in her Loveland home. But that’s likely to change, now that another corpse — that of Russell Woolman,…
In a post about the death of Jessie Hernandez, seventeen, who was killed by cops while she was behind the wheel of a stolen car, we noted that it’s been more than two decades since the Denver District Attorney’s Office has prosecuted a police officer for a shooting that took…
The story of Kristen Braig, charged with neglect after her three-year-old daughter, Lileigh Kellenaers, died in a fire that broke out when Braig was only about 200 feet away, is among the most tragic stories we reported in January — and it also produced two of the month’s indelible images…
National Day of Johns Arrests is a bit of a misnomer. Rather than limiting their activities to a 24-hour period, law enforcers set aside the period between January 15 to February 1 to target johns — clients of prostitutes. A total of 37 agencies reportedly participated nationwide, including the Denver…
In recent years, the Denver District Attorney’s Office has put an emphasis on closing cold cases. Now, the office has announced that it’s solved the brutal 1997 slaying of Surle Goldfogel, 67, and while the family has expressed gratitude, the resolution isn’t complete. Jonathan Clinton, a heroin addict said to…
As a reality TV star (she’s currently appearing on the program Marriage Boot Camp), Colorado-born Heidi Montag makes her living by sharing her private life with the public. But thus far, she hasn’t directly commented on the arrest of her father, William Montag, in Aspen on charges that include aggravated…
They were the most notorious yet least-seen artifacts from one of the worst school shootings in American history — roughly four hours of home videos made by two teenage killers-to-be, shot in the last weeks of their lives and offering glimpses into the methods and motives behind the 1999 attack…
The Denver Police Department has released crime statistics for 2014, and in comparison with the numbers from 2013, the news is mixed. Many of the most serious crimes have gone down, but plenty of others have increased in frequency — sometimes by a little, sometimes by a lot. Continue to…
These are not the best of times for the criminal justice system in Trinidad. The city and two of its police detectives are being sued by the ACLU of Colorado, which claims the detectives fabricated and misrepresented evidence in a 2013 drug investigation that led to the arrests of forty…
Sons of Anarchy fans will recognize the scenario: motorcycle club members who make their money by dealing drugs and weapons. But the Colorado Attorney General’s Office maintains that the activities of several local Bandidos Motorcycle Club members weren’t the stuff of Hollywood fiction. Hence an indictment for alleged meth trafficking…
Update: Developments continue to collect in the case of Jessie Hernandez, a seventeen-year-old killed by Denver police officers while she was in a stolen car; see our previous coverage below. Another protest took place, this time at a police station, even as information surfaced about Hernandez’s previous run-ins with the…
Update below: Did Colorado Springs landlord John Lorenz text a photo of pointed gun to a man living at his place — and then use the weapon to kill him later in the day? That’s among the assertions in a police report naming Lorenz, who’s currently in custody on suspicion…
Editor’s note: To read an update about the Jessie Hernandez shooting, including information about a witness who says officers fired before one was struck by the car she was driving, click here. Original post, 5:44 a.m. January 27: Yesterday, Denver police officers shot and killed the driver of a car…
In recent years, Kansas has accused Coloradans of trafficking marijuana in that state on a regular basis — and its attorney general is reportedly still considering the possibility of joining a lawsuit against Colorado over the pot laws here, as filed by AGs in Nebraska and Oklahoma. Amid this tension,…
The Denver Nuggets’ latest lost season just got a little more embarrassing. Ty Lawson, the alleged leader of the team, was busted for DUI (again), causing him to miss one game the team should have won — and he also missed a shot in his return to the lineup last…
Juggalos — fans of the group Insane Clown Posse — have long decried attempts to portray them as violent. But amid their ongoing efforts to establish a new reputation, self-described Juggalo Nicholas Damon is on the run, wanted for a slew of felonies, including assaulting a police officer. Photos and…
