Early Sunday morning, a man was killed at The Beach, a nightclub near Mile High Stadium, and friends are identifying him as Kevie Durham, better known to local hip-hop fans as KL Tha General; read a remembrance of him in our Backbeat blog. Here’s the latest about this crime and…
Three years ago, Colorado’s state prison system kept nearly 10 percent of its population held in solitary confinement, a rate that was about seven times the national average. That excessive use began to change under Department of Corrections executive director Tom Clements, until his 2013 murder by Evan Ebel, an…
How badly did Matthew Hickcox and friends allegedly want meth? Enough to rip a mailbox out of a sidewalk. That’s among the assertions about what prosecutors describe as an identity theft ring — and two members, including Matthew’s brother Robert, remain on the loose at this writing. Photos, details and…
The murder at Aurora’s Bronco Bar wasn’t the only example of gunfire in the metro area last night. Two people were also shot in Commerce City — and the individuals behind the triggers were Denver police officers. Continue for details about the incident, which flowed from a failed traffic stop…
What’s among the worst ways to convince a police officer you’re completely innocent of a hit-and-run crash? Trying to punch him in the face after admitting you’re a habitual drunk driver. That’s among the alleged reasons Gonzalez has now been charged with hitting and running in a violent weekend smash-up…
UPDATE 2: Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock says that he now believes Harold Henthorn may have murdered his first wife. In 1995, Lynn Henthorn died from injuries supposedly sustained when a car fell on her while she was changing the tire. Update 1: Last week, bond was rejected for Harold…
The death of Brandon Crawford, fifteen, offers yet another cautionary tale about guns. If the .22 caliber revolver hadn’t been present, reports suggest he’d still be alive. But the fellow fifteen-year-old who allegedly shot him to death told authorities he carried a weapon with him “for protection.” Photos and additional…
Update: The Aurora Police Department has announced that Jahvell Forrest, twenty, has been arrested on suspicion of shooting eleven-year-police veteran Ryan Burns on Friday night. And it’s not his first time in cuffs. Details below. See also: Rollin Oliver Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder in Slaying of Officer Celena Hollis…
The animal control officers who inspected Dennis Craven’s home wore hazmat suits, and no wonder. Judging by video shot inside (it’s on view below), his residence was as risky for people as it was lethal for cats. A total of 23 were located dead inside, including “three-and-a-half” found under a…
Ashley Fallis’s family never bought the story that she killed herself following a New Year’s Eve celebration three years ago — and their persistence has finally paid off. Her husband, former police officer Tom Fallis, has been arrested and charged with murdering her and then making it look like a…
USA Today set out to discover if the racially lopsided arrest statistics in Ferguson, Missouri, where unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer, were an anomaly. Sadly, no: A fascinating new report reveals a racial gap in arrest stats in many locations across the…
In May, we told you about the guilty verdict against Christopher Perea for the murder of his wife, Loretta Barela. We also noted the botched 911 response that marred the case — one that foreshadowed the April killing of Kristine Kirk, who was on the phone with an operator when…
Late last month, we updated you on a series of attacks on Fort Collins women, with eight of nine thought to have been committed by the same suspect. Now, Kelli Middleton has come forward with the story of her own attack, and she’s said to be convinced that the man…
Update: Last week, we told you about a fatal stabbing on Elm Street, with the suspected killer described as having known the victim; see our previous coverage below. That turns out to have been an understatement. The dead man has been identified as Jesse James Morrison, 23 — and the…
By law, police agencies are required to let people know about the presence of sexually violent predators in their communities. At present, Denver lists fourteen of them. Below, get more information about each Denverites categorized under this designation, including photos and official SVP notification forms, which contain plenty of additional…
Rachel Neiman, a Regis University student, took no part in a suspected street race that ended when another vehicle slammed into hers. She was an innocent victim, and in the wake of her death a week later, she’s being remembered as a promising and adventurous young woman whose life was…
Among 2012’s most heinous crime was the murder of 56-year-old Beverly Liggett, whose body was dismembered, allegedly by her son, Ari Misha Liggett. On Monday, a jury found Liggett guilty, and this afternoon, he’ll be sentenced for a slaying said to have been motivated by his discovery that Beverly had…
What were the biggest federal crimes associated with Denver? The FBI has shared a history of the Mile High City’s office, complete with vivid descriptions of busts going back more than half a century. Continue to see our photo-illustrated picks for the ten most memorable, arrayed in chronological order and…
As we’ve discussed in tragic stories such as Chris Bankert’s killing of high-school sweetheart Kacey Heberlein and himself late last month, police reassurances that the public isn’t at risk following the discovery of two or more violent deaths almost always translates to a murder-suicide scenario. However, there’s a strange twist…
Last year, we told you about the belated arrest of Markie Lee Peoples — “belated” because the kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl for which he’d been busted was committed in 1995. Now, Peoples has pleaded guilty for the crime, which is detailed below via photos, an arrest affidavit…
When security guards Christina Kolk and Cameron Rust heard the first gunshot, they headed toward the north hall of Arapahoe High School. Only moments earlier, a janitor had called them on the radio, saying something about a suspicious individual at the north entrance. Three more shots erupted in the next…
Lee Riddle taught German at Widefield High School in Colorado Springs. But he’s been sentenced to jail for other lessons — ones involving contact with the genitals of his male students, allegedly via “cup checks” that allowed him to discern the size of their penis. Continue for the bizarre details…
