Update: The Denver coroner has identified the seventeen-year-old girl who died early on Mother’s Day morning amid a house-party-spawned brawl. The victim is Brianna Rae Ramon of Brighton, and she died of a gunshot wound to the head. Thus far, no arrests have been made in the case. Look below…
There are plenty of signs that a person may be driving drunk. But Breckenridge’s Cynthia Sammon, 45, may have invented a couple of new ones. Sammon was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after she was unable to successfully roll down her window or open her car doors…
The five officers involved in restraining Marvin Booker in July 2010 at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center — an incident that ultimately led to his death — will be not face criminal charges. Instead, they’re scheduled to meet today with Director of Corrections Gary Wilson about when they will return…
We’ve all seen those molded green plastic soldiers; they’re a staple of every kid’s childhood and, thanks to the Toy Story series, heroes of the big screen. But we’ve never seen plastic soldiers like this — begging for money, assaulting women, placing a rifle under their chin. It’s the arresting…
The October arrest of then-eighteen-year-old Joshua Wittig in a fatal accident that killed John Page Hines, 33, was accompanied by allegations that Wittig was high on marijuana that he may have obtained by improperly claiming to be a licensed medical marijuana patient. But evidence that convicted Wittig of vehicular homicide…
Update: We still don’t know the cause of death for the woman found Wednesday at a home on the 1900 block of East 35th Street; autopsy results are still pending. But the coroner’s office has identified her as Denetta Mills, 49. The man arrested for investigation of first-degree murder: her…
Earlier this week, we told you about a fatal stabbing on the 2100 block of Lawrence Street. The Denver coroner’s office has now identified the victim of this crime as Kenneth Matthews, 43, of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He died of stab wounds to the chest. Thus far, the Denver Police…
On January 15, 2009, Alexander Landau was a nineteen-year-old Community College of Denver student who was pulled over for an illegal left turn and beaten bloody by three Denver cops. Now, thanks to a $795,000 settlement announced Monday, he’s received one of the largest-ever payouts for police brutality in the…
Former Broomfield High School wrestling coach Travis Masse’s defense against accusations of sexually assaulting a student — he claimed that he sent thousands of explicit texts but didn’t act on them — failed to convince a jury. He’s been found guilty and faces a mandatory life sentence, albeit one that…
It took Keenu Tiyme five agonizing days to end the life of his ex-wife Kauri, as one exit plan after another — pills, suffocation, strangulation, wrist-cutting, even attempts to buy a gun or jump off the bridge spanning the Royal Gorge — failed miserably. It took a Denver jury just…
Trevor Morris and Ashley Bradford don’t look much like ninjas in their booking photos. But they’re accused of using machetes to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Gunbarrel earlier this year — and after reportedly waiving a preliminary hearing, they’re slated to enter pleas next month…
Don’t invite Orlando Bustamante-Bello to your next snowball fight — because if charges against him related to a February incident are true, he might not stick to snowballs. Bustamante-Bello, 22, is accused of first-degree assault for allegedly clobbering a snowball tosser in the face with a liquor bottle…
April provided a bumper crop of mug shots. Not only do we have looks at unusual characters like Diaper Fetish Guy, Accused Tax-Cutting Tax Evader and Alleged Semi-Pro Basketball Player/Perv — click on their names to learn about their stories — but also the Denver Police Department’s roster of the…
Update: Denver City Council approved settling Landau’s lawsuit for $795,000 during their meeting tonight. In a statement, Mayor Guillermo (Bill) Vidal noted, “This settlement sends our clear message to Mr. Landau and the community that we take these types of allegations seriously, and that we are committed to a process…
Late on Saturday, the Lakewood Police Department received an emergency call from a woman at 868 S. Reed Court. She said her husband had a gun — and unfortunately, he appears to have used it. When cops arrived, they heard a shot. They immediately called SWAT and evacuated the building…
Chatfield High and other southwest Jeffco schools were locked down on April 20 after Earl Moore’s alleged attempt to bomb Southwest Plaza, on April 21 after a bomb scare at Stony Creek Elementary that turned out to be nothing — and again today. Why?…
Update: It didn’t take long for a jury to decide the fate of Kervin Rogers in not one, not two, but three separate murders over a one-month period in late 2009. Two hours after deliberation began, they returned with a trio of guilty verdicts…
When homicide detectives questioned him in 2008, shortly after the discovery of his ex-wife’s battered and slashed corpse in a hotel room, Keenu Tiyme had trouble recalling his phone number and address. This afternoon, a Denver jury will be asked to decide where he’ll reside in the future — in…
No doubt there are many fine youth pastors and church volunteers in Colorado Springs — ones who aren’t creepy molesters looking for a chance to diddle underage victims. But Charles Jenkins is the third person with such a job on his résumé to be either arrested or convicted for sexual…
Last October, 73-year-old Brooks Kellogg, a businessman with roots in Colorado, Kansas and Illinois, was arrested at Denver International Airport after allegedly meeting with what he thought was a hit man to arrange the murder of Stephen Bunyard, who’d won big bucks in one lawsuit against Kellogg and had launched…
Can a suicide attempt be a parole violation? Yes, if the person hoping to kill himself has been ordered to stay away from drugs and he tries to overdose. That’s the accusation against Eric Kinder, 43, whose alleged death wish follows a conviction over a police standoff prompted by a…
At a preliminary hearing yesterday, defense attorneys argued that Kevin McGregor shot University of New Hampshire football player Todd Walker last month in what amounts to a tragic accident. But prosecutors say McGregor killed Walker in a botched robbery attempt — and then immediately afterward bought tacos and cigars…
