Earlier this morning, the FBI announced the results of Operation Cross Country, a three-day, nationwide operation targeted victims of underage prostitution and the criminals profiting from it. According to the feds, 105 juveniles were recovered as a result of the effort, and 150 pimps were busted. Denver contributes to both…
We don’t usually think of TV news personalities as the sort of folks who shop for groceries just like the rest of us less telegenic people. But Dianne Derby, an anchor at Colorado Springs’ KKTV, isn’t above stopping by the local grocery store to pick up some grub. And she…
The Lakewood Police Department has issued an all-points bulletin for Nick Medina, a sexually violent predator who was released from prison last month and vanished a few weeks later. Turns out Medina isn’t the only sexually violent predator in Lakewood. There are seven others who are required by law to…
Update: Earlier this week, after Joseph and Lynell Hill pleaded guilty in the murder of five people at Fero’s Bar & Grill (see our previous coverage below), observers speculated that pressure was building on Dexter Lewis, also charged in the case, to make a deal as well. But that may…
Jaryd Tiff was only on this earth for 21 years, but during that short span, he made an impression that will be remembered for many decades to come. An indication of his impact: In March, a gathering in his honor drew hundreds of people. Tiff was killed that month in…
The improvements in computer animation are clearly trickling down to police forces. The Aurora Police Department is looking for a suspect in an alleged kidnapping attempt over the weekend. But rather than releasing an old-school illustration of the individual in question, the APD has created a computer-generated image that provides…
The Denver District Attorney’s Office has made cracking cold cases a special mission, and it just reached a significant benchmark. The arrest of Hector Bencomo-Hinojos for the 1981 slaying of Patricia Beard marks the 100th cold case the DA’s staff has heated up — and the specifics in this incident…
Jeffrey Johnston served the Littleton Police Department for 22 years, a span of time that suggests he was viewed as a steady, reliable law enforcer. The length of Johnston’s tenure only makes his recent arrest that much more shocking. Federal authorities took him into custody on suspicion of numerous drug-related…
If you had to choose an ideal place and time for street racing in the Denver metro area, would you pick Kipling just shy of 10 p.m. on a Saturday night? Most of those with an I.Q. over fifty probably would answer “no.” But a pair of drivers apparently decided…
Pro-gun advocates, including members of the NRA and the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners club, held a rally today at Cherry Creek State Park, near where a memorial ceremony was being held for the victims of Aurora theater shootings, on the eve of the first anniversary of those events. The memorial…
Back in April, we told the story of Aurora theater shooting survivor Carli Richards — whose victimization didn’t end when she escaped the Century 16. In the months after the shooting, Richards was harassed online by people who labeled her a liar, a publicity seeker and a pawn in a…
Dueling gun-related events — one condemning gun violence, the other condemning “big-city gun-grabbers” — are scheduled tomorrow in Colorado. The first is sponsored by Mayors Against Illegal Guns and will coincide with the anniversary of the Aurora theater shooting. The second “counter-rally” is being organized by the Rocky Mountain Gun…
The hearse carrying the remains of airman Shaquille Hargrove, who was shot dead on the streets of LoDo early Saturday morning, drove through Buckley Air Force Base this morning on its way to North Carolina, where Hargrove’s services will be held. It was sad moment for the staff at Buckley,…
A year ago, Megan Sullivan lost her older brother Alex in the Aurora theater shooting. Today, the 26-year-old is still healing — and has dedicated herself to helping others do the same through the non-profit Aurora Rise organization and a women’s support group she leads at the new Aurora Strong…
The Denver Police Department has released a sketch of the man suspected to have fatally shot Buckley Air Force airman Shaquille Hargrove during a street fight in LoDo over the weekend. Hargrove, 19, was killed early Saturday morning as clubs closed for the night and crowds gathered into the street…
A lot can happen in a year, and “in the interests of memorializing the efforts of survivors of gun violence who fought to win historic state reforms” over that time period, ProgressNow Colorado has released a timeline of the aftermath of the July 20 Aurora theater shooting, says the oganization’s…
This Saturday will mark one year since a gunman opened fire at the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora — a tragedy that took the lives of twelve people and left seventy more wounded. The city of Aurora will remember that day with a slate of events…
The man who was slain on the streets of LoDo early Saturday morning has been identified: He was nineteen-year-old Airman 1st Class Shaquille Hargrove, a satellite systems operator for the 2nd Space Warning Squadron based at Buckley Air Force base. “On behalf of myself and Team Buckley, I want to…
Robert White has made a lot of changes since he took over as chief of the Denver Police Department in January 2012. One of the biggest took effect yesterday, when the city’s new reprecincting plan was officially introduced. That plan, as well as many of the other moves that White…
We’ve grown accustomed to hearing about cold cases that heat up due to DNA hits, such as the arrest and April sentencing of Dominique Huntington for a 2008 double rape. But such evidence isn’t always the key. Take the case of Francisco Rojas Carbajal, who reportedly confessed to strangling Julia…
Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner has released its roster of homicides for 2013 through June, which tops out at 22. And while this rate is pretty similar to those from past years (there were forty Denver homicides in 2012), the violence that ended the lives of people like Nathan…
In previous filings, attorneys for James Holmes, accused in last July’s Aurora theater shooting, have implied strongly that he was the gunman in the murder of twelve people and the wounding of dozens more. Now, however, a passage in a newly released document on view below makes an explicit statement…
