Update: Rich Audsley, speaking for the 7/20 Recovery Committee, has released a statement responding to criticism from families of Aurora theater shooting victims. It’s included after our original coverage. Tom Teves, the father of Aurora theater shooting victim Alex Teves, lambasted the way Giving First, a program of the Community…
German Medina is gone. At this writing, no one knows where the undocumented immigrant is, but he’s definitely wanted…by the Aurora Police Department and the 17th Judicial District DA’s office, which has charged Medina in absentia with first-degree murder of his girlfriend, Bertha Garcia. And the background circumstances are disturbing…
Earlier this month, Christopher Garduno, 38, was found murdered outside Village By the Park Apartments in Northglenn. Now, the Northglenn Police Department has made an arrest in the case, jailing Demetrius Trujillo, 35, on a first-degree-murder warrant. Thus far, though, details are scarce…
In August, family members of eleven victims killed in the Aurora theater shooting came together for a joint press conference to express their concern that millions of dollars donated in their loved ones’ names were not reaching them. Three weeks and three meetings later, some of them say they still…
Last week, we told you about a bizarre court filing in the Aurora theater shooting case — one that blamed the incident on a police chief and the Illuminati, among others. Shortly thereafter, Reddit user FreedomsTorch set out to unmask the prankster behind the document. He concludes the culprit is…
Better late than never. Our roundup of this past month’s most memorable mug shots includes two Denver Broncos, a CEO, a high school grad turned media star and all manner of people accused or convicted of crimes ranging from the strange to the heinous. Check out the entire collection below,…
On Saturday, the wall on Zachary Sare’s Facebook page began filling up with best wishes for his 24th birthday. Shortly thereafter, however, the posts took on a tragic character. That’s because Sare was killed that evening in an incident that’s being investigated as a homicide…
Rickey Servine, Jr. has been charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment for “violently and aggressively” assaulting a female client of Rocky Mountain Offender Management Systems in Aurora, according to Officer Frank Fania, spokesman for the Aurora police. Servine, 35, worked for the company, known as RMOMS — which provides…
What could have fueled 21-year-old bicyclist Taylor Rose’s behavior when he allegedly pulled a knife on a truck driver? According to the police report on view below, Boulder cops had a number of substances from which to choose: the booze said to be on his breath, the pot in his…
In May, we shared a post featuring personal stories of victims in ten unsolved Denver murders, with the information provided by Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons, an organization devoted to making sure no case or loved one is forgotten. Unfortunately, there are many more tragic events of this…
These days, lotsa people don’t believe something has happened unless they’ve posted about it on Facebook. But Taveuan Williams is said to have taken such feelings to an extreme, when he reportedly Facebooked a photo while at the center of a six-hour hostage drama at an East Colfax RadioShack, along…
Even those of us who buy and use recycled items tend to draw the line at sex toys — because we may not know where they’ve been, but we can guess. Does that make Charles Bush an environmentalist? Not to the Greeley Police Department, which arrested him on the shmucky…
Earlier, we introduced you to the James Holmes is Innocent Facebook group, whose members say they’re uninterested in wild conspiracy theories — like, for example, the assertions in the strangest Aurora theater shooting document to date. The motion, made public yesterday and on view below, deals with claims allegedly (but…
In June, we shared the story of alleged fake firefighter Michael Maher, who managed to pose with Governor John Hickenlooper amid the ultra-destructive High Park Fire; see photos below. Now, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office has released a huge incident report on the case, containing lots of oddball details –…
Seven weeks to the day since the Aurora theater shooting, the sort of James Holmes tribute pages that popped up in the immediate aftermath of the massacre are showing unexpected staying power on Facebook. Most (like this one) are mainly about shock value. But the largest Facebook group we’ve found…
While some professors are not happy with a policy change that allows students with concealed-carry permits at CU-Boulder to bring guns into their classes, one gun-rights organization has an opposite concern. The most unsafe place on campus, according to Students for Concealed Carry, is the one place where guns are…
The website for Colorado Springs’ Discreet Treats notes that its two locations aren’t typical medical marijuana centers, since both have professional-grade kitchens that cook up edibles ranging from Buddha Brownies to take-and-bake MMJ pizza. It’s an enticing combination that apparently prompted a break-in early this morning that a shop rep…
Update: Earlier today, we told you about the arrest of Samuel Maldonado-Tapia for allegedly starting a fire in a Broomfield Walmart; see our original coverage below. We noted in that post that we’d reached out to the Broomfield Police Department for more information, and the BPD has just responded with…
The 18th Judicial District has made public another document in the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case — a so-called register of actions for the past week. And it contains some intriguing revelations. Among them: word of a motion in which Holmes’s attorneys accuse prosecutors of reckless disregard for the truth…
Most of the lengthy hearing yesterday in the James Holmes case focused on whether the prosecution will have access to a package the suspect allegedly sent to psychiatrist Lynne Fenton before the July 20th shooting at an Aurora movie theater. But one quick exchange between Fenton and the defense raised…
Update: The three-and-a-half hour hearing in the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case is over — with no conclusion on a key issue of whether the prosecutors will have access to a package the suspect sent to his psychiatrist, Dr. Lynne Fenton, who was questioned at length today for the first…
A mother in Longmont recently had a simple request for local police: Arrest my twelve-year-old daughter. This action was reportedly taken to send a message to the girl, who allegedly committed assault, although her mom had no obvious physical injuries. How often are cops asked to make such deliveries?…
