What’s creepier than a sex offender groping an unsuspecting woman who’s legally blind? A sex offender groping an unsuspecting woman who’s legally blind in front of her three-year-old son. The crime, for which James Rodgers was sentenced this week, is detailed in an arrest affidavit on view below…
No, it’s not surprising that someone would create a mask of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes just in time for Halloween — not given the continuing fascination with the man at the center of various James Holmes is Innocent Facebook pages. But the item itself, seen from two angles…
Last week, we reported about the arrest of Dennis Esquibel in the tragic hit and run that killed Laura McDermott. Shortly thereafter, Esquibel’s mother claimed he wasn’t actually driving at the time of the collision, while the police insisted otherwise. A copy of Esquibel’s probable cause statement obtained after he…
Releasing a second mug shot of accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes violated the case’s gag order, Holmes’s attorneys argue in a new motion. A judge has granted their request for a hearing to investigate. The mug shot was “leaked to the media” on September 20, Holmes’s attorneys say –…
In their first group message focused on gun policy, family members of those who died in the Aurora theater shooting have come together to urge presidential debate moderator Jim Lehrer to press Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on the topic of firearms violence when the candidates face off in Denver…
On Friday, July 20, the day authorities say James Holmes opened fire during a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, John Resig posted a note theCHIVE.com, the wildly popular photo website he founded with his brother. “If any of the victims or family members of victims are Chivers (or…
Stephen Barton, 22, never thought his future would include gun-policy work. A recent graduate of Syracuse University, Barton was planning on moving to Russia to teach English on a Fulbright Scholarship this September. That all changed when he was shot in the face on July 20 in the Aurora theater…
Update: Last week, we posted about the decision by Cinemark, owner of the Aurora Century 16, to reopen the theater where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people and injured 58 this past July; see our previous coverage below. Now, we’ve learned more details about the Facebook survey that showed the…
Billy Joe Delacey is a U.S. Army veteran who had two war-zone deployments. But this service to his country didn’t prevent him from being indicted in relation to a brutal crime — the fatal Mesa County beating of a male escort he’s said to have met on Craigslist. See the…
A specialty of our Alan Prendergast is bringing vintage crime stories to life, as he did with his September feature “The Happiest Man on Death Row.” His look at 1920s-era Denver district attorney Phil Van Cise, “Scourge of the Underworld,” is in this tradition — and for that 2008 tale,…
A motion made public today in the James Holmes case references “the notebook and the burnt currency” when discussing whether a package sent to a psychiatrist who was seeing Holmes should be subject to doctor-patient privilege. Much of the document is redacted, including the psychiatrist’s name, though she’s been identified…
Update below: Law enforcement investigated motions filed by someone impersonating a victim in the James Holmes case, prosecutors say in one of 57 documents made public. As Westword previously reported, at least one of those motions is truly bizarre, claiming that Holmes is being “framed by Philip Anschutz, police chief…
This morning, the court released more than fifty documents in the James Holmes case that had previously been kept from public view — dating all the way back to Holmes’s application for a public defender on July 20, the day prosecutors say Holmes shot and killed twelve people and injured…
Update: An arrest has been made in the horrific hit and run that killed Laura McDermott over the weekend: Dennis Esquibel, 25, has been charged with the crime. But it’s not that simple. He was reportedly joined in the car that caused the fatal crash by two other people –…
A recent push by state prison officials to crack down on the sexual content of inmates’ mail has greatly expanded the range of books and magazines intercepted by prison censors, including such staid fare as Rolling Stone and Men’s Health. The move has also prompted complaints from inmates’ loved ones…
In June, Mayor Michael Hancock fired his aide and close friend Wayne McDonald amid “serious allegations of misconduct” — which became a major distraction at a press conference on the city’s structural budget gap. Now, McDonald intends to sue the city and has filed a complaint with the city’s Board…
Regan Benson is a supporter of Mitt Romney, but she’s not a big fan of the law enforcement officials in charge at the candidate’s recent Colorado rally. Benson says that when she was trying to get to her car after the Sunday night campaign event ended, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s…
Within days of the Aurora theater shooting, announcements were made about possible lawsuits over the horrific attack, in which James Holmes is accused of killing twelve people and injuring 58. Now, however, two suits have been filed against the theater’s owner by a total of three surviving victims. The documents,…
During his recent arrest in Boulder, Benjamin Szycher insisted that he was being fitted for cuffs in violation of his First Amendment rights; get details from the vivid police report on view below. And he certainly used his speech freely during a bizarre incident that allegedly included him punching a…
Last month, Crocs co-founder George Boedecker was busted for DUI despite — or perhaps because of — his alleged claim that a “batshit crazy” Taylor Swift had actually been behind the wheel. No telling if he’ll repeat this assertion if the case goes to trial — but for now, he’s…
The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office didn’t get a jury to agree with every charge leveled against Victor Sanders, who was accused of pimping and abusing a teenage girl — and that’s an apparent source of frustration. But jurors signed on to enough of them to earn the 26 year…
The alleged rape in a Denver International Airport concourse of a young woman scheduled to interview for a job at a convent was among the most shocking stories of last year — and now it appears to have a resolution. A jury has convicted Noel Bertrand of the crime, rejecting…
