Identity theft is great for collecting stuff. But what’s the best way to convert it to cash? Teresa Porter and her four helpers, who needed to cover daily living expenses and a meth habit, figured out an efficient formula involving jewelry stores and pawn shops…
Lazarus Pino was once a medical marijuana rebel fighting against a move to shut down his dispensary. Now, however, he’s accused of being a common (or maybe uncommon) goon. Along with members of his family, including his mom, Pino has been charged with beating, torturing and shooting at a man…
It’s no surprise that parking enforcement officers don’t like being called meter maids — especially the male ones. But Eric Madril’s feelings about this label apparently went beyond displeasure to revenge. He and a fellow officer, John Culhane, have been convicted of getting even with one person Madril ticketed by…
In August, prosecutors and defense attorneys crafted a deal to sentence the thirteen-year-old Burlington boy who killed parents Charles and Marilyn Long and wounded two siblings as a juvenile. Why? Questions were answered yesterday at a hearing finalizing the pact, at which the boy was portrayed as an emotionally immature…
Do medical marijuana dispensaries make neighborhoods safer? That’s the conclusion of a study by the RAND Corporation, which counters the widespread perception that MMJ businesses attract crime…
The Denver District Attorney’s Office has formally charged Muriel Keer with child abuse resulting in death after the drowning of her ten-month-old son. The statement of probable cause in the case, on view below, provides even more details about the horrific incident…
Grief doesn’t respect demographic boundaries, and the devastating impact of a homicide in the family can be found in all walks of life. On Monday, a coalition of victim groups gathered outside the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse downtown to remember lost loved ones and listen to a keynote speech by Denver Mayor…
Alexander Davison, twenty, represents a virtual case study of an indecent exposure addict — and he appears to have gotten hooked fast. He spent around two weeks showing off his junk to an estimated sixty or seventy women on a bike path near his home and then pleasuring himself afterward…
Jason Bomsta, 34, has been sentenced to 54 years in jail for last year’s brutal killing of forty-year-old Duane Maasch, whose body was found stuffed in a plastic toy bin. The reported reason for the slaying? A $100 drug debt…
Update: The latest legal journey of Travis Forbes, the man charged with killing Kenia Monge earlier this month, was blessedly brief. This afternoon, Forbes pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the case and will spend the rest of his life in jail without the possibility of parole…
Today, 37-year-old Stefanie Dickinson is expected to step down from her position as treasurer for the Ellicott District 22 Board of Education. Why? Might have something to do with her arrest for allegedly sexting a fourteen-year-old boy…
For a school photo, a certain Jefferson County eighth-grader wore a cheerleading shirt. But right now, neither she nor her family has anything to cheer about. The thirteen-year-old is currently in custody, accused of trying to kill the other six members of her family by burning down their home –…
Update by Michael Roberts: Muriel Keer, the 39-year-old mom (and alleged drug abuser) being investigated for child abuse resulting in death, was prostrate with grief after emergency personnel couldn’t revive her nine-month-old baby, found lifeless in a bathtub. But while the boy breathed his last, police say she was tapping…
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, joined by the Denver Police Department and other law-enforcement agencies, have apparently been working overtime. The U.S. Attorneys Office has revealed that sixteen people in the metro area have been arrested on various drug and/or gun charges in the past 72 hours…
Lobbyist Ronald Smith has rubbed shoulders with plenty of important politicos, including Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper — but he could soon find himself keeping company with a more captive crowd. He faces nearly two decades in stir after being found guilty of bizarre retribution against his ex-wife, including putting raw…
Update: Yesterday, we speculated that the Lakewood Police Department had a pretty good idea regarding suspects in the slaying of Juan Carlos — and that proved to be the case. The LPD has issued arrest warrants for two men: Justin Martinez and Mark Sepulveda, who goes by the nickname “Blizzo.”…
Cooper the chihuahua undoubtedly has many fine qualities, but long legs and an ability to run at great speed aren’t among them. Which helps explain why yoga instructor and acupuncturist Joan Zalk has been charged with animal cruelty — for walking Cooper while driving her car…
The maximum sentence to which Norma Vera-Nolasco could be sentenced for the hit-and-run death of valet Jose Medina was twelve years — and twelve years is what she got. Why? Likely because she was so drunk at the time of the crash she didn’t even remember it happening, as well…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the woman who was shot and killed near the Denver Rescue Mission early Saturday morning as Katrishay Quarles, eighteen. Cause of death: a gunshot wound to the thorax. Police are still searching for a suspect or suspects in the case. Look below to…
Update below: This weekend was a bloody one in downtown Denver. Early Saturday morning, a woman was slain near the Denver Rescue Mission. Then, just over 24 hours later, Marquez Jones, 24, was shot in the vicinity of 8th and Lincoln — and the Denver coroner’s office has just confirmed…
Robert Young and Mark Rubinson face charges for allegedly reenacting Weekend at Bernie’s with the body of Young’s pal — but at least they provided a punchline for Shotgun Willie’s, which commemorated its part in the bizarre tale with the offer on the sign in the photo above…
A jury has found Robert Walters, 25, guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Brittney Brashers, in November 2009 by beating her to death. The jury found him not guilty, however, of soliciting the murder of his then-wife, Elena Walters, whom he was cheating on with Brashers. Prosecutors had alleged that Walters…
