Words commonly used to describe mug shots include “menacing,” “pathetic,” “disturbing” and “hilarious” — but usually not “sexy.” So congrats, Dustin Winesberry. The seductive, come-hither mug shot taken of you yesterday at Boulder County Jail looks like the cover of a ’70s-era album — say, Dustin Winesberry Gets Next to…
The drama continues around Operation Fortune Cookie, the largest weed bust in state history, which imploded amid accusations of snitching cops, paid-off politicians and bureaucratic retribution. Last week, the drug investigation’s main suspect, politically connected restaurateur Dan Tang, received eighteen months in prison for a single money laundering charge he…
The Denver Coroner’s Office has released information on homicides in the city during the final quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010 — January through March. And while there certainly has been no shortage of bloodshed during our current year, the end of last year was worse. The…
Update, 4 p.m.: The Aurora Police Department has released more information about the arrest of Steven Johnston. The details are included below the original item. Earlier this week, we told you about a double homicide at the Sommerset Gardens Apartments in Aurora, with the victims later being identified as Jarrel…
Jamie Paulin-Ramirez of Leadville may already have earned her own Kenny Be spotlight comic. But until today, she hadn’t been formally charged with wrongdoing in relation to an alleged terrorist plot to slay a Swedish cartoonist. Now, however, Paulin-Ramirez has joined Colleen R. LaRose, known as both “Fatima LaRose” and…
Don’t know what a guy expected yesterday when he responded to a text message from a woman he’d just met inviting him to come over. Maybe a friendly conversation — or a glass of white wine — or a booty call straight out of a hip-hop video. Instead, what he…
The Parker Police Department’s announcement that it had arrested Michael R. Frazier, 47, in an Internet sex sting isn’t particularly out of the ordinary — except for the final paragraph. “Attached is a mug shot of Frazier and we ask the media that if you run the story on air…
So… you and your pals are slinging marijuana and cocaine, and you’re scheduled to make an exchange with a buyer. What do you bring with you? The product? Check. A gun? Check. Anything else? Oh yeah: A fourteen-month-old girl. That’s the allegation made against four Colorado Springs men in regard…
Earlier this week, we told you about a double homicide near the Sommerset Garden Apartments in Aurora. The victims have now been identified: Jarrel Jordan Rivers, eighteen, and Paul Maurice Chatman, 28. However, the two suspects who were grabbed shortly after the police arrived on scene are no longer in…
This afternoon, Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel sentenced prominent Thornton restaurant owner Dan Tang to eighteen months in prison for his part in the largest marijuana bust in state history — more than the probation requested by his lawyers, but considerably less than the seventy to 87 months…
Today at 9:30 a.m., Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel began the sentencing hearing for Dan Tang, the last person charged as part of Operation Fortune Cookie, the largest marijuana bust in state history. Law enforcement believed Tang, a prominent Thornton restaurateur who’s served mayors, governors and former President…
Update, 3:20 p.m.: Two arrests have been made in this case, with a third suspect sought. Photos of the eighteen-year-old suspects, plus more information from the Lakewood Police Department, are on view after the original item, published at 11:20 a.m. Grudges against colleges, high schools and even middle schools aren’t…
Early this morning, members of the Northglenn Police Department were called to the 11600 block of Grant Street. They soon came upon blood. A lot of it. The NPD says a male adult and a male juvenile were found stabbed nearby; they’ve been transported to Denver Health. So, too, was…
Another day, another cold case belatedly moved forward by DNA. Yesterday, we told you about Kevin LeWayne McKinney, who’s been charged in the 1998 murder of Diane Caldwell. Today, it’s Roderick Elias, formally accused of murdering 22-year-old Kristen Kay Swanson in 1980 — so long ago that she’d waitressed at…
Update, 4:16 p.m., March 30: The Thornton Police Department has now formally identified Liberty Ledezma as the victim in the Star Point condo complex fire. See the TPD release after the original item, published on March 29. Authorities have not yet confirmed the identity of the young woman who died…
“That Fireman Who Wants Your Drugs May Not Be a Fireman,” published back in February, noted that drugs had been stolen from ambulances at two Westminster fire stations, along with uniforms. Similar burglaries were reported at another eight metro-area stations. This crime wave was hot — but Westminster Police think…
Duel, Steven Spielberg’s 1971 feature-length directorial debut about a crazed trucker on a smash-and-trash spree, is well worth seeing — but residents of a Longmont neighborhood should probably wait a while before checking it out. After all, many of them just witnessed a version of it live. David Kent, a…
While the Aurora Police Department still has plenty of work to do regarding a double shooting yesterday at the Sommerset Gardens Apartments, the APD appears to have finally cleared a previously unsolved crime from its books. Diane Caldwell, 47, was found murdered in a field in November 1998 — but…
Jacob Joseph Medina has several distinguishing marks…Update, 6:50 a.m.:The Denver Police Department reports that Jacob Joseph Medina was captured without incident at approximately 4 p.m. yesterday at a business in northwest Denver. Look below to read our original item about the search for Medina, published on March 26. The Denver…
Deadly gunplay erupted in a parking lot near the Sommerset Gardens Apartments in Aurora yesterday. The result: two people dead and two in custody. No members of this quartet have been identified to date. Early reports suggested that the Aurora Police Department was looking for a third suspect, but that’s…
Last November, we told you about shootings at Club Posh following a Halloween-night bash. Several days later, John Singleton died of his injuries. Singleton’s murder didn’t get much media attention beyond initial incident reports and our blog featuring memories about him shared by his wife, Maria Singleton-McGaughy. But the case…
On Friday, Corporate Accountability International called for McDonald’s to dump Ronald McDonald as its mascot, arguing that he’s a negative factor when it comes to addressing childhood obesity. Cut to early Sunday morning, when the Colorado Springs Police Department reports that two women were robbed at a local Burger King…
