Jordan Ellis was only seventeen when he caused the death of Christopher Harmon, a man he didn’t know who was simply strolling toward a Walmart at the time. And while he was in a car with older men at the time of this drive-by shooting, and one of them –…
If we misplace a phone, we know there’s a mighty good chance that whoever finds it will take an opportunity to snoop — with the best intentions, no doubt! And most of us don’t store anything that embarrassing, let alone objectionable. Roy Dunn isn’t most of us, though, as evidenced…
One of the most shocking incidents of May 2011 involved the wrong-way crash that killed Lilly Duncan, a 31-year-old Colorado Springs mom, leaving her daughter Dyrah, then twelve, without a living parent. Victoria Barry was arrested for the crime — and while her conviction on most of the counts against…
Last November, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced an investigation based on allegations that Kirsten Hamling had diverted funds raised by the Colorado Firefighters Calendar, one of the city’s highest profile charity endeavors. Now, six-plus months later, that inquiry has led to multiple theft and fraud counts against Hamling, supported…
Remember Richard Reid, the so-called Shoe Bomber, who’s among the ten most infamous prisoners in Colorado’s supermax prison? Well, now we have a Shoe Cameraman — not that Joshua Vohs took photos of shoes. Instead, he used the device to snap images up women’s skirts. No, we’re not making this…
Did a dispute over a will left by Margaret Decker, seen here, lead to a double murder and a suicide involving members of her family? That’s the working theory of La Plata County authorities looking into the deaths of Billie Decker, Robert “Duke” Decker and Wiilliam Klatt Decker, with William…
The Commerce City Police Department originally described the discovery of two bodies on East 52nd Avenue as “suspicious.” But they were clearly more than that. At this writing, a homicide investigation is underway…
The search is (still) on for Denver’s second-ever independent monitor. After Richard Rosenthal accepted a similar position in British Columbia late last year, Mayor Michael Hancock’s office convened a committee to search for his successor. By April, it had whittled the results down to three names: Eddie Aubrey, Julie Ruhlin…
Boulder is Colorado’s HQ for unusual crimes, be it the yoga instructor who ran a chihuahua outside her moving car or the recent CU grad shot after drunkenly entering the wrong house. But even so, there’s something special about Derek Thor Apodaca, who’s accused of dancing so enthusiastically that passersby…
Earlier today, we told you about the discovery of remains identified as Torrey Brown Jr., a seven month old whose body was allegedly thrown away by his mother, Sharrieckia Page; see original coverage below. The death of this child is undeniably terrible, but the story of the search for his…
Update: The Denver Police Department has now released a mug shot of Andrew Simpson, the man accused in the brutal hit and run that ended the life of DU student Masoud Bahramisasharif — one that may have been preceded by a trip to a bar and a quest to buy…
Yesterday, Sterling’s Juanita Kinzie was sentenced to 32 years behind bars for killing her three-year-old son, Caleb Pacheco. She’ll be eligible for parole in 24 years. The punishment was mandated by a plea agreement, but the judge in the case expressed dissatisfaction with its length given the terrible circumstances of…
Last year’s yoga-centric Hanuman Festival in Boulder became known for a lot more than downward-facing dog thanks to Luke Chrisco, who a female attendee spotted hiding in a porta-potty’s tank seconds before she had planned to make it rain, so to speak. This weekend’s fest shouldn’t suffer similar problems, and…
The Denver District Attorney’s Office has formally charged Denzel Richardson and Marquise Davis in the shocking, daylight gundown of four people in Five Points, with Justin O’Donnell and Deon Rudd dying from their wounds. At this point, though, DA’s office reps are keeping the info that led to the targeting…
The eleventh homicide of 2012 in Colorado Springs is an extremely sordid tale. The victim: James Bidgood, a local homeless man. The accused: James Henry Bratt, a 36-year-old with a noteworthy criminal record. The ingredients: domestic violence, an ankle monitor, meth and more. A lot more…
With Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, already approved for the November ballot, and other initiatives aiming for it, media stories related to cannabis are being read closer than ever for political subtext. That’s definitely the case with a 9News report about rising medical marijuana crime statistics –…
Those of us who’ve had a car towed often gripe about the high cost required to get it back. But what if you had to buy it one piece at a time? That’s the scenario presented by allegations against Charles and Michelle Wrenfrow, who allegedly turned their Adams County tow…
The meeting began with a prayer. Eight hours later, it ended with Sharletta Evans feeling that she’d found much of what she’d been seeking from a face-to-face encounter with Raymond Johnson, one of the people responsible for the killing of her three-year-old son Casson seventeen years ago. She would later…
Like Carmen Tisch, sentenced to mental health probation for rubbing her butt on, and urinating near, a $30 million Clyfford Still painting, Taylor Mathis didn’t immediately earn jail time for one of the most notorious offenses in recent months. That’s more surprising in Mathis’s case, though, since she badly injured…
It was one of the most bizarre stories of late 2011: The arrest of Carmen Tisch for rubbing her butt on, and urinating near, a Clyfford Still painting whose value was estimated in a police report on view below at $60 million — although that figure was subsequently revised downward…
In decrying the resources wasted in a failed prosecution of medical marijuana caregiver Josh Jones (a total he estimated at over $100,000), attorney Rob Corry suggested that law enforcers focus on meth rather than weed. Little did he know that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Colorado and the Organized Crime…
Update: Yesterday, the Englewood Police Department released details about the funeral service for Officer Jeremy Bitner, whose death in a crash involving alleged drunk driver Conner Donohue has stirred plenty of passions throughout the metro area; see our coverage below. Now, however, the EPD is announcing that the memorial services…
