The Facebook page for Lakewood’s Cody Charlton features a single like: Big Brother, a TV show in which bad things often happen to people confined in a house. Which is appropriate given that he’s just been sentenced for improperly touching at least ten kids at the home where his mother…
The most shameful date in the history of Colorado’s death penalty is January 6, 1939 — the day the state executed a bewildered 23-year-old man with an IQ of 46, a man who was innocent in just about every sense of the word His name was Joe Arridy. And three-quarters…
Paul Staffin, 67, appears to have conformed to pretty much every known stereotype about older homeowners when he allegedly pointed a pellet gun at a kid who’d strayed onto his lawn. But the story spelled out in a Boulder Police Department report on view below subsequently took a weird turn…
Back in January, prosecutors said they wanted Hyung Kyo Chung and Shannon Jeffrey to spend time in jail after being convicted of animal cruelty for mistreating their puppy, Bailey. In the end, though, the couple earned probation even though the dog suffered two bone breaks within his first six months…
Leroy Wright, 55, has been identified as the victim of a shooting that appears to have taken place this past Friday on the 2100 block of Franklin Street. At this point, the Denver Police Department isn’t offering any information about possible suspects, or much of anything else…
Why has Justin Bieber’s name surfaced amid allegations of domestic violence against Denver Police officer Michael Nuanes? Because Nuanes accuses his girlfriend of injuring him by hurling a Bieber doll at him. The girlfriend, for her part, says Nuanes did considerably more damage. With his fists…
Just in case you’re thinking of taking one of your dead buddies out on the town, consider the cautionary tale of Robert Young and Mark Rubinson. True, they didn’t get jail time: They’ve been sentenced to probation. But the additional punishments, not to mention the ignominious attention they earned for…
At this writing, a search of the Boulder Daily Camera website for the name Ronnie Darnell doesn’t score a hit. But Darnell, who until recently delivered the Daily Camera, is making news elsewhere — for allegedly exposing himself while dropping off papers. Oh yeah: He’s apparently done this kind of…
Erick Perez’s sentencing this week for second degree assault and unlawful sexual conduct brings to a close the prosecution of a highly unusual case that led to the conviction of five other young men — some of them teenagers when the crime was committed. It started with a party. And…
We’ve known since 2010 that the senseless slaying of sixteen-year-old Alicia Martinez was allegedly followed by a horrific attempt at body disposal by accused killer Edward Timothy Romero. But the info emerging from the trial of Francesca Pagliasotti, charged with helping to cover up the crime, is even more loathsome…
Tomorrow morning, James Craig Bird is slated to be sentenced after pleading guilty to pattern child sexual assault by a person in a position of trust. His court appearance marks a remarkable turn of events for a man who created a website and a video (see it below) to proclaim…
Update below: The Denver District Attorney’s Office has announced that it’s solved four cold cases: the murders of a quartet of women between 1979 and 1988. The slayer: Vincent Groves, who may be the most prolific serial killer in the state’s history…
At least one of Dennis Foust’s neighbors sees him as a loving and caring son who went to extremes to care for his elderly mother. But the Colorado Springs Police Department thinks otherwise — maybe because the woman, age 86, was found lying on the floor in her own filth…
David Tarver has admittedly been molesting children — most prominently his own — since the late 1980s, at least. Fortunately, that will stop, thanks to a just-imposed sentence of 88 years to life in prison. But no doubt the horrible offenses detailed in the arrest affidavit will linger for a…
A plastic patio wall doesn’t seem capable of containing anyone who really wants to tear through it — especially someone with a knife. But what if there’s a fence on the other side? That’s the situation in which Robert Engles found himself after allegedly deciding he’d rather split than pay…
When does an armed robbery earn a gunman 224 years in prison? When the person who committed the crime not only tried to take a shot at a cop, but is subsequently deemed a habitual criminal, thereby multiplying the sentence in a big way. Which is precisely what happened to…
The criminal complaint against Paul dos Santos Silva, Jr., a Brazilian national, is among the most repulsive documents of its kind you’ll ever read. Why? It features extended online conversations in which he shares his desires to molest a four-year-old — and that’s only the beginning of his shocking fantasies…
For more than a month, the Colorado Springs Police Department has been on the lookout for Alonzo Paige, the prime suspect in a quadruple shooting that left two men dead. Imagine their surprise when yesterday afternoon, he walked into police headquarters and surrendered to authorities…
Authorities say an embalmer at a Lakewood funeral home found a creepy way to make some cash: pawning the gold teeth of the dead. Adrian Kline, 43, of Brighton, has been indicted on eight counts of providing false information to a pawn broker, two counts of doing the same to…
Jimmy Fleetwood stands accused of pulling a gun on another driver during a road rage incident near Boulder. Why might he have done so? Well, his wife Lauren, who was also busted, since the weapon was found in the car’s backseat near their two young kids, suggests that the Oklahoman…
A 77-year-old grandmother survived what appears to have been an approximately five-hour-long ordeal during which she was repeatedly abused and threatened with weapons ranging from what turned out to be a toy gun to an actual knife. The alleged assailant, who was taken into custody by Colorado Springs Police? Her…
This month’s mug shot roundup features arrestees at the center of an uncommonly wide range of offenses — from an alleged cell phone thief/reseller to Jeremiah Barnum (pictured), a convicted hate criminal shot to death by police. See the entire collection below, and be sure to click on the links…
